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Top book designers re-imagine classic CanLit book covers

Solomon Gursky was here This scene, of Solomon with his grandfather Ephraim, has stuck with me for years: “Ephraim slid a long knife free of their sled and planted it upright in the snow. He ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: comics & graphica, from Captain Canuck to D&Q

By Q&Q Staff

Canadian comics get a second chance The mid- to late 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia to comics, and with it, Canada’s Silver Age. These comics, consistent in their production values with most mainstream (i.e., ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: notable titles, from cookbooks to LGBT classics

By Q&Q Staff

BRANDING GENERATION X Douglas Coupland’s debut novel wasn’t an instant hit when it was published in the spring of 1991, but it didn’t take long before critics and media saw the appeal in combining the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: historically speaking, CanLit moments through the years

By Q&Q Staff

Jack McClelland passes the M&S torch A few years after Jack McClelland (who once said “I am McClelland & Stewart”) sold his beloved M&S to businessman Avie Bennett in 1985, the larger-than-life publisher retired from ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: travelling through the decades

By Q&Q Staff

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: five musicians (and a few dabblers) with split identities

By Q&Q Staff

Dave Bidini The Rheostatics guitarist’s 1998 touring memoir, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock (McClelland & Stewart), was short on the coked-out sex romps of Keith Richards or the Crüe, but ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture

Title and cover revealed for new book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House Canada has revealed the North American title and book jacket for the fourth instalment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, written by Swedish author David Lagercrantz. The novel will appear Aug. 27 in ... Read More »

March 31, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, Book news

Book-launch venue hop: The Carleton Tavern, Ottawa

By Natalie Samson

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues The Factory Reading Series is the cozy, down-to-earth heart of Ottawa’s vibrant poetry scene. ... Read More »

March 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events, Writing life

Cover to cover: Natalie Olsen on designing Amber McMillan’s We Can’t Ever Do This Again

By Q&Q Staff

Natalie Olsen struggles to give visual representation to a wide-ranging collection of poems for Amber McMillan’s debut, We Can’t Ever Do This Again (Wolsak & Wynn) 1. I still haven’t figured out why this collection ... Read More »

March 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Book-launch venue hop: The Company House, Halifax

By Q&Q Staff

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues Q&Q’s spotlight on local launch spots kicks off with the Company House, a popular ... Read More »

March 19, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events

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