Authors

Q&A: Rupi Kaur on her debut collection, milk and honey

Rupi Kaur, the 23-year-old Brampton, Ontario–based writer, has had a wildly successful year, ratcheting up more than 280,000 Instagram followers, along with public endorsements by such celebrities as Martha Stewart and Mark Ruffalo. Kaur was ... Read More »

November 18, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Barbara Reid’s bookstore B&E

By Dory Cerny

Here at Q&Q, we love to see authors having fun, so when we were sent a few pics of celebrated Placticine artist and children's author Barbara Reid undertaking some shenanigans around the launch of her ... Read More »

November 10, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Comic: Hand Drawn Halifax author Emma FitzGerald follows poet Elizabeth Bishop

By Q&Q Staff

This fall, artist Emma FitzGerald, author of Hand Drawn Halifax (Formac Publishing), travelled to Rio de Janeiro for an artist's residency, following the path of the late poet Elizabeth Bishop, who grew up in Nova ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

“I’ve arrived at the age of nostalgia”: Guy Vanderhaeghe on aging, masculinity, and his GG–winning story collection

By Steven W. Beattie

"The problem with all large institutions," says Guy Vanderhaeghe, "is that they are essentially absurd." The Saskatchewan-based author of five novels and four collections of short fiction, Vanderhaeghe is almost jovial in the way he ... Read More »

October 30, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Photos: Calgary WordFest

By Andrew Guilbert

Wordfest, which took place in Calgary from Oct. 13 to 18, celebrated its 20th anniversary with programming featuring more than 70 authors – such as Lawrence Hill, Anakana Schofield, Raziel Reid, Susin Nielsen, and Nino Ricci ... Read More »

October 27, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Remembering Eric Wright: Peter Robinson recalls his friendship with the late Canadian mystery novelist

By Peter Robinson

When I joined Crime Writers of Canada about 30 years ago, Eric Wright, who died this past Oct. 9, was one of the first people to welcome me, along with Tony Aspler, Howard Engel, and ... Read More »

October 26, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Michael Lavergne addresses issues of globalization and inequality in fashion

By Michael Lavergne

Like many Canadians, I have been jarred by the images of Syrian refugees these past weeks. I feel a shared sense of shame at Canada’s “fessing up” to the realization that we’re now as jaded ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

“You need a clothesline”: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein on the film adaptation of This Changes Everything

By Steven W. Beattie

This Changes Everything may be the only film on which Alfonso Cuarón shares a producer credit with Seth Macfarlane. The documentary, directed by Avi Lewis and based on the best-selling 2014 book by Naomi Klein, ... Read More »

October 8, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Q&A: Poet Ali Blythe’s debut collection, Twoism

By Casey Stepaniuk

How do we stay true to ourselves in a world that seems bent on forcing us to conform to the expectations of others? Victoria poet Ali Blythe investigates this question in Twoism, publishing in September ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Kidlit spotlight: author Melanie Florence honours her Cree heritage

By Natalie Samson

With three new books due out this fall, it’s hard to believe author Melanie Florence only returned to full-time writing within the last two years. Before that, the single mother had stepped away from her ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

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