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Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

Quillblog plays social convener today by introducing our book-loving readers to some book-loving podcasters with whom you may not be acquainted. Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast created by an Ottawa couple, Andrea ... 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

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

By Q&Q Staff

Here's a quick roundup of some recent event photos posted in the Q&Q Flickr pool: Photographer Fleur-Ange Lamothe posted a couple of images from Brantford Book Camp 2007. It was a three-day event in mid-August ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

By Nathan Whitlock

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country have been contributing to our new Quill & Quire Flickr Pool. Below is just a sampling of recent additions. Poet Don McKay – who was just nominated for the Griffin ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr event roundup

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country who contribute to our Quill & Quire Flickr Pool have been busy! Photographer Frances-Anne Solomon captures Caribbean-Canadian author Rachel Manley (third from left) surrounded by fans at the Toronto launch ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

The new face of summer magazine fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

The magazine market for fiction may not be in quite so critical a condition after all. Toronto Life has announced plans to drop its annual Summer Fiction feature, but another city magazine has just kicked ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

By Scott MacDonald

What's the best way to sell a book? Recent events surrounding Mark Tushingham's book, Hotter Than Hell, suggest that a little controversy can't hurt. In Other Media linked last week to coverage of the Harper ... Read More »

April 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Might is right

By Scott MacDonald

In what appears to be an attempt to keep a lid on the pot of global warming, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has barred Mark Tushingham, a scientist for Environment Canada and the author of the ... Read More »

April 18, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Black bile? Yes, indeed.

By Scott MacDonald

In an essay originally published in his magazine Front & Centre and republished on The Danforth Review, Ottawa writer and Black Bile Press editor Matthew Firth calls for the end of literary prizes and contests ... Read More »

January 24, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Book news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: ottawa

Ottawa podcasters talk kidlit

Richler's film apprenticeship

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

Flickr event roundup

The new face of summer magazine fiction

Harper's bid for totalitarianism backfires

Might is right

Black bile? Yes, indeed.

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