Search Results by tag: Zoe Whittall

Zoe Whittall’s Giller-shortlisted novel tops Indigo’s list of best books of 2016

Indigo has released its list of the best books of 2016‚ as curated by the bookseller chain's corporate staff‚ including CEO Heather Reisman. Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Zoe Whittall topped the list‚ which also featured ... Read More »

October 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Bestsellers

Awards: Penguin Random House, women authors dominate Giller Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The shortlist for the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced at an event in Toronto this morning. A jury of Canadian and international authors – Samantha Harvey‚ Jeet Heer‚ Lawrence Hill‚ Alan Warner‚ and Kathleen ... Read More »

September 26, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian authors celebrated at the Lambda Awards

By Sue Carter

Four Canadian authors took home awards last night at the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards in New York City. "The Lammies" celebrate the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published the previous ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

National Post reveals finalists for Canada Also Reads competition

By Laura Godfrey

The eight books and panelists for the National Post's Canada Also Reads book competition “ created to put a spotlight on lesser-known books ignored by CBC's Canada Reads “ were announced today. Two Q&Q staffers, ... Read More »

February 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Introducing Q&Q’s new staff writer

By Stuart Woods

The entire staff of Q&Q is pleased to introduce our new staff writer, Zoe Whittall. Zoe may be known to some of our readers already: she's the author of the novels Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant ... Read More »

August 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

We Scream for CanLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Scream Literary Festival kicks off in Toronto tonight with a launch at the Gladstone Hotel, featuring poets Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa, George Elliott Clarke, and Shapour Shahidi. Now in its 15th year, the ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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