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What a swell party this is, for Rifke at the Four Seasons

It had to be one of the swankiest Canadian book launches on record: Rosalie Wise Sharp's memoir Rifke (ECW Press) was launched at the Four Seasons in Toronto on April 17, where Sharp's husband, Four ... Read More »

April 18, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Man Booker International shortlist announcement

By Q&Q Staff

The eyes of the literary world were on Toronto on Thursday morning as the ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

By Q&Q Staff

Six Gaspereau Press authors. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) George Elliott Clarke proudly displays a copy of his newest collection, Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path. All the way around the table of poets and friends: ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country have been contributing to our new Quill & Quire Flickr Pool. Below is just a sampling of recent additions. Poet Don McKay – who was just nominated for the Griffin ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden

By Q&Q Staff

The launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, on March 22, 2007. The event was co-hosted by A Different Drummer Books and the ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Kenneth J. Harvey wins Winterset

By Q&Q Staff

Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside, which won the Roger's prize for fiction at the Writers' Trust awards earlier this month, has won the 2006 Winterset Award. Harvey was presented with the award at a ceremony ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

But is there an Arab William Hung?

By Nathan Whitlock

Talent show TV is as popular in Arab nations as it is in the West, according to a report in The Guardian. An Abu Dhabi-based show estimates it has an audience of 17 million. It’s ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Event Photos: Ken Harvey's award win, Emily Schultz's launch, and Hot Hot Hot!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside won the 2006 Winterset Award at Government House in St. John's, Newfoundland on March 29. The International Board on Books for Young People's biennial fundraiser was held at Toronto's Lula ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Events

George Jonas's Reflections on Islam

By Sara Forsyth

George Jonas launched Reflections on Islam (Key Porter Books) at the University of Toronto's Massey College with a little help from Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel, who made a surprise visit from Chicago. (Photos by ... Read More »

March 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Emily Schultz Eats Her Shoe

By Q&Q Staff

Well, not really. But the Toronto novelist and poet did launch her new book of poems, Songs for the Dancing Chicken (which is partly based on the work of movie director Werner Herzog, who did ... Read More »

March 29, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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