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Personal Essay: Comics about living with cancer were born out of a desire to communicate how the experience felt for me, writes Teva Harrison

When I was first diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, I didn’t want to talk about it to anybody. I grudgingly talked to doctors, but I didn’t want to go to support groups ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, People, Writing life

Ashley Spires’s Small Saul selected for TD book giveaway

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced that B.C. children's author-illustrator Ashley Spires's 2011 picture book, Small Saul (Kids Can Press), about a little pirate who lets his individuality shine, is the choice title for ... Read More »

March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing

Prominent right-to-die advocate John Hofsess claims to have helped poet Al Purdy end his life in 2000

By Steven W. Beattie

When reports of Al Purdy's death appeared on April 21, 2000, they stated that the renowned poet, who was suffering from metastatic lung cancer, had died in his sleep. Yesterday, Toronto Life published a posthumous ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Umberto Eco straddled the line between philosopher and entertainer

By Steven W. Beattie

Italian author Umberto Eco, who died Feb. 19 at the age of 84, was that rarest of creatures: a best-selling semiotician. Granted, it was his fiction, not his academic work, that brought him the greatest ... Read More »

February 22, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Cover and excerpt released for Emma Donoghue’s The Wonder

By Becky Robertson

The cover has been released for the new novel by Room author Emma Donoghue. The Wonder, appearing from HarperCollins on Sept. 27, follows Anna, a young girl in 1850s rural Ireland, and Lib, the nurse ... Read More »

February 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Legendary American author Harper Lee dies at 89

By Steven W. Beattie

For more than 50 years, Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee insisted that she would be completely satisfied if she were to live her entire life with one single title, the classic 1960 novel To Kill ... Read More »

February 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Personal Essay: Mona Awad on the genesis of her novel-in-stories

By Q&Q Staff

When asked about the genesis of my novel-in-stories, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, about a woman struggling with body-image issues, two seemingly incongruous memories most persistently come to mind: listening, as an ... Read More »

February 17, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Margaret Atwood named keynote speaker for Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

By Becky Robertson

The Chiaroscuro Reading Series has announced Margaret Atwood will give the keynote address at its 2016 Toronto SpecFic Colloqium, a science-fiction, fantasy, and horror writing event taking place at the University of Toronto's Innis Town ... Read More »

February 11, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Wab Kinew leaves Canada Reads to run for Manitoba NDP

By Becky Robertson

Author, broadcaster, and activist Wab Kinew is running uncontested for the NDP in Winnipeg's Fort Rouge constituency in the upcoming provincial election on April 19. The current seat holder, former finance minister Jennifer Howard, ... Read More »

February 2, 2016 | Filed under: Authors

Writers’ Trust announces latest Berton House residents

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named its Berton House Writers' Retreat residents for the coming year. Toronto-based poet Claire Caldwell will begin her residency in July, followed by P.E.I. author Debra Komar, Vancouver children's ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

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Personal Essay: Comics about living with cancer were born out of a desire to communicate how the experience felt for me, writes Teva Harrison

Ashley Spires’s Small Saul selected for TD book giveaway

Prominent right-to-die advocate John Hofsess claims to have helped poet Al Purdy end his life in 2000

Umberto Eco straddled the line between philosopher and entertainer

Cover and excerpt released for Emma Donoghue’s The Wonder

Legendary American author Harper Lee dies at 89

Personal Essay: Mona Awad on the genesis of her novel-in-stories

Margaret Atwood named keynote speaker for Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

Wab Kinew leaves Canada Reads to run for Manitoba NDP

Writers’ Trust announces latest Berton House residents

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