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Proulx rocks out

Joanne Proulx launched her novel Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet (Penguin Canada) with a This Is Not a Reading Series event at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on May 15. And she had a little help from ... Read More »

May 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Key Porter's private dancer

By Q&Q Staff

On May 16, Key Porter Books launched Vanessa Craft's novel Out of Character - about a woman who takes a job at a "gentleman's club" in London, England - with an event at 65 Degrees ... Read More »

May 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Back to the '70s with Teresa Toten

By Q&Q Staff

YA author Teresa Toten launched her latest novel, Better Than Blonde (Penguin Canada), at a Toronto restaurant on May 7. The book is set in the 1970s, so launchgoers were encouraged to dress up as ... Read More »

May 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

James Patterson to close Toronto readers' festival

By Nathan Whitlock

BOOKED!, the readers' festival created to accompany BookExpo Canada, has confirmed (as previously reported by Q&Q Omni) that bestselling thriller author James Patterson will be the star of a finale event to close the festival ... Read More »

May 16, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

The friends of Gary Hyland

By Q&Q Staff

Hagios Press launched Gary Hyland's new poetry collection Hands Reaching in Water at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on May 3. More than 150 people attended and the Oak & Rose Book Shoppe sold more ... Read More »

May 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Claire Cameron launches The Line Painter

By Q&Q Staff

Claire Cameron launched her first novel, The Line Painter (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on April 26. (Photos courtesy of HarperCollins Canada) Cameron with HarperCollins Canada marketing manager Lindsey Lowy ... ... and with ... Read More »

May 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr photo roundup: Language Acts, Ottawa Fest, and Rosemary Shipton

By Q&Q Staff

Contributors to our Q&Q Flickr photo group have been busy on the book beat in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. Poet Carmine Starnino posted some pics, including the one above, from the April 27 launch of ... Read More »

May 10, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Coach House Books Spring Launch

By Q&Q Staff

Coach House Books brought writers, editors and readers together at Toronto club Revival. (All photos by Julia Gotz.) Coach House publisher Stan Bevington with a twinkle in his eye. Nicole Brossard and Rachel Zolf reading. ... Read More »

May 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

B.C. Book Prize winners

By Q&Q Staff

B.C.'s literati gathered at a gala ceremony on April 28 at Victoria's Government House to honour the winners and nominees of this year's B.C. Book Prizes. (Photos by Sharon Bradley) Sarah Ellis accepts the Sheila ... Read More »

May 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Anansi's poetry bash

By Q&Q Staff

House of Anansi Press held its annual poetry launch on April 19 at CoupeSpace, the east-end-Toronto studio of designer Bill Douglas, who frequently does work for Anansi. (Photos by Sharon Harris.) The scene at CoupeSpace, ... Read More »

May 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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