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Heather O’Neill, Kathleen Winter among 2017 QWF Literary Award finalists

The Quebec Writers' Federation has named the finalists and juries for its annual literary awards, recognizing excellent English-language literature from the province's authors and publishers in six categories: Children's/YA (judged by Catherine Austen, Lisa Doucet, and ... Read More »

October 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Making: Talonbooks revisits 1967 Montreal imagery for its reissue of Tremblay’s Notebook series

By Conan Tobias

Michel Tremblay’s Notebook trilogy, published between 2006 and 2009 by Talonbooks, is ripe for a sesquicentennial reissue. “We were thinking which of our backlist titles we should convert to ebooks,” says Chloë Filson, Talonbooks’s production ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Awards: Thien‚ Watt‚ Wren among QWF Literary Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Quebec Writers' Federation has revealed the shortlists for this year's QWF Literary Awards‚ recognizing excellent titles by the province's English-language authors. Each of the six categories awards a $2,000 purse. Winners will be announced ... Read More »

October 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Anne Carson, Thomas King among 2016 Blue Metropolis Festival literary award winners

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-born poet Anne Carson, Montreal writer Ghayas Hachem, and American-Canadian author and aboriginal rights activist Thomas King were recognized with awards at the Blue Metropolis international literary festival in Montreal on April 16. Carson received ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Quebec Writers‘ Federation names literary award winners

By Becky Robertson

The Quebec Writers’ Federation annual literary awards – recognizing the previous year’s best English-language work from Quebec authors – were awarded at a ceremony in Montreal on Nov. 18. The awards offer $10,000 in prize money ... Read More »

November 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Maya Munro wins Quebec Writers’ Federation community award

By Becky Robertson

Maya Munro Byers, co-owner of the indie bookstore Livres Babar Books, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and the recently shuttered Babar En Ville, has been named winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Judy Mappin Community Award. Byers was ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonald shortlisted for 2016 Neustadt Prize

By Becky Robertson

Montreal author Ann-Marie MacDonald has been named a finalist for "America's Nobel Prize," the biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature. MacDonald is the sole Canadian among nine authors shortlisted for their ongoing literary achievements. The ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Longtime food writer Julian Armstrong documents Quebec’s evolving cuisine

By Sue Carter

For more than 40 years, longtime Montreal Gazette food writer and former editor Julian Armstrong has travelled across her adopted home of Quebec, interviewing farmers, producers, and chefs while documenting the regional cuisine. The 82-year-old ... Read More »

October 10, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Quebec government to examine book-price regulation

By Sue Carter

One year after French-language book distributors launched the Our Books at Fair Price campaign, it appears as if the idea may have support from the Parti Québécois government. According to CTV, the Quebec government is considering ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

Why ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue

By Sue Carter

While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how digital titles are taxed, and what constitutes a "real book." According to Montreal's The Gazette, ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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