Book culture

Learning how to write Giller-worthy fiction with Heather O’Neill

The idea behind Summer Literary Seminars is to take emerging writers out of their regular environments and immerse them in the culture of beautiful settings in places like Kenya and Lithuania. The reality, as I ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Jennifer McLagan’s new cookbook is bitter, sweet

By Sue Carter

It was a grapefruit that set Jennifer McLagan on the path to her new cookbook, Bitter: A Taste of the World’s Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes (HarperCollins Canada). “When was the last time you saw ... Read More »

October 3, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Documentary explores elusive textbook millionaire’s Rosedale home

By Julie Baldassi

James Stewart may be one of the most successful Canadian authors that CanLit has never heard of. His best-selling books have been translated into 12 languages, and are read by 90 per cent of Canadian ... Read More »

September 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

HBO developing Martyn Burke’s Cold War–era spy novel

By Julie Baldassi

A Cold War–era spy miniseries by Canadian author and filmmaker Martyn Burke is in development with HBO. Burke is slated to write the pilot, adapted from his 1984 title The Commissar's Report (Houghton Mifflin). The Commissar's Report tells the ... Read More »

September 25, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: The Reading Line’s Amanda Lewis and Janet Joy Wilson

By Julie Baldassi

The Reading Line: Books, Bikes, and Food Along the Green Line is the joint passion project of two Random House of Canada staffers, Amanda Lewis and Janet Joy Wilson. On Oct. 4 in Toronto, the two ... Read More »

September 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Ten hockey books to read this season

By Julie Baldassi

There is no end of Canadian-authored books about hockey this fall, from picture books to memoirs and biographies. ... Read More »

September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Text mining the novel

By Dory Cerny

A group of researchers from 21 academic and non-academic institutes, led by Andrew Piper, associate professor and William Dawson Scholar of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University, is undertaking the “first large-scale quantitative history ... Read More »

September 18, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Dead kitten imagery a tough sell for Helen Marshall’s Gifts for the One Who Comes After

By Q&Q Staff

Designer Erik Mohr discovers that dead kitten imagery is a tough sell for the cover of Helen Marshall’s story collection Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine Publications) 1. I find story collections the ... Read More »

September 12, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Michelle Latimer’s adaptation of Rawi Hage’s Cockroach premieres at TIFF

By Sue Carter

Toronto filmmaker and social-rights activist Michelle Latimer has undertaken the challenge of distilling Rawi Hage’s 2008 novel Cockroach (House of Anansi Press) into a 13-minute film. The Underground premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival ... Read More »

September 11, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

David Adams Richards novel to be adapted for television

By Julie Baldassi

A television adaptation of Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author David Adams Richards’ latest novel, Crimes Against My Brother, is in the works. The series, based on the Miramichi, New Brunswick–set novel, is in development with former Alliance ... Read More »

September 10, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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Learning how to write Giller-worthy fiction with Heather O’Neill

Jennifer McLagan’s new cookbook is bitter, sweet

Documentary explores elusive textbook millionaire’s Rosedale home

HBO developing Martyn Burke’s Cold War–era spy novel

Q&A: The Reading Line’s Amanda Lewis and Janet Joy Wilson

Ten hockey books to read this season

Text mining the novel

Dead kitten imagery a tough sell for Helen Marshall’s Gifts for the One Who Comes After

Michelle Latimer’s adaptation of Rawi Hage’s Cockroach premieres at TIFF

David Adams Richards novel to be adapted for television

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