In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. NOVELS Vincent Lam won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut, the short-story collection Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. His follow-up is ... Read More »
Popular PEI writer and comedian Patrick Ledwell spends a lot of time onstage, and now he's turning to his audiences to help fund his first book. I Am an Islander, a collection of sketches, rants, ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Last week, Governor General David Johnston announced that he will appoint prolific children's writer Tim Wynne-Jones an Officer of the Order of Canada. Wynne-Jones has written more than 25 books, twice received the Governor General's ... Read More »
What does an acclaimed online literary magazine do when in need of funds? If you're Joyland, the short fiction "hub" founded by Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis, one answer is to embrace a cutting-edge ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Independent bookstores fight Amazon by becoming publishers Christopher Hitchens' last Vanity Fair essay discusses Charles Dickens' inner child Barnes & Noble looks to sell publishing arm and spin off Nook division Topographical sculptures carved out ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Sarah Polley is one step closer to bringing Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace to the big screen. According to the Canadian Press, Polley's adaptation of the Giller Prize“winning book is one of 29 scripts ... Read More »
Random House of Canada and Penguin Canada lead Canadian entries on the 2011 Globe & Mail bestsellers' list Is Apple launching a digital self-publishing program? Kitty lit: reimagined classics from The Sound and the Furry ... Read More »
January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
Two of Toronto's longstanding independent bookstores will face major changes in 2012. This morning, Sue Houghting, owner of The Book Mark in the city's Kingsway neighbourhood, announced she will close shop after 46 years in ... Read More »
January 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling
The dissident writer and publisher Josef Skvorecky, author of 1984's Governor General's Literary Award“winning novel The Engineer of Human Souls, has died at the age of 87, according to media reports. Skvorecky came to Canada ... Read More »
Quillblog is taking a break to catch up on some reading, but ... Read More »
December 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
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