by Leigh Anne Williams

Fun with blurbs (Rebecca Eckler edition)

The other day a finished copy of Rebecca Eckler's new memoir, Wiped, arrived here at the Q&Q home office, complete with a press release that included some admiring blurbs of Eckler's first book, Knocked Up. ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Event Photos: Ken Harvey's award win, Emily Schultz's launch, and Hot Hot Hot!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside won the 2006 Winterset Award at Government House in St. John's, Newfoundland on March 29. The International Board on Books for Young People's biennial fundraiser was held at Toronto's Lula ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Events

That's the story of my life

By Leigh Anne Williams

Is it early 2006 already? Slate is tapping into the hot (OK, cooling) topic of memoirs with "Memoir Week," a series of articles on the form, as well as first-person essays by authors. Among the ... Read More »

March 29, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Reading not quite dead yet

By Leigh Anne Williams

That's the message of a report from the Hamilton, Ontario arts research firm Hill Strategies, based on StatsCan data from 2005. As The Globe and Mail reports, 66% of Canadians reported having read at least ... Read More »

March 29, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

A manly man is hard to find, says Harlequin

By Leigh Anne Williams

The National Post reports that Canadian romance giant Harlequin is having a hard time finding suitable cover models. So much so that they're holding a public audition in Toronto this weekend – and spindly, sallow ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two Canadian authors have made the longlist for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (the award formerly known as the Orange Prize). Among the 20 contenders are Lori Lansens' The Girls (published by Knopf Canada ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

The Man vs. the Boss

By Leigh Anne Williams

American politicians keep on fighting over Bruce Springsteen lyrics. A memoir by Tom DeLay, the controversial former Republican whip, is about to be released under the title No Retreat, No Surrender. As the ABC News ... Read More »

March 15, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The muse who refused to die (or, so much depends upon a correct diagnosis)

By Leigh Anne Williams

In one of the week's stranger stories, a lost William Carlos Williams poem has been donated to Southwest Missouri State University. Entitled "About a Little Girl," it was written for a teenager whom Williams – ... Read More »

March 15, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Previewing our newest print issue

By Leigh Anne Williams

The April 2007 issue of Quill & Quire will appear in stores and in subscribers' mailboxes over the next week or so. It includes a profile of Toronto novelist Cordelia Strube, a Special Report on ... Read More »

March 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Young novelists just got younger

By Leigh Anne Williams

The U.K. literary journal Granta has compiled a new list of 20 "best young American novelists," whose work will be featured in the next issue. Granta's done this with British writers multiple times, and once ... Read More »

March 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Fun with blurbs (Rebecca Eckler edition)

Event Photos: Ken Harvey's award win, Emily Schultz's launch, and Hot Hot Hot!

That's the story of my life

Reading not quite dead yet

A manly man is hard to find, says Harlequin

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

The Man vs. the Boss

The muse who refused to die (or, so much depends upon a correct diagnosis)

Previewing our newest print issue

Young novelists just got younger

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