Search Results by tag: Olympics

Q&A: talking swimming and the Olympics with author Leanne Shapton

As a youth, Toronto-born author and illustrator Leanne Shapton was a dedicated competitive swimmer, at one time ranking eighth in Canada. She competed in two Olympic trials (1988, 1992), but narrowly missed qualifying. In her ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Book links round-up: Slave Lake book auction, fiction for men, and more

By Sue Carter

Today's Slave Lake daily book auction features a signed copy of Angie Abdou's The Bone Cage Plan your summer reading with Joyland's list of 250 books by women all men should read U.K. plans its ... Read More »

May 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

In the April 2011 issue of Q&Q: Susan Musgrave talks to Lorna Crozier

By Sue Carter

It's been more than a decade since the iconic “ and iconoclastic “ Susan Musgrave published a new collection of poetry. In the April 2011 issue of Q&Q, Musgrave discusses her new collection, Origami Dove ... Read More »

March 14, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion

Daily book biz round-up, March 19

By Scott MacDonald

One last news round-up before the weekend: Amazon plays hardball with Simon & Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, and Hachette Amazon unveils Kindle for Mac. (Meanwhile, cats and dogs form truce, start working together to overthrow humans.) ... Read More »

March 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: O’Reilly takes on Honest Abe, athletes sneak in a book before games, and more

By Laura Godfrey

To start you off for the weekend ahead, here are some literary links for your perusal: What does Fox News's fair and balanced Bill O'Reilly know about the assassination of Honest Abe Lincoln? Apparently he ... Read More »

February 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Vancouver librarians told to cover up non-Olympic logos

By Scott MacDonald

According to CTV, librarians in Vancouver have been warned by city officials to use only approved Olympic sponsors in any Games-themed events they host next month, and to conceal the logos of any non-Olympic companies ... Read More »

January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Doing the Harper shuffle

By Steven W. Beattie

Ordinary working people in the arts community who were miffed by the Conservative government's $45-million cuts to a broad array of arts programs may have reason to breathe a bit easier today. Josée Verner, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Orwell blogs, Chabon wins big, China’s publishing industry goes quiet

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Orwell, the blogger (Time) Hugo Awards awarded “ Chabon wins the big one (The Hugo Awards) China's publishing industry shuts down during Olympics (The New York Times) A pair of Canadians (including ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: romance writer splits with publisher, English gets a body check during playoffs, and library gets its own beer