The impetus for a new novel sequence arose not out of exile or grief or post-traumatic stress, but out of the pure art of storytelling, writes André Alexis Some 30 years ago, I was watching ... Read More »
Irish-born Linda Leith has lived in several international cultural capitals, but Montreal became her home and, in many ways, her muse. Leith’s latest book is Writing in the Time of Nationalism: From Two Solitudes to ... Read More »
March 26, 2015 | Filed under: People
Natalie Olsen struggles to give visual representation to a wide-ranging collection of poems for Amber McMillan’s debut, We Can’t Ever Do This Again (Wolsak & Wynn) 1. I still haven’t figured out why this collection ... Read More »
March 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture
Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Q&Q’s spotlight on local launch spots kicks off with the Company House, a popular ... Read More »
March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events
Launched in 1981, Theytus Books – Canada’s first indigenous-owned publishing house – has played a pivotal role in developing the country’s canon of aboriginal literature. Theytus editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis gives some insight into the press. ... Read More »
March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People
Five Canadian writers recognized with international awards: 1. Margaret Atwood: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts (1981); Los Angeles Times Fiction Award for The Handmaid’s Tale (1986); Government of France’s Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et ... Read More »
March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People
Canada gives birth to a kidlit industry Fuelled in part by government grants – but mostly by idealism, nationalism, feminism, youthful optimism, and an urgent sense that children and children’s books mattered – the 1970s ... Read More »
March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, People
Don't be afraid: eight authors and experts recommend their essential Canadian horror titles. Gemma Files AUTHOR, THE HEXSLINGER SERIES AND MORE Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Bloodshift (Tor) Anne Hébert, Children of the Black Sabbath (Crown Publishers) Margaret ... Read More »
March 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book news
As Canadian literary horror gains mainstream readership, authors, publishers, and experts share their opinions on the genre’s bloody popularity Horror asks us what we hide, what we bury, what skeletons lurk in our closets. It ... Read More »
March 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture
bpNichol and bill bissett sound off One arguably incongruous fact about Canadian sound poet bpNichol is that in the 1980s he wrote for Fraggle Rock, the Jim Henson–produced children’s television program. Nichol is more famous ... Read More »
March 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture
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