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David Bezmozgis to direct film based on Natasha and Other Stories

David Bezmozgis is set to direct a feature film adapted from the title story of his 2004 collection, Natasha and Other Stories (HarperCollins Canada). Production is scheduled to take place in Toronto this summer. The Globe ... Read More »

March 7, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

Amy Poehler to publish “non-linear diary” with HarperCollins

By Sue Carter

Following in the footsteps of her best-selling BFF Tina Fey, Amy Poehler is the latest celebrity to sign a book deal. The spring 2014 title is described as an "illustrated, non-linear diary full of humour ... Read More »

January 29, 2013 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Alan Moore’s low-budget home movie

By Steven W. Beattie

Look up the word "iconoclasm" in the dictionary, and you're likely to find a picture of Alan Moore. One of the U.K.'s most successful writers, Moore has been mythologized since making a splash with his ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Editing Alice Munro

By Scott MacDonald

In the December issue of Q&Q, Scott MacDonald asks: how do you edit one of the most precise writers working in the English language? According to Alice Munro's long-time U.S. and Canadian editors, even a ... Read More »

December 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year

Indie filmmaker casts 43 authors, including Egan and Shteyngart

By Sue Carter

How do you get 43 authors into a coffee shop at 6 a.m.? What sounds like the setup for a bad joke actually happened a few weeks ago at Kos Kaffe, a popular Brooklyn café. ... Read More »

November 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: biologist Donna Naughton on producing a definitive guide to Canadian mammals

By Sue Carter

At 784 pages with 600 illustrations, biologist Donna Naughton's The Natural History of Canadian Mammals could be considered the country's definitive guide on the subject. Jointly published by the Canadian Museum of Nature and University of ... Read More »

November 19, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

ReLit Awards 2012 winners announced

By Safa Jinje

Newfoundland writer Kenneth J. Harvey announced the 2012 ReLit Award winners yesterday, at an event at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Suzette Mayr won in the novel category for her fourth book, Monoceros (Coach House ... Read More »

October 30, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Book news

Penguin Canada to publish Khaled Hosseini’s new novel

By Sue Carter

It's not all talk of mergers and mega-publishers over at Penguin Canada, which just announced it will publish a new novel by Khaled Hosseini, the U.S.-Afghan author of the bestseller The Kite Runner. And the ... Read More »

October 29, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Al Purdy’s A-frame house saved from demolition

By Sue Carter

After several years of fundraising and public appeal comes word that Al Purdy's A-frame house will be saved from demolition, and is on track to become the centre for a new writers' residency. Located in ... Read More »

October 26, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Mover & shaker: Taras Grescoe

By Sue Carter

In the May 2012 issue of Q&Q, Montreal writer Juliet Waters spoke to globetrotting journalist Tara Grescoe about his latest book, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile (HarperCollins Canada), which was nominated ... Read More »

September 25, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

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