Leona Trainer, age 84, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2020.
Sue Goyette named Halifax’s new poet laureate
Goyette takes over from Afua Cooper, who has held the position since 2018.
Jean Little was her family’s poet and a pioneer in the Canadian kidlit community
Family and friends remember Little as quick, playful, mischievous, and real – just like her characters
Bill Hushion remembered as an irascible, good-humoured salesman who truly cared about books and bookselling
“Bill was the heart and soul of the Canadian publishing industry,” says John Neale, former chairman at Random House of Canada.
Obituary: William J. Hushion
William J. Hushion (April 16, 1940–April 8, 2020), known to all as Bill, passed away in his 79th year on April 8, 2020.
Renowned children’s author Jean Little dies at 88
The Guelph writer became known for changing the way children with disabilities were portrayed
In her new collection, Dani Spinosa locates visual poetry at the nexus of analogue and digital traditions
OO: Typewriter Poems is a series of 50 visual poems.
Sarah MacLachlan to retire in June, Bruce Walsh named as new publisher at House of Anansi
Sarah MacLachlan will step down at the end of June as president and publisher of House of Anansi Press. Bruce Walsh has been named new publisher of Anansi.
How the ocean crisis transformed a storyteller of the sea into an environmental reporter
I wasn’t supposed to write an environmental book. I knew the ocean was in trouble. But that didn’t feel like my story.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Room, Emma Donoghue says all novelists can be screenwriters
Donoghue spoke with Q&Q about the excitement of adaptations and why she believes any novelist can be a screenwriter.
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