"Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be." It would ... Read More »
August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
Best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy died in hospital Monday night after a short illness. She was 72 years old. "Maeve was a great storyteller," says International Festival of Authors director Geoffrey Taylor, who came to ... Read More »
July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
The Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs association has put out a call for essays on the field of creative writing studies from a Canadian academic perspective. The book, tentatively titled Creative Writing in the ... Read More »
July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Book news
In light of news that author Jonah Lehrer fabricated quotes in his bestseller, Imagine: The Science of Creativity, his U.S. publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, announced it is halting sales of the book. Lehrer's Canadian publisher, ... Read More »
July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news
Last week, Michael Redhill brought some closure to a case of hidden identity that has intrigued mystery readers for years. In a first-person essay published in Friday's Globe and Mail, Redhill revealed that since 2008, ... Read More »
July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
Stephen Colbert featured alongside Joyce, Sendak in exhibit at museum and library Studios vie for film rights to Jamie McGuire's Beautiful Disaster Revealing Eden author speaks out against claims of racism Author Moira Butterfield: why ... Read More »
July 31, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
Biographies and memoirs dominate this week's list of non-fiction bestsellers. For the two weeks ending July 22, 2012: 1. Wheat Belly, William Davis (HarperCollins, $17.99 pa, 9781443412735) 2. A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard (Simon & ... Read More »
July 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers
Just a month after Jonah Lehrer apologized for repurposing his own material in various publications, The New Yorker staff writer has resigned from the magazine, in response to accusations that he fabricated quotes in his ... Read More »
July 30, 2012 | Filed under: Authors
Fifty Shades of Grey and The Hunger Games factor into sales decrease at Penguin U.S. and EU blocking treaty to give blind and visually impaired better access to books Dylan Thomas Prize longlist features some ... Read More »
July 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book links
The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »
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