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McQuaig takes Ignatieff and others to task

The Tyee has posted excerpts from an interview with author and journalist Linda McQuaig, whose new book, Holding the Bully's Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire, has recently hit the shelves. Charles Demers introduces the ... Read More »

May 2, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

BOOKED! lineup made public

By Leigh Anne Williams

Today Reed Exhibitions posted some much-awaited details on BOOKED!, the author festival that's running just before the BookExpo Canada convention and trade show next month. The most notable event is a gala tribute to horror ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

More books, less local content in B.C.

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Tyee recently posted a good-news/bad-news article about the state of books in B.C. The good news is that local publishers are doing well and the Vancouver International Writers Festival is putting the province on ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

Once more, with feeling

By Q&Q Staff

Our BookExpo Canada preview, from the June issue of Q&Q. Tentative optimism seems to be the general mood going into BookExpo Canada this year. After some exhibitor grumbling last year about high costs and low ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The Coach House Banjoree

By Q&Q Staff

Playwright, author, and, yes, banjo player Sean Dixon launched his novel The Girls Who Saw Everything (Coach House Books) at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on April 26. (Photos courtesy of Coach House Books.) Sean Dixon in ... Read More »

April 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Laura Miller, Granta, and immigrant lit (and James Wood)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Granta's new "Best of Young American Novelists 2" issue is now out (the followup to a 1996 issue), and The Los Angeles Times looks at the under-35 authors who made the cut this time, noting ... Read More »

April 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Save our reviews

By Leigh Anne Williams

The state of newspaper book review sections has people worried in the U.S., where The Los Angeles Times recently folded its books coverage into the opinion pages, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has laid off its ... Read More »

April 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Calgary launch for Andrew Wedderburn's The Milk Chicken Bomb

By Q&Q Staff

Coach House Books hosted a launch at Calgary's Broken City for Andrew Wedderburn's new novel, The Milk Chicken Bomb. (Photos by Jonathan Ball and Paul Kennett.) Andrew Wedderburn reading from The Milk Chicken Bomb. Chris ... Read More »

April 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Atwood vs. Harper

By Nathan Whitlock

Margaret Atwood says the Harper Tories are out to "squash the arts into the dust," CBC reports. "They basically just hate us," she says in an interview with CBC Radio. Criticizing the government’s cuts to ... Read More »

April 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Raw Shark in Toronto

By Nathan Whitlock

The New York Times has published an excerpt of British author Steven Hall's debut novel The Raw Shark Texts. Hall was in Toronto yesterday for the launch of the Canadian edition, which has been marketed ... Read More »

April 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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McQuaig takes Ignatieff and others to task

BOOKED! lineup made public

More books, less local content in B.C.

Once more, with feeling

The Coach House Banjoree

Laura Miller, Granta, and immigrant lit (and James Wood)

Save our reviews

Calgary launch for Andrew Wedderburn's The Milk Chicken Bomb

Atwood vs. Harper

Raw Shark in Toronto

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