Authors

Naomi Klein tackles Trump in new book, No Is Not Enough

Author-activist Naomi Klein is taking on the U.S. president with her upcoming book, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (Knopf Canada). Klein will examine the reasons for Trump's ... Read More »

April 5, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Giller Prize–winning author Bonnie Burnard dies at 72

By Becky Robertson

Award-winning Regina-born author Bonnie Burnard, best known for her debut novel, A Good House, passed away in a hospital in London, Ontario, on March 4. A Good House (HarperFlamingo), which depicts 50 years in the ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Freedom to Read Week with Raziel Reid

By Becky Robertson

In honour of Freedom to Read week, which runs from Feb. 26–March 4, Q&Q spoke to author Raziel Reid, who took part in an FTR event about book censorship in the digital age in Calgary on Feb. 28. Reid ... Read More »

March 3, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Personal Essay: Merilyn Simonds on digital technology and new immersive literary experiences

By Merilyn Simonds

“How do you write?” is a question every writer is asked. The enquiry is entirely practical: “I mean, do you use a computer? A pen and paper?” I used to reply with a puff of ... Read More »

February 22, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Digital publishing and technology

Richard B. Wright, author of Clara Callan, dies at 79

By Steven W. Beattie

Richard B. Wright, whose 2001 novel Clara Callan is a bona fide CanLit classic, has died at the age of 79. Wright, who lived in the Ontario city of St. Catharines, died unexpectedly from a ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood, Gord Downie, Alanis Morissette, and Rosemary Sullivan are among more than 2,000 writers, musicians, and visual artists who have signed their names to an open letter asking the government to support the creative ... Read More »

February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

The Handmaid’s Tale returns to the bestsellers list, hits Super Bowl Sunday

By Sue Carter

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (McClelland & Stewart/Emblem) is once again a bestseller. BookNet Canada's sales-tracking service has the title, originally published in 1985, at No. 10 on this week's list for Canadian fiction. ... Read More »

February 3, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Author, professor Bharati Mukherjee dies at 76

By Sue Carter

Indian-American author and professor Bharati Mukherjee died on Jan. 28 at age 76. The cause of death was from complications associated with a heart condition. Born in 1940 in Calcutta, Mukherjee moved to the U.S. ... Read More »

February 2, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Toronto Public Library orders copies of Milo Yiannopoulos’s Dangerous

By Sue Carter

According to Toronto news service Twelve Thirty Six, the Toronto Public Library will carry Milo Yiannopoulos's memoir, Dangerous. The TPL confirms that nine branches have ordered a copy of the controversial book by the far-right figurehead, published ... Read More »

January 31, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Libraries

Linwood Barclay cancels U.S. book events over Trump’s travel ban

By Sue Carter

On Jan. 30, bestselling mystery writer Linwood Barclay announced on Twitter that he has cancelled his upcoming U.S. book events, "at least until the travel ban is lifted." The U.S.-born author, who now lives in ... Read More »

January 31, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

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Naomi Klein tackles Trump in new book, No Is Not Enough

Giller Prize–winning author Bonnie Burnard dies at 72

Q&A: Freedom to Read Week with Raziel Reid

Personal Essay: Merilyn Simonds on digital technology and new immersive literary experiences

Richard B. Wright, author of Clara Callan, dies at 79

Focus on Creators open letter tops 2,400 signatures

The Handmaid’s Tale returns to the bestsellers list, hits Super Bowl Sunday

Author, professor Bharati Mukherjee dies at 76

Toronto Public Library orders copies of Milo Yiannopoulos’s Dangerous

Linwood Barclay cancels U.S. book events over Trump’s travel ban

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