Last Friday, poet and University of Victoria professor Lorna Crozier hosted a special edition of CBC Radio's The Current. "I know what it's like to come from a needy family. Though both my parents worked, ... Read More »
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Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries
The Canada Council for the Arts has responded to allegations of a conflict of interest with this year's Governor General's Literary Award for poetry shortlist. Small Toronto publisher BookThug surprised many with three entries on ... Read More »
October 14, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
The Victoria Book Prize Society announced author Jack Hodgins and illustrator Kristi Bridgeman as the winners of the 2011 Victoria Book Prize Awards at a gala on Wednesday evening. Victoria mayor Dean Fortin and Brian ... Read More »
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »
Q&Q speaks to Governor General's Literary Award“winning Saskatoon author Guy Vanderhaeghe about the final book in his Western trilogy, the ambitious A Good Man. Also in September, rekindling interest in history with high-profile political biographies, ... Read More »
The very long list of nominees for the 2011 ReLit Awards, which celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses, has been announced. ECW Press leads this year's longlist with nine ... Read More »
August 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
For the past couple of years VIA Rail Canada has been transporting troubadours across the country with its popular On-Board Musician program. Now, a group of poets are travelling and performing on Ontario's Grand River ... Read More »
July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Calgary City Council announced Monday that it is embarking on a program to select a poet laureate. According to Calgary Arts Development, an NGO that will be working with the city on developing, administering, and ... Read More »
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions & the African Reparations Fund) poetry reading with NourbeSe Philip, Jumari Giles, Truth Is, Zainab ... Read More »