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Canadian booksellers show “surge of interest” in Michael Wolff’s Trump takedown, as release date moves up

U.S. president Donald Trump's plan to stop the publication of journalist Michael Wolff's controversial new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, has failed in a spectacular way. Hours after Trump's personal attorney ... Read More »

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Book news

Lee Maracle, Alberto Manguel, Sally Armstrong among Order of Canada appointees

By Sue Carter

Métis-Salish author Lee Maracle has been appointed an officer of the Order of Canada for her "contributions to Canada’s literary landscape and for her influential voice in cultural relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in ... Read More »

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Lisa Robertson named recipient of inaugural $40,000 C.D. Wright Award for Poetry

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born experimental poet Lisa Robertson has won the first C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, a $40,000 U.S. prize administered by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Poets Tonya Foster and Peter Gizzi, who acted as advisors ... Read More »

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Top Q&Q stories and reviews of the year, as selected by readers

By Sue Carter

This past year in CanLit will most likely be remembered for advancing discussions around cultural appropriation and identity, which, not surprisingly, also dominates our list of top stories of the year. Here are Q&Q's most-read ... Read More »

December 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Literary event listings, Dec. 18–31, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19 Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) LVIII: With Lisa Richter and George Elliott Clarke. Hosted by Bänoo Zan. Church of St. Stephen in-the-Fields, 365 College St., Toronto. 6:15 p.m. $5 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 Toronto ... Read More »

December 15, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Madeleine Thien, Shari Lapena appear on Toronto Public Library’s list of 2017’s most-borrowed books

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Public Library has released its annual list of the most-borrowed books of the year. Top Canadian-authored fiction titles include Madeleine Thien's 2016 Giller Prize–winning novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, and Shari ... Read More »

December 14, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Desmond Cole awarded $1,000 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize

By Sue Carter

Toronto journalist and activist Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 annual award is presented to "an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada." At ... Read More »

December 14, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Sharon Bala’s debut novel, The Boat People, selected for PRH’s international One World, One Book campaign

By Sue Carter

Sharon Bala’s debut novel, The Boat People, will receive a rare but welcome marketing push when it comes out in early 2018. Bala's novel, about a group of Sri Lankan refugees who arrive in Canada ... Read More »

December 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

The best best-books-of-the-year lists for 2017

By Conan Tobias

This time of year, it seems everyone and their dog feels the need to weigh in with a best-books list (have you read ours?). Here’s a random sampling of what some other publications, organizations, and ... Read More »

December 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

Canadian Jennifer Szalai named New York Times’s new non-fiction critic

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born Jennifer Ildiko Szalai, a New York Times Book Review editor, has been hired as the paper's new non-fiction critic. A former senior editor at Harper's, Szalai is a graduate of the University of Toronto, ... Read More »

December 11, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

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Canadian booksellers show “surge of interest” in Michael Wolff’s Trump takedown, as release date moves up

Lee Maracle, Alberto Manguel, Sally Armstrong among Order of Canada appointees

Lisa Robertson named recipient of inaugural $40,000 C.D. Wright Award for Poetry

Top Q&Q stories and reviews of the year, as selected by readers

Literary event listings, Dec. 18–31, 2017

Madeleine Thien, Shari Lapena appear on Toronto Public Library’s list of 2017’s most-borrowed books

Desmond Cole awarded $1,000 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize

Sharon Bala’s debut novel, The Boat People, selected for PRH’s international One World, One Book campaign

The best best-books-of-the-year lists for 2017

Canadian Jennifer Szalai named New York Times’s new non-fiction critic

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