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Conrad Black sues Random House of Canada, Bruce Livesey for defamation

A little more than a month after announcing he was planning to keep a low public profile, the National Post reports that Conrad Black is suing Random House of Canada for defamation. According to the ... Read More »

June 22, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Rolex pairs U.K. novelist Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood in mentorship program

By Natalie Samson

Margaret Atwood will spend the next year mentoring U.K. novelist Naomi Alderman. The partnership is a product of the Rolex Arts Initiative, which pairs masters with emerging arts professionals in the areas of literature, theatre, ... Read More »

June 20, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Pet project: Mark Dillon’s Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys

By Carla Gillis

When Toronto journalist Mark Dillon decided to make the Beach Boys the subject of his first book, he knew there would be obstacles ahead. The biggest was how to write about the revered pop group ... Read More »

June 18, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Ryerson University confers honorary doctorates on Mistry, Atwood, Gibson

By Natalie Samson

Toronto's Ryerson University is confering honorary doctorates on three CanLit heavyweights at the school's spring convocation ceremony. This morning, Rohinton Mistry received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Faculty of Communication and Design, ... Read More »

June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Toronto street scenes: Michael Cho and Patrick Cummins

By Alison Lang

In the June 2012 issue of Q&Q, Alison Lang examines two new art books that are inspired by the urban canvas of Toronto's ever-changing storefronts and back alleys. Like most cities, Toronto is in a ... Read More »

May 22, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Literary world remembers Carlos Fuentes

By Katie Gowrie

Until the very end, Carlos Fuentes was writing. The 83-year-old Mexican novelist died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He published an article in the Mexican newspaper Reforma on the same day. Author Jose Agustin ... Read More »

May 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

John Updike Society to purchase author’s childhood home

By Steven W. Beattie

The John Updike Society announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Shillington, Pennsylvania, home the Pulitzer Prize“winning author lived in as a child. The house, which resides at 117 ... Read More »

May 14, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: David Balzer on the digital launch of his fiction debut

By Sue Carter

Tonight, David Balzer launches his short fiction ebook Contrivances (Joyland) with MELODRAMZ: A Night of Contrivances, featuring an art show, drag performers, and dancing at the White House Studio Project in Toronto. (Admission is $8 ... Read More »

May 11, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Atwood, Gibson meet with Windsor Star editorial board

By Natalie Samson

Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson met with the editorial board at the Windsor Star on Thursday to talk ferries, farming, and living anonymously on Pelee Island. The couple stopped in at the newspaper's offices on ... Read More »

May 11, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Creative writing Q&A: Nicole Markotic on the delicate art of teaching sex scenes

By Sue Carter

This weekend, creative writing practitioners and educators from across the country will descend on Toronto for the Creative Writing in the 21st Century conference, hosted by the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs organization and ... Read More »

May 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

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Conrad Black sues Random House of Canada, Bruce Livesey for defamation

Rolex pairs U.K. novelist Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood in mentorship program

Pet project: Mark Dillon’s Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys

Ryerson University confers honorary doctorates on Mistry, Atwood, Gibson

Toronto street scenes: Michael Cho and Patrick Cummins

Literary world remembers Carlos Fuentes

John Updike Society to purchase author’s childhood home

Q&A: David Balzer on the digital launch of his fiction debut

Atwood, Gibson meet with Windsor Star editorial board

Creative writing Q&A: Nicole Markotic on the delicate art of teaching sex scenes

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