Writing life

Poetry Month Q&A: K.I. Press on motherhood and her latest collection

Originally from rural Alberta, poet K.I. Press has lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa. She’s now lived in Winnipeg for a decade, long enough, she says, that it “has slowed down the pace at ... Read More »

April 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: comics & graphica, from Captain Canuck to D&Q

By Q&Q Staff

Canadian comics get a second chance The mid- to late 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia to comics, and with it, Canada’s Silver Age. These comics, consistent in their production values with most mainstream (i.e., ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: notable titles, from cookbooks to LGBT classics

By Q&Q Staff

BRANDING GENERATION X Douglas Coupland’s debut novel wasn’t an instant hit when it was published in the spring of 1991, but it didn’t take long before critics and media saw the appeal in combining the ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

80 years of Q&Q: historically speaking, CanLit moments through the years

By Q&Q Staff

Jack McClelland passes the M&S torch A few years after Jack McClelland (who once said “I am McClelland & Stewart”) sold his beloved M&S to businessman Avie Bennett in 1985, the larger-than-life publisher retired from ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, People, Writing life

Book-launch venue hop: The Carleton Tavern, Ottawa

By Natalie Samson

Each month, Q&Q visits dingy watering holes, upscale cafés, and other haunts in search of the country’s most beloved book-launch venues The Factory Reading Series is the cozy, down-to-earth heart of Ottawa’s vibrant poetry scene. ... Read More »

March 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Events, Writing life

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch on the necessity to publish theatre works

By Q&Q Staff

Being a playwright in Canada is like being an ice sculptor: you are a practitioner of an obscure art form that is ephemeral, impractical as a career choice, misunderstood, romantic. Canada’s theatre history is very ... Read More »

January 30, 2015 | Filed under: Opinion, People, Writing life

Poetry has “connived at its own irrelevance,” claims prize juror Jeremy Paxman

By Steven W. Beattie

The winners of the 2014 Griffin Poetry prizes are due to be announced later this week, which should be a happy event for writers and readers of poetry in Canada and internationally. But the U.K.-based ... Read More »

June 2, 2014 | Filed under: Writing life

TWUC protests UBC’s claim of cost reductions in student course packs

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Union of Canada has issued a blistering riposte to the University of British Columbia, resulting from the latter's claim that the cost of student course packs has been reduced by up to 33 ... Read More »

September 13, 2013 | Filed under: Writing life

New B.C. book fair will support indie authors, Frontier College

By Steven W. Beattie

In the wake of the recent report on the feasibility of mounting an annual book fair in Toronto, Vancouver's Black Bond Books has announced an inaugural fair in Richmond, B.C., dedicated to supporting independent writers. ... Read More »

August 29, 2013 | Filed under: Events, Writing life

Lev Grossman plots out the future of fiction

By Nathan Whitlock

Author and critic Lev Grossman, writing in the Wall Street Journal, claims that "difficult" novels have had their day, and we are witnessing the rebirth of old skool storytelling and books that everyone can get ... Read More »

September 2, 2009 | Filed under: Opinion, Writing life

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Poetry Month Q&A: K.I. Press on motherhood and her latest collection

80 years of Q&Q: comics & graphica, from Captain Canuck to D&Q

80 years of Q&Q: notable titles, from cookbooks to LGBT classics

80 years of Q&Q: historically speaking, CanLit moments through the years

Book-launch venue hop: The Carleton Tavern, Ottawa

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch on the necessity to publish theatre works

Poetry has “connived at its own irrelevance,” claims prize juror Jeremy Paxman

TWUC protests UBC’s claim of cost reductions in student course packs

New B.C. book fair will support indie authors, Frontier College

Lev Grossman plots out the future of fiction

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