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J.K. Rowling non-disclosure agreement gets meta

Anyone who works with books will be familiar with the increasingly ubiquitous non-disclosure agreement prohibiting media from divulging the contents of upcoming titles prior to publication day. Recently, the contents of Salman Rushdie's new memoir, ... Read More »

September 24, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Q&A: Lisa Moore on writing February for the stage

By Sue Carter

Lisa Moore's novel February (House of Anansi Press) was a critical success when it came out in 2009, landing on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize. Three years later, the time-shifting story, about a ... Read More »

September 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Susan Swan’s way

By Stacey May Fowles

In the September 2012 issue of Q&Q, Stacey May Fowles interviews author Susan Swan, one of CanLit's most devoted activists and mentors, about her latest novel, The Western Light. In an uncharacteristic bout of poor planning, ... Read More »

September 18, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Michael Winter’s forthcoming novel strikes out in new direction

By Steven W. Beattie

Michael Winter is a writer who is known for taking chances. Widely praised as a stylistic virtuoso, his last novel, 2010's The Death of Donna Whalen, blended fact and fiction to tell the story of ... Read More »

September 17, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Penguin to publish Sheila Watt-Cloutier memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier has been awarded the Order of Canada and, in 2007, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize (the Nobel eventually went to former U.S. vice-president turned environmental activist Al Gore). ... Read More »

September 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Deals, Industry news

Betty Waterton, 1923-2012

By Katie Gowrie

Betty Waterton, celebrated children's author and illustrator, passed away on Aug. 7, according to a press release from her publisher, Fitzhenry & Whiteside. She was 88 years old. The author of nearly 20 children's books, ... Read More »

August 27, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Kevin J. Anderson on collaborating with Rush, steampunk, and Fan Expo

By Sue Carter

U.S. sci-fi writer Kevin J. Anderson has published 115 books, including spin-off novels for popular series like Star Wars, The X-Files, and Dune. Since 1993, 47 of his novels have appeared on bestseller lists. Anderson ... Read More »

August 24, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Emily Schultz’s blonde ambition

By Q&Q Staff

In the July/August issue of Q&Q, Vit Wagner speaks to author Emily Schultz about her third novel, The Blondes. Emily Schultz has been a steadily rising star in the Canadian literary firmament since the publication ... Read More »

August 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

David Rakoff, essayist: 1964-2012

By Natalie Samson

Essayist and humorist David Rakoff, whose darkly comic work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and The New Yorker, among other publications, has died. After two years of treatment for a malignant ... Read More »

August 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Q&A: Linda Besner on organizing the Fish Quill Poetry Boat Tour

By Natalie Samson

For the third year in a row, Linda Besner and Leigh Kotsilidis will lead a group of poets and one musician on a canoe tour down the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. The lineup for ... Read More »

August 7, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Events

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