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Scott Shane wins Munk School’s Lionel Gelber Prize

Washington-based New York Times reporter Scott Shane has been named winner of the 2016 Lionel Gelber Prize for Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone (Tim Duggan Books). Administered by ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors and Toronto's Now magazine have opened submissions for their annual Poetry Now Battle of the Bards competition. The March 30 reading event will spotlight 20 writers, selected by a random ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Hnatyshyn Foundation, a private charity supporting and promoting the arts, has announced a new series of awards for First Nations artists in Canada in six categories, including literature. The REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards will ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

By Becky Robertson

Emma Donoghue's Room received more acclaim on Feb. 28 when Brie Larson, star of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning novel's film adaptation – for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay – ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Spaces: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

By Q&Q Staff

A livre by any other name: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec keeps English literature circulating in a city that’s predominantly French. English books are hard to come by in Quebec City, a ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Uncategorized

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

By Dory Cerny

IBBY Canada has announced the shortlist for the 2015 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. The annual award honours a Canadian illustrator for outstanding artistic talent in a book published (in English or French) the ... Read More »

February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Freedom to Read Week kicks off with coast-to-coast programming

By Becky Robertson

Canada’s Freedom to Read week kicked off its 32nd annual celebrations on Feb. 21, with events including readings, talks, book clubs, and more hosted nationwide over the following week by the Book and Periodical Council. ... Read More »

February 23, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Cover and excerpt released for Emma Donoghue’s The Wonder

By Becky Robertson

The cover has been released for the new novel by Room author Emma Donoghue. The Wonder, appearing from HarperCollins on Sept. 27, follows Anna, a young girl in 1850s rural Ireland, and Lib, the nurse ... Read More »

February 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Back List: 39 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

The Apple I computer was only six months old when the University of Waterloo library went digital. In its Feb. 15, 1977, issue, Quill & Quire reported that all books in the school's system would ... Read More »

February 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Book Links: $70-million Kobo writedown; book clubs may help you live longer; what’s keeping Stephen King up at night?

By Becky Robertson

Rakuten annual report shows $70-million Kobo writedown and massive over-payment for OverDrive. (The Digital Reader) Thom York handwritten lyrics found in copy of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, to be auctioned for charity. ... Read More »

February 17, 2016 | Filed under: Book links, Book news

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Quill and Quire

Scott Shane wins Munk School’s Lionel Gelber Prize

Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

Spaces: The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

Freedom to Read Week kicks off with coast-to-coast programming

Cover and excerpt released for Emma Donoghue’s The Wonder

Back List: 39 years ago in Quill & Quire

Book Links: $70-million Kobo writedown; book clubs may help you live longer; what’s keeping Stephen King up at night?

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