Within 24 hours of Omar Mouallem’s announcement of the online writing school, the 14 courses had reached 30 per cent of their capacity.
How to get the most out of the first virtual Festival of Literary Diversity
To walk festival-goers through the uncharted territory of our digital universe, Jael Richardson and Amanda Leduc offer some tips on how to get the most out of the FOLD’s first virtual literary festival.
Nominate a colleague: Q&Q is looking for your stories of publishing resilience
Tell us about a person, group, business, or organization that has in some way, big or small, contributed to sustaining the publishing industry.
BookExpo, UnBound, and BookCon cancelled for 2020
The events had been postponed from May to July in the hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic would be contained.
Q&A: author Marjorie Simmins on the importance of memoir and how COVID-19 is affecting writers’ income
“This spring, summer, and autumn should have been my harvest season. The entire year, really.”
Anansi editor Michelle MacAleese on collaborating while working solo, and the generosity of Twitter copy editors
No common playbook for Canadian publishers as publication dates abruptly shift
Publishers face steep challenges as they reconsider how and when to release titles across their spring and summer seasons.

Canadian publishers announce postponed publication dates
A running list of all of the Canadian publications postponed during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Book distributors work to deliver stock to customers during COVID-19
Canada’s book distributors are applying creativity and flexibility to keep the supply chain moving during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Glad Day Bookshop’s Emergency Survival Fund has topped $150,000 for LGBTQ2S+ community
Glad Day co-owner Michael Erickson spoke to Q&Q about the financial shortfalls facing the LGBTQ2S community, including queer writers in crisis.