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Artists’ organizations lobbying for health benefit subsidy for self-employed artists

Several Canadian arts organizations are teaming up to lobby the federal government for a contribution that would help professional artists enrol in medical, dental, and life insurance programs. So far, The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canadian ... Read More »

August 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

First listen: Christine Fellows’ northern-inspired poetry and music project

By Sue Carter

In 2011, Winnipeg musician Christine Fellows travelled through the Yukon as Dawson City Music Festival’s songwriter-in-residence. The experience inspired Burning Daylight, a full-length album and poetry collection, both to be published by ARP Books in ... Read More »

July 29, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood home for sale

By Sue Carter

Poetry and prose lovers with some cash in their pockets may want to consider purchasing Elizabeth Bishop's childhood home in Great Village, Nova Scotia. Known for years as the Elizabeth Bishop House, the 2,000 square-foot* ... Read More »

July 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Tom Thomson death-tweets being developed into manuscript

By Julie Baldassi

For the fourth year in a row, "Tom Thomson" live-tweeted a re-enactment of the Group of Seven artist’s death in Algonquin Park, thought to have taken place somewhere on Canoe Lake amid mysterious circumstances 97 ... Read More »

July 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Author signs two-book deal with S&S Canada after winning novel-writing marathon

By Sue Carter

Four years after winning the 2010 Muskoka Novel Marathon in Huntsville, Ontario, Toronto writer Amy Stuart has signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster Canada. During the 72-hour charity event, Stuart completed 50 pages of ... Read More »

July 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&Q staff share their summer reading lists

By Julie Baldassi

ALISON JONES, PUBLISHER Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths, Nancy Marie Brown (Palgrave Macmillan) Among the many gaps in my knowledge is the fact that I have never read the Norse ... Read More »

June 30, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Sarah Polley to adapt John Green’s Looking for Alaska

By Sue Carter

Sarah Polley has been tapped to write and direct Looking for Alaska, an adaptation of the 2005 YA novel by John Green, reigning king of the teen-tearjerker and author of The Fault in Our Stars. ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Cover to cover: Kathy Page’s Paradise & Elsewhere

By Sue Carter

Designer Kate Hargreaves searches for the right blend of reality and fantasy, animal and human for the cover of Kathy Page’s story collection Paradise & Elsewhere (Biblioasis) 1. When I started working on this cover, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Stepping up to the plate with professional cookbook food stylists

By Melissa Buote

In the June issue of Q&Q, Melissa Buote looks at how professional food stylists turn cookbooks into works of gastronomical art Stunning food photography isn’t as simple as Instagram makes it look. All the digital ... Read More »

June 24, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Food styling step by step with Patti Hetherington

By Q&Q Staff

In the June issue of Q&Q, professional food stylist Patti Hetherington, who has worked with cookbook authors such as Laura Calder and chef Michael Smith, walks through the steps of preparing a dish for photography. ... Read More »

June 20, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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Artists’ organizations lobbying for health benefit subsidy for self-employed artists

First listen: Christine Fellows’ northern-inspired poetry and music project

Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood home for sale

Tom Thomson death-tweets being developed into manuscript

Author signs two-book deal with S&S Canada after winning novel-writing marathon

Q&Q staff share their summer reading lists

Sarah Polley to adapt John Green’s Looking for Alaska

Cover to cover: Kathy Page’s Paradise & Elsewhere

Stepping up to the plate with professional cookbook food stylists

Food styling step by step with Patti Hetherington

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