by Steven W. Beattie

Sarah Weinman unveils the true story behind Vladimir Nabokov’s infamous 20th-century classic

Sarah Weinman was all of 16 years old the first time she read Lolita. Attending high school in Ottawa, where she was born (she now calls Brooklyn home), the adolescent bibliophile had already devoured the ... Read More »

September 6, 2018

Novelist and writing teacher Ann Ireland dies at age 65

By Steven W. Beattie

In a blow that has been felt acutely by many in the Canadian literary community, writer and teacher Ann Ireland died on Aug. 23 at the age of 65. The cause of death was carcinoid ... Read More »

August 27, 2018

Canadian-born publisher John Calder, known for censorship battles, published Beckett, Ionesco, Duras, and Selby Jr.

By Steven W. Beattie

France had Maurice Girodias, the U.S. had Barney Rosset, and the U.K. had John Calder. The Montreal-born Calder, who died last week at the age of 91, was instrumental in battling the forces of censorship ... Read More »

August 23, 2018

Ann Y.K. Choi, Mireille Silcoff, and Robert J. Wiersema comprise 2018 Writers’ Trust fiction jury

By Steven W. Beattie

A novelist, a short-story and non-fiction writer, and a fiction writer and frequent Q&Q contributor make up the jury for the 2018 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. This year’s jury, which is responsible for selecting ... Read More »

August 21, 2018

Independent booksellers band together to examine reviving the Canadian Booksellers Association

By Steven W. Beattie

A group of independent Canadian bookstore owners have banded together to resurrect the defunct CBA. The original Canadian Booksellers Association operated for more than 60 years before it joined the Retail Council of Canada in ... Read More »

July 30, 2018

Madeline McIntosh, Penguin Random House U.S. CEO, to deliver 2018 IV keynote address

By Steven W. Beattie

The rebranded Toronto International Festival of Authors today announced that the keynote address for the 11th annual International Visitors Programme will be delivered by Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House U.S. The International Visitors ... Read More »

July 24, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Poetry and graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

The Flame Leonard Cohen McClelland & Stewart, Oct. Fans of Leonard Cohen left despondent after the bard of Montreal died in 2016 were cheered by the news that he left behind a final collection of ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Short fiction and fiction in translation

By Steven W. Beattie

Something for Everyone Lisa Moore House of Anansi Press, Sept. A new book by Lisa Moore is always an event: a new story collection is cause for ecstatic jubilation. The Newfoundland author excels at the ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Fall Preview 2018: Novels

By Steven W. Beattie

Women Talking Miriam Toews Knopf Canada, Aug. Miriam Toews, whose previous novel, All My Puny Sorrows, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, returns this fall with a book that marks a bold departure. After ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

By Steven W. Beattie

Stephen Reid, a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang that pulled off a high-profile string of robberies in the 1970s – including the 1974 theft of $785,000 in gold bullion from the Ottawa airport – ... Read More »

June 14, 2018

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Sarah Weinman unveils the true story behind Vladimir Nabokov’s infamous 20th-century classic

Novelist and writing teacher Ann Ireland dies at age 65

Canadian-born publisher John Calder, known for censorship battles, published Beckett, Ionesco, Duras, and Selby Jr.

Ann Y.K. Choi, Mireille Silcoff, and Robert J. Wiersema comprise 2018 Writers’ Trust fiction jury

Independent booksellers band together to examine reviving the Canadian Booksellers Association

Madeline McIntosh, Penguin Random House U.S. CEO, to deliver 2018 IV keynote address

Fall Preview 2018: Poetry and graphica

Fall Preview 2018: Short fiction and fiction in translation

Fall Preview 2018: Novels

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

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