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Q&A: Poet Ann Shin on her new collection (and smashing china)

It's been a busy month for Toronto poet and filmmaker Ann Shin. In early May she premiered her latest documentary, The Defector: Escape from North Korea, at the Hot Docs film festival. On Wednesday night ... Read More »

May 27, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Marthe Jocelyn’s fertile mind

By Micah Toub

It's not surprising that kidlit author Marthe Jocelyn's idea of a Florida vacation in January means attending a Key West literary seminar to learn about writing short fiction. That particular form of storytelling is, after ... Read More »

May 3, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: filmmaker Alan Zweig on adapting Ray Robertson’s Fifteen Reasons to Live

By Sue Carter

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon) knew author Ray Robertson (What Happened Later, Gently Down the Stream) well enough to nod a greeting on the street, but it wasn't until a chance meeting at ... Read More »

April 25, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A with Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke

By Natalie Sequeira

Any introduction to George Elliott Clarke, Toronto's fourth poet laureate, comes with a long list of achievements, including the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Achievement Award, a Governor General's Literary Award, and his appointments to ... Read More »

April 22, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

A.S.A. Harrison dead at 65: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

Q&Q was saddened to learn that Canadian author A.S.A. Harrison died on Sunday at the age of 65. Harrison was the author of the non-fiction book Orgasms, published in 1974 by Coach House Press. And ... Read More »

April 16, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Beach Boy Brian Wilson to write autobiography

By Natalie Sequeira

With more than 50 years of music under his belt, rock 'n' roll legend Brian Wilson is set to pen an autobiography. According to a press release, the chief songwriter and producer of the Beach ... Read More »

April 15, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Robert J. Sawyer vs. the Canada Council: Updated

By Steven W. Beattie

By any reasonable measure, Robert J. Sawyer must be considered one of this country's most successful fiction writers. He has just published his 22nd novel, Red Planet Blues. Previous novels have been nominated for or ... Read More »

April 8, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Sheila Heti considered for Time’s most influential list

By Sue Carter

Since 1999, Time magazine has published a list of whom it considers to be the 100 most influential people of the year. For 2013, the magazine is inviting the public to narrow down its longlist ... Read More »

April 3, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

The late Chinua Achebe remembered as giant of international literature

By Stuart Woods

Nigerian novelist, essayist, and teacher Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, has died at the age of 82. Achebe reportedly died at a Boston hospital following a brief illness. A statement from his family ... Read More »

March 22, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Q&A with children’s author Rona Arato

By Natalie Sequeira

On April 10, 1945, a train loaded with Hungarian Jews left the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. German officials were attempting to cover up the existence of the Jewish prisoners in anticipation of the arrival of ... Read More »

March 14, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

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