by Sue Carter

Salman Rushdie to write Showtime drama

Salman Rushdie is writing a script for U.S. TV network Showtime (Dexter, Nurse Jackie). According to the Guardian, Rushdie's Next People will explore the U.S. at a time of rapid change, taking in politics, sex, ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

High school competition Poetry in Voice announces judges

By Sue Carter

Griffin Poetry Prize founder Scott Griffin has lined up an impressive group of judges for the inaugural Poetry in Voice, the high-school poetry recitation competition. On April 12, winners from 12 Ontario high schools will ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

By Sue Carter

Anna Porter on the shaky state of Canadian book publishing Just in time for Lent: James Frey's self-published The Final Testament of the Holy Bible Books you must read, compiled into a neat consensus cloud ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

In the April 2011 issue of Q&Q: Susan Musgrave talks to Lorna Crozier

By Sue Carter

It's been more than a decade since the iconic “ and iconoclastic “ Susan Musgrave published a new collection of poetry. In the April 2011 issue of Q&Q, Musgrave discusses her new collection, Origami Dove ... Read More »

March 14, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada has acquired a new novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize“winner Linden MacIntyre. Why Men Lie is the third book in MacIntyre's Cape Breton trilogy, following the lives of the Gillis clan. Its main ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Canadian literary event round-up, March 11-17

By Sue Carter

Here are just a few literary/book events happening around the country in the next week: Author Steven Heine and poet Darren Bifford discuss the zen of Bob Dylan, March 12 (1:30 p.m., Alfred Dallaire Memoria, ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Cover to Cover: Gil Adamson’s Ashland

By Sue Carter

From the April 2011 issue of Q&Q: Designer David Gee explains the steps involved in redesigning a Southern Gothic-reflected cover for a new edition of Gil Adamson's poetry collection Ashland (ECW Press). ECW Press approached ... Read More »

March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

By Sue Carter

Kobo today announced it has closed a new round of financing. The amount of the Series C investment has not been disclosed, but in a statement, the Toronto-based e-publishing company says, Indigo Books & Music ... Read More »

March 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: International Women’s Day

By Sue Carter

Susanne Antonetta discusses gender and the act of making non-fiction Lucy, post-Narnia: Where are the daring heroines of adult literature? Five romance novels for hard-headed women Do two new editions of Elizabeth Bishop's poems and ... Read More »

March 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Canadian cookbooks mix it up at the Gourmand Awards

By Sue Carter

From March 3-6, booksellers, publishers, chefs, and other foodie types descended on the City of Lights for the annual Paris Cookbook Fair, the largest event of its kind in the world. The culinary weekend kicked ... Read More »

March 7, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

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Salman Rushdie to write Showtime drama

High school competition Poetry in Voice announces judges

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

In the April 2011 issue of Q&Q: Susan Musgrave talks to Lorna Crozier

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

Canadian literary event round-up, March 11-17

Cover to Cover: Gil Adamson’s Ashland

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

Book biz round-up: International Women’s Day

Canadian cookbooks mix it up at the Gourmand Awards

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