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Paris-based lit mag to reprint Alice Munro’s first short story

Her Royal Majesty, a Paris-based literary and arts journal, is celebrating its latest issue on May 11, with simultaneous launch parties in Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Toronto, and Montreal*. Each issue of Her Royal ... Read More »

May 10, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, dies at age 83

By Katie Gowrie

Where the Wild Things Are, 1963 He is known for upending the traditions of American children's fiction - for taking it out of the safe confines of the home and plunging it into darker, more ... Read More »

May 8, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Maya Gallus, director of literary doc The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche

By Sue Carter

Severn Thompson stars as Mazo de la Roche (Photo: NFB) Mazo de la Roche was one of Canada's most famous and prolific authors, penning 23 novels, 13 plays, and more than 50 short stories. Her ... Read More »

April 27, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: poet and Book Fridge founder Kerri Cull

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Labrador writer Kerri Cull, founder of the literary blog The Book Fridge, recently released her debut collection of poems, Soak (Breakwater Books). Quillblog caught up with Cull before her reading tonight at the White Horse Lounge ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Harry Crews: 1935-2012

By Natalie Samson

American author Harry Crews has died. The New York Times reports the hard-living, adventure-seeking novelist, memoirist, journalist, retired university professor, and icon in Southern American literature, died in Gainesville, Florida, from complications of neuropathy. He ... Read More »

March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Atwood’s children series to get TV treatment

By Natalie Samson

Yesterday, McArthur & Company announced that it has sold TV rights to Margaret Atwood's Wandering Wenda and Friends children's books to Breakthrough Entertainment. The deal comprises rights to the series' previously published picture books -- ... Read More »

March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Meet the chefs: comparing Joe Beef and Odd Bits

By Sue Carter

In the December 2011 issue of Q&Q, Sue Carter Flinn examines two cookbooks offering distinctive approaches to preparing contemporary carnivore-centric cuisine. The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts by Frédéric ... Read More »

March 21, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Author to spend six days in bookstore window

By Natalie Samson

Isabel Losada has just wrapped another day sitting in the window of a Parisian bookstore. That's four down and two to go for the U.K. author, who's in town to promote the release of the ... Read More »

March 16, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Bookselling

Twitter fuels rumours of American Psycho sequel

By Steven W. Beattie

It appears that anything Bret Easton Ellis does is bound to provoke fascination and chatter. That includes posting to his Twitter feed. On Saturday, Book Riot posted a series of Tweets from the author's late-night ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Q&A with New Brunswick poet Sue Sinclair

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

New Brunswick poet Sue Sinclair is the author of four books of poetry: Secrets of Weather & Hope (Brick Books, 2001), Mortal Arguments (Brick, 2003), The Drunken Lovely Bird (Goose Lane Editions, 2004), and Breaker ... Read More »

March 9, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

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