According to CTV, librarians in Vancouver have been warned by city officials to use only approved Olympic sponsors in any Games-themed events they host next month, and to conceal the logos of any non-Olympic companies ... Read More »
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A few bookish links from across the Web: Book-loving travellers, breathe a sigh of relief: Transport Canada explains that the whole airplane book ban was just a misunderstanding Hundreds of readers offer words of support ... Read More »
Recent Q&Q cover model Shane Peacock visited McNally Robinson's Toronto location on Nov. 26 to read from and sign copies of his most recent Sherlock Holmes adventure, The Vanishing Girl. Above: Peacock signs books for ... Read More »
December 8, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Backstage at the PEN Canada benefit "Cockburn & Ondaatje: An Evening of Music and Words", which was held at Toronto's Glenn Gould Theatre on Nov. 21. From left: Bruce Cockburn, Lydia Cacho (the recipient of ... Read More »
On Nov. 26 at Rideau Hall, Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean presented the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards. Below are some of the highlights: Kate Pullinger, winner in the fiction category for The Mistress ... Read More »
November 27, 2009 | Filed under: Events
New Star Books launched George Bowering's short story collection The Box last week at the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver. Above, Bowering reads to the crowd. New Star publisher Rolf Maurer, former managing editor Carellin Brooks, ... Read More »
November 25, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Illustrator Evan Munday (who sunlights as Coach House Books's publicist) and YA author Natalie Ghent ran the Test Pilot edition of Small Print's Volume One Project, a new writing workshop series for pre-teens and tweens, ... Read More »
November 25, 2009 | Filed under: Events
As reported earlier on Quillblog, IFOA head Geoffrey Taylor has been awarded an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. The ceremony took ... Read More »
Here are some pics from recent book events: Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International, interviews Denise Chong about her book Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and ... Read More »
October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Geoffrey Taylor, director of Harbourfront's Reading Series, is to receive an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Taylor, who has been with ... Read More »
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