Last night, in its final meeting of the year, the Toronto Public Library Board approved a cut of 5.9 per cent to its 2012 operating budget. The 2012 budget now stands at just over $164 ... Read More »
The new year will witness the closure of antiquarian bookseller Bygone Books of Nanaimo, B.C. Owner Joel Johnston will retire on Jan. 6 after 15 years at the corner of Commercial and Skinner streets, reports ... Read More »
December 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Last Friday, poet and University of Victoria professor Lorna Crozier hosted a special edition of CBC Radio's The Current. "I know what it's like to come from a needy family. Though both my parents worked, ... Read More »
A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »
The CBC's love affair with The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis continues. On Tuesday, Jian Ghomeshi announced at the CBC Canada Reads launch party that CBC Television will adapt the book into a six-part ... Read More »
November 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Thanks to Rolex, one lucky writer will get the chance to become Margaret Atwood's protege. On Monday, the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative revealed its list of arts professionals who will serve as mentors ... Read More »
November 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Theytus Books, one of Canada's oldest aboriginal publishers, celebrated its 30th anniversary last Thursday. The full-day festivities comprised workshops about creativity and the land, including a poetry-chapbook-writing session and reading hosted by Jeanette Armstrong, at ... Read More »
November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Events
We've given a fair bit of space in Q&Q to conversations about literary criticism, but we've heard relatively little about what it means to be a critic of comics. Considering how significant graphic novels have ... Read More »
November 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
The Donner Canadian Foundation has increased the purse for its prize in public policy writing from $35,000 to $50,000. Allan Gotlieb, chair of the foundation, also announced Monday that the amount awarded to shortlisted authors ... Read More »
November 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Roughly 70 comics artists and illustrators will participate in an art show this month that honours French Belgian comic book creator Hergé and his intrepid reporter. Toronto Draws Tintin, a "celebration of all things Tintin ... Read More »
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