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Behind the big screen: Canadian lit adaptations

As producers arrive by the plane-load for the Toronto International Film Festival, Q&Q returns to its June 2011 issue, where seven Canadian production companies describe what they look for when adapting the printed word for ... Read More »

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

2011 Giller longlist a wide open field

By Stuart Woods

A sure sign the fall literary season is underway, the Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its first round of nominees for 2011. The 17-title longlist “ the largest since the prize began announcing it in ... Read More »

September 6, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Edugyan, deWitt land on Man Booker shortlist

By Stuart Woods

A pair of Canadian authors have been named to the shortlist of the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Victoria's Esi Edugyan has been nominated for her second novel, Half-Blood Blues, about an interracial troupe of jazz ... Read More »

September 6, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Weekend reading: the week’s top stories from St. Joseph Media

By Sue Carter

Looking for some extra long-weekend reading? Here are the week's top stories from the St. Joseph Media offices: Toronto Life: Introducing Bannock, Oliver and Bonacini's new café and restaurant at The Bay's flagship store Fashion ... Read More »

September 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian crime fiction, graphica, and poetry

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. CRIME FICTION Perennial bestseller Linwood Barclay returns with another spine-tingler, this one about a Connecticut contractor who gets caught up in a ... Read More »

September 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Fall preview 2011: books for young people

By Nathan Whitlock

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. FICTION Kenneth Oppel has become a kidlit star while mostly steering clear of the genre end of YA fiction. His early 1990s ... Read More »

September 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Endicott to launch Good Reads series on International Literacy Day

By Natalie Samson

Good Reads, a partnership between Edmonton's Grass Roots Press and ABC Life Literacy Canada, is set to release its second series of books for adult literacy learners. For 2011, the series of short titles written ... Read More »

September 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ontario designer turns David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” into a digital kids’ book

By Sue Carter

David Bowie's 1969 song Space Oddity isn't the most likely source for a children's book, given that its main character, Major Tom, ends up alone, stuck in space while floating in his tin can (also, ... Read More »

August 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Random House of Canada to publish “e-book original” honouring Jack Layton

By Stuart Woods

The death of former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton caught many Canadians off guard and provoked a wave of goodwill across the country. Random House of Canada announced today it's planning to memorialize Layton's ... Read More »

August 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fall preview 2011: international books

By Jason Spencer

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. FICTION Originally excerpted in The Paris Review in 2002, Denis Johnson's novella Train Dreams (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/D&M Publishers, $19.95 cl.) rolls ... Read More »

August 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

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Behind the big screen: Canadian lit adaptations

2011 Giller longlist a wide open field

Edugyan, deWitt land on Man Booker shortlist

Weekend reading: the week’s top stories from St. Joseph Media

Fall preview 2011: Canadian crime fiction, graphica, and poetry

Fall preview 2011: books for young people

Endicott to launch Good Reads series on International Literacy Day

Ontario designer turns David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” into a digital kids’ book

Random House of Canada to publish “e-book original” honouring Jack Layton

Fall preview 2011: international books

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