Richard Ford goes Canadiana
HarperCollins Canada announced Thursday that they will be publishing iconic American writer Richard Ford’s new novel, Canada, next May. The novel follows young Dell Parsons as devastating circumstances...
View ArticleBook links round-up: Vonnegut library strikes back, the end of soggy pages,...
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library offers copies of Slaughterhouse-Five to students of Missouri school that pulled the book Finally you’ll be able to swim while reading: the world’s first waterproof book...
View ArticleBook links round-up: the Nabokovia butterfly, literary bandits, and more
Patti Smith to collaborate with playwright John Logan on screenplay of her memoir Just Kids Odd things named after writers After five decades, a book of lost Dr. Seuss stories to hit shelves this...
View ArticleLane Anderson Award shortlist announced
The Fitzhenry Family Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Lane Anderson Award. The prize recognizes two Canadian books – one for adults, one for young readers – published in the field of...
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Event photos: Mixed Type
St. John’s publishers Breakwater Books and Creative Book Publishing joined forces Wednesday night to deliver an evening of spoken word and music. The event, dubbed “Mix Type,” featured hometown writers...
View ArticleCanadian literary event round-up: Aug. 19-25
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: The People’s Poetry Festival kick-off, featuring Wakefield Brewster, Iqbal (Bob) Haider, Meghan Doraty, David...
View ArticleBook links round-up: hidden meanings, rhetorical devices, and more
A psychologist says pronoun usage speaks volumes about one’s psyche NASA forms partnership with Tor-Forge Books to assist science fiction writers A New York Times columnist argues about how David...
View ArticleMurakami novel removed from New Jersey high school reading list
Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood has been removed from the summer reading list for students at a New Jersey high school. The move comes only a month after Kurt Vonnegut’s...
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Fall preview 2011: international books
In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season’s biggest books. FICTION Originally excerpted in The Paris Review in 2002, Denis Johnson‘s novella Train Dreams (Farrar, Straus and...
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Alternative markets: why publishers are turning to zine fairs to woo new readers
Canzine, the country’s largest festival dedicated to zines and independent culture, happens this Sunday in Toronto (the Vancouver edition is scheduled for Nov. 17). Following the success of last year’s...
View ArticleCanadian literary event round-up: July 8-14
Here are just a few of the literary events happening in the coming week: Evie Christie, Malcolm Sutton, and Jacob… Read More »
View ArticleEvent photos: Agnes Walsh book launch
Last night at the Ship Pub in St. John’s, former Newfoundland poet laureate Agnes Walsh launched Answer Me Home: Plays… Read More »
View ArticleEvent photos: Lynn Ogryzlo’s book tour
Wednesday night at Springridge Farm in Milton, Ontario, food, wine, and travel columnist Lynn Ogryzlo stopped by to celebrate her new… Read More »
View ArticleCanadian literary event round-up: July 15-21
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Chris Walter releases… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: unfinished manuscripts, Kobo gets ready to rumble, and more
Pitchfork Media staff lists top 60 music books including Carl Wilson’s Let’s Talk About Love Muhammad Ali sues Kobo for… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: new Bryan Lee O’Malley book, a taste of 1Q84, and more
Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O’Malley to release new graphic novel in 2013 A (very small) sample of Haruki Murakami’s… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: scathing reviews, foggy plot lines, and more
An excerpt from Eva Gabrilsson’s book about her life with Stieg Larsson How much do we actually retain from reading? Slate… Read More »
View ArticleCanadian literary event round-up: July 22-28
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Melancthon (7 Directions… Read More »
View ArticleChester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011
Chester Brown is making a big splash at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, which runs until Sunday.… Read More »
View ArticleA Clockwork Orange show tunes to be unveiled
To mark the 50th anniversary of A Clockwork Orange next year, a stage adaptation of the demented dystopian novel will… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: quixotic exhumations, lit reading longevity, and more
Comic-Con 2011 literary highlight reel Archaeologists in Madrid to search for bones of Miguel de Cervantes Macmillan pays fine for… Read More »
View ArticleCalgary to establish poet laureate program
Calgary City Council announced Monday that it is embarking on a program to select a poet laureate. According to Calgary… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: Vonnegut vetoed, deliberately bad writing, and more
Missouri school bans Slaughterhouse-Five In related news, celebrate Banned Books Week Sept. 24 – Oct. 1 The results of the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton… Read More »
View ArticleBook links round-up: Jaws revisited, Morrissey the superhero, and more
Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader collaborate on new killer shark movie, Bait New comic series Unite and Takeover inspired… Read More »
View ArticleAqua Books honours late crime writer
Kelly Hughes, owner of Aqua Books in Winnipeg, has set up an award in honour of late crime writer (and… Read More »
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