by Conan Tobias

Spaces: From its castle-like exterior to its puppet theatre, Toronto’s Lillian H. Smith library is built for kids

The Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library has a long association with children’s literature. Its origins date back to 1922, when the Boys and Girls House Library, the first library in the ... Read More »

February 22, 2017

Literary event listings: Feb. 20–26, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Art Bar Reading Series: Black History Month edition, with Canisia Lubrin, Cara Lyn Morgan, and Clifton Joseph. Free Times Café, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5. artbar.org WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Dennis McConaghy: Launching his book Dysfunction. ... Read More »

February 21, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Literary event listings, Feb. 13–19, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Art Bar Reading Series: Valentine's Day special, with Valentino Assenza. Free Times Café, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5. artbar.org The Violet Hour: With Jordan Arseneault (aka Peaches Lepage), Craig Barron, Johanne Cadorette, Daniel Allen Cox, ... Read More »

February 13, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Daily Deals: Pyr acquires K.R. Richardson futuristic cop drama

By Conan Tobias

Rene Sears, editorial director of Pyr Books, has acquired world English rights to K.R. Richardson's novel Scattered Objects, a cop drama set in a futuristic, multi-layered and multi-racial society. The title is tentatively scheduled for ... Read More »

February 10, 2017

Saskatchewan Book Awards finalists announced

By Conan Tobias

Nominees in 13 categories have been announced for the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards, which celebrate excellence in fiction, poetry, young-adult literature, and more. This year's nominees include: Yann Martel, whose novel The High Mountains of Portugal ... Read More »

February 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Kate McKinnon is our new Ms. Frizzle; dystopian books sales a paradise for booksellers

By Conan Tobias

Copy editing Trump's Black History Month speech. (The New Yorker) Dystopian fiction is on the rise in newly dystopian America. (Good e-Reader) Kingston, Ontario's Novel Idea: a survivor's tale. (Publishing Perspectives) VR makes publishers story-doers ... Read More »

February 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Literary event listings, Feb. 6–12, 2017

By Conan Tobias

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Kristine Scarrow: Launching the book If This is Home. McNally Robinson Books, 3130 8th St. E., Saskatoon. 7 p.m. Free TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Rowers Reading Series: With David Clink, Melanie Mah, Lana ... Read More »

February 6, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Q&A: Dundurn on marketing Dennis McConaghy’s Canada after Keystone XL

By Conan Tobias

On Jan. 24, Donald Trump’s fourth full day in office, the newly elected president of the United States signed executive memos to advance TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline – a project his predecessor, Barack Obama, refused ... Read More »

February 2, 2017

Literary event listings, Jan. 30–Feb. 5, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 Art Bar Reading Series: With Dane Swan, Barry Olshen, and Karen Mulhallen. Free Times Café, 320 College St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Dennis McConaghy: Launching his book Dysfunction: Canada ... Read More »

January 30, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Spaces: A new west-end Toronto bar gives cocktail culture a literary twist

By Conan Tobias

Marlene Thorne, a self-described book nerd, opened the bar Famous Last Words in October. The literary-themed watering hole, located in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood, has already become a local favourite, hosting readings and offering a welcoming ... Read More »

January 26, 2017

Prev 9 101112 13....26 27 Next

Quill and Quire

Spaces: From its castle-like exterior to its puppet theatre, Toronto’s Lillian H. Smith library is built for kids

Literary event listings: Feb. 20–26, 2017

Literary event listings, Feb. 13–19, 2017

Daily Deals: Pyr acquires K.R. Richardson futuristic cop drama

Saskatchewan Book Awards finalists announced

Book Links: Kate McKinnon is our new Ms. Frizzle; dystopian books sales a paradise for booksellers

Literary event listings, Feb. 6–12, 2017

Q&A: Dundurn on marketing Dennis McConaghy’s Canada after Keystone XL

Literary event listings, Jan. 30–Feb. 5, 2017

Spaces: A new west-end Toronto bar gives cocktail culture a literary twist

Job Board