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Memoirist Sushmita Banerjee killed in Afghanistan

Indian author Sushmita Banerjee was killed by Taliban militants outside of her home in Afghanistan on Thursday. She was 49 years old. Sushmita Banerjee was known for her 1995 best-selling memoir, A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife, ... Read More »

September 6, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Stephen Harper hockey book title, trailer revealed

By Steven W. Beattie

At the start of one of the busiest seasons for CanLit in recent memory, one of the most hotly anticipated titles must be the forthcoming book on our national sports obsession, written by sitting Prime ... Read More »

September 5, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Harvard appoints George Elliott Clarke to visiting professor post

By Julie Baldassi

As the school year kicks off once again, Harvard University has appointed Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke to a visiting professor post in the university's Canada Program. Established in 1967, the program offers undergraduate ... Read More »

September 3, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Irish poet Seamus Heaney dies

By Steven W. Beattie

Noble laureate Seamus Heaney, widely considered to be one of the foremost poets of his era, died today at the age of 74. From the BBC: "The poet and Nobel laureate died in hospital in ... Read More »

August 30, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

It’s a Madd, Madd World: How Margaret Atwood continues to find news ways to provoke

By Rachel Heinrichs

Margaret Atwood knows her angles. As she posed for a portrait in late spring “ we met to talk about MaddAddam, the forthcoming and final instalment in her speculative fiction trilogy “ she clutched a ... Read More »

August 27, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Suresh Doss launches StreetEats Toronto

By Julie Baldassi

Toronto food writer Suresh Doss was at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts this week to promote his new book and celebrate its subjects: the people behind Toronto's burgeoning street food scene, many ... Read More »

August 8, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Liz Worth rewrites Warhol

By Julie Baldassi

When Andy Warhol published a: A Novel in 1968, critics conversely called the 451-page tome a work of genius (Newsweek) and pornography (The New York Times Book Review). The so-called novel is an unedited, word-for-word transcript ... Read More »

July 31, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Jan Wong ordered to repay Globe & Mail severance

By Sue Carter

Former Globe & Mail journalist Jan Wong has been ordered by an arbitrator to repay an undisclosed severance for violating a confidentiality agreement signed when she left the newspaper in 2008. The Globe began its ... Read More »

July 8, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Lisa Moore: trusting change

By Q&Q Staff

In the June 2013 issue of Q&Q, Mark Callanan speaks to Lisa Moore about her third novel, Caught, a story of courage and escape When Lisa Moore's February won the CBC's Canada Reads competition earlier ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

About a boy: Richard Van Camp and The Lesser Blessed

By Omar Mouallem

Richard Van Camp is a household name in the North. Will his new book “ and the film adaptation of his novel, The Lesser Blessed “ introduce his unique brand of storytelling to audiences south ... Read More »

May 28, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

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