Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

The December issue of Q&Q: Books of the Year

The special Books of the Year issue of Quill & Quire is now en route to stores and mailboxes. It contains the magazine's annual selection of the titles that mattered the most over the past ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Sins of omission

By Nathan Whitlock

One of Slate's features for its fall fiction week is a reprise of a "gravest literary omissions" survey it conducted a few years ago – critics' confessions of the most important books they had never ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Conrad Black, cyborg, vs. Jean Chretien, memoirist

By Stuart Woods

At a book signing in Toronto last night, Conrad Black appeared "relaxed and smiling" from his home in Palm Beach, where Black is spending time ahead of sentencing next month in Chicago. Sitting at the ... Read More »

October 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

By Stuart Woods

Canadian authors are well represented in a book of fictional love letters, titled Four Letter Word, which is being published by Knopf Canada in 2008. Prior to its release, Times Online is inviting readers to ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Doris Lessing captures Nobel Prize in Literature

By Stuart Woods

Doris Lessing is the 2007 Nobel laureate in literature – and only the 11th woman in the prize's 106-year history. Presented this morning in Stockholm, the citation describes Lessing as "that epicist of the female ... Read More »

October 11, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Conrad Black: he haunts us still

By Nathan Whitlock

Former media baron and author Conrad Black has not been allowed to return to Canada following his conviction on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in the U.S., but he is finding other ways to ... Read More »

October 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Richler's film apprenticeship

By Stuart Woods

Charles Foran, writing in The Walrus (subscription required), previews the TV adaptation of Mordecai Richler's St. Urbain's Horseman, which airs Sept. 19 and 20 on CBC. Foran also describes Richler's involvement with the film industry, ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The English Patient visits England

By Nathan Whitlock

Michael Ondaatje will be the featured author on the BBC World Book Club's fifth anniversary show on Sept. 28, speaking about his novel The English Patient. Host Harriet Gilbert will interview Ondaatje at Canada House ... Read More »

August 22, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

CanLit featured in Indian bookzine

By Nathan Whitlock

Canadian writing is spotlighted in the second issue of Atlas, a new literary journal being published in New Delhi, India. In a letter accompanying a copy sent to Q&Q, B.C. contributor Peggy Herring points out ... Read More »

July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

God save the King

By Q&Q Staff

It was a lovefest at the showcase BOOKED! event, the Stephen King tribute on Friday evening. The 1,300-seat John Bassett Theatre looked to be at least two-thirds full, and the crowd response started at "wild" ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Search Results by tag: Margaret Atwood

The December issue of Q&Q: Books of the Year

Sins of omission

Conrad Black, cyborg, vs. Jean Chretien, memoirist

Love letters by CanLit icons are for adults only

Doris Lessing captures Nobel Prize in Literature

Conrad Black: he haunts us still

Richler's film apprenticeship

The English Patient visits England

CanLit featured in Indian bookzine

God save the King

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