The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »
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Margaret Atwood will spend the next year mentoring U.K. novelist Naomi Alderman. The partnership is a product of the Rolex Arts Initiative, which pairs masters with emerging arts professionals in the areas of literature, theatre, ... Read More »
June 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
You're not going to get close to Brad Pitt, in town this weekend for the premiere of Moneyball, the adaptation of Michael Lewis's baseball book of the same name, but if you're attending the Toronto ... Read More »
September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
On July 5, approximately 80 people donned leis and Hawaiian shirts for the London Book Fair Luau to celebrate the ... Read More »
July 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The Canadian Conference of the Arts sent leaders of the five federal parties a series of questions pertaining to arts and culture, and have posted the responses on its website. All of the parties responded, ... Read More »
April 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Sundry links from around the Web: Robert Fulford on the "long service in the trench warfare of editing" of Oxford University Press's William Toye The Association of American Publishers reports a staggering 116 per cent ... Read More »
The U.K.'s Daily Mail (via MobyLives) reports authors and publishers who are accusing each other of skewing Amazon star ratings by creating fake reader reviews: [PR firms] provide favourable reviews of new books, at a ... Read More »
November 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Tasty news bits: E-reader pricing madness! Nook goes down to $149! Kindle goes down to $189! Kooky inventor dude Ray Kurzweil invents e-reading software Stieg Larsson sorry excuse for a feminist, argues EW Geoffrey Hill ... Read More »
June 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
Margaret Atwood is one of the big-name authors set to appear at this year's revamped Edinburgh International Book Festival, which takes place Aug. 14“30. In a cross-festival program with the Edinburgh film festival, Atwood will ... Read More »
June 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Book news pour vous: Early iPad adopters exposed to massive security breach Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Prize Atwood to headline Frye Festival in 2011 Only female candidate for Oxford professor of poetry position withdraws from ... Read More »
June 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
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