Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: talking with author and Broken Pencil founder Hal Niedzviecki

Broken Pencil, Canada’s only journal of zine culture and independent arts, turns 20 this year. Founder Hal Niedzviecki is now a culture critic and fiction writer who has published 10 books since the magazine’s inception. ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced that its pop-up festival shop will remain in the Toronto Reference Library for the foreseeable future. Rebranded as Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, the store offers a ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Bookselling, Events, Libraries

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Kobo president and CCO Michael Tamblyn

By Sue Carter

Twenty years ago, few outside the industry could have predicted that the chaotic culture of technology start-ups would meld with the seasons-driven structure of traditional book publishing and retail. As president and chief content officer ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Theytus Books editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis

By Q&Q Staff

Launched in 1981, Theytus Books – Canada’s first indigenous-owned publishing house – has played a pivotal role in developing the country’s canon of aboriginal literature. Theytus editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis gives some insight into the press. ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: talking with The Great Black North editors Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron

By Safa Jinje

In 2013, Frontenac House published The Great Black North, the first anthology to survey contemporary African Canadian poetry in all its forms. Edited by author Valerie Mason-John and spoken-word poet Kevan Anthony Cameron, the collection ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

80 years of Q&Q: CanLit goes out into the world

By Q&Q Staff

Five Canadian writers recognized with international awards: 1. Margaret Atwood: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts (1981); Los Angeles Times Fiction Award for The Handmaid’s Tale (1986); Government of France’s Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, People

80 years of Q&Q: a look back at Canadian children’s publishing

By Q&Q Staff

Canada gives birth to a kidlit industry Fuelled in part by government grants – but mostly by idealism, nationalism, feminism, youthful optimism, and an urgent sense that children and children’s books mattered – the 1970s ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, People

Seth gets animated at Hot Docs film festival

By Sue Carter

Canadian cartoonist Seth will make a big-screen appearance at this year's Hot Docs film festival in Toronto. Directed by Luc Chamberland and produced by the NFB, Seth’s Dominion combines documentary footage with animated vignettes from some ... Read More »

March 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Second annual Reading Town Canada slated for Charlottetown and Calgary

By Becky Robertson

The National Reading Campaign has announced that the second annual Reading Town Canada will be held in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in partnership with the P.E.I. Literary Alliance and the Confederation Centre Public Library, and in Calgary, ... Read More »

March 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Children's publishing, Events, Industry news

Rich Terfry to release wicked and weird memoir

By Sue Carter

This year is proving to be rich with musician memoirs, thanks to Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, and Chrissie Hynde, among others. Now Canada's own Buck 65 (a.k.a. Rich Terfry) is joining the band with Wicked ... Read More »

March 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

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80 years of Q&Q: talking with author and Broken Pencil founder Hal Niedzviecki

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Kobo president and CCO Michael Tamblyn

80 years of Q&Q: talking with Theytus Books editor-in-chief Paul Seesequasis

80 years of Q&Q: talking with The Great Black North editors Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron

80 years of Q&Q: CanLit goes out into the world

80 years of Q&Q: a look back at Canadian children’s publishing

Seth gets animated at Hot Docs film festival

Second annual Reading Town Canada slated for Charlottetown and Calgary

Rich Terfry to release wicked and weird memoir

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