Veteran investigative journalist Linden MacIntyre joined the ranks of the country’s top literary novelists Tuesday night by winning the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The 66-year-old author, best known as the host of CBC TV’s The ... Read More »

If indie booksellers could pick the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, it would be Annabel Lyon stepping up to the podium Tuesday night. Of the dozen or so booksellers contacted by Q&Q this week, ... Read More »

Northwest Passages, the first online bookseller dedicated to selling Canadian literature, is closing up shop. The company’s three-person staff has announced plans to fold as of Dec. 31, though they will continue to entertain offers ... Read More »

Toronto novelist Musharraf Ali Farooqi was among the authors longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award last Monday, but you would never have known it by reading Canadian media reports. Though outlets like the ... Read More »

Late last September, when the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the shortlists for its three major literary prizes, executive director Don Oravec made a public plea for a benefactor to step forward and sponsor the ... Read More »

Harlequin has proven once again to be the lone bright spot in parent company Torstar’s financial ledger. In third quarter results released earlier this week, the Toronto-based romance publisher was the only division to register ... Read More »