Book culture

Margaret Atwood to add manuscript to Future Library on May 26

Scottish conceptual artist Katie Paterson has chosen Margaret Atwood as the inaugural author to commit a manuscript to her Future Library project. The author will present her work at a ceremony on May 26 that ... Read More »

May 21, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Cape Breton bookmark site to honour Alistair MacLeod

By Monika Lemke

Project Bookmark Canada, which erects textual markers from stories and poems in the places where literary scenes are set, announced that the bookmark for Alistair MacLeod’s 1999 novel No Great Mischief will be unveiled Oct. 1 ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

By Sue Carter

If you're heading to TCAF this weekend, stop by the Conundrum Press booth to congratulate Montreal comics artist Meags Fitzgerald, who is up for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award for her debut graphic novel Photobooth: ... Read More »

May 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

By Rachel Richey

In November, Montreal French-language comics publisher Pow Pow Press initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the translation of its books to English. The crowdfunding campaign was a success, and the resulting first four titles will ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Illustrator Lola Landekic on designing Lynn Crosbie’s Cobain–inspired book cover

By Sue Carter

Lynn Crosbie’s new novel, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (House of Anansi Press), follows 16-year-old Evelyn Gray, whose love for Kurt Cobain is so strong, she brings the iconic ’90s musician back to life. ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Five coast-to-coast Authors for Indies highlights

By Sarah Kester

Across the country this Saturday, more than 600 writers will be hand-selling books at 120 independent bookstores during the inaugural Canadian Authors for Indies event. Retailers in both large city centres and small towns are ... Read More »

April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Jonathan Crombie, Gilbert Blythe, and the “Perfect Man Archetype”

By Melanie Fishbane

I fell in love for the first time when I was 12, with the school heartthrob. He had dark brown hair and a dimpled chin, and seemed to enjoy teasing the girls. But he also ... Read More »

April 23, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Opinion

80 years of Q&Q: getting personal with CanLit personalities

By Q&Q Staff

In 1956, Timothy Findley published his debut story in the Tamarack Review, motivated by some friendly generational griping from his friend, actress Ruth Gordon (Harold and Maude). During a 1981 interview with Canadian Literature, Findley ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: CanLit gets down to business

By Q&Q Staff

Authors get organized Decades before online petitions and social media became favoured activist tactics, Canadian authors gathered over drinks to discuss the issues of the day. Grassroots organizations emerged out of late nights at the ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology