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Fiction vs. non-, round 2

Not too long ago, author Ken McGoogan argued in The Globe and Mail that non-fiction books get short shrift in our culture, fiction soaking up the glam and all. Now, Globe columnist and novelist Russell ... Read More »

November 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Some hard looks at Plimpton

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's been two and a half years since journalist and author Philip Gourevitch took over as editor of The Paris Review, and now The New York Observer's Doree Shafrir sits down with Gourevitch in the ... Read More »

November 1, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

MtvU names first poet laureate

By Nathan Whitlock

MtvU, a branch of MTV that broadcasts on 750 U.S. college campuses, announced this week that it has chosen its first poet laureate, The New York Times reports. And while names such as Bob Dylan ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Friday fun, part 1: Clive James' Schadenfreude song

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's not new or anything, but Clive James' poem "The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered" is a Quillblog favourite that will undoubtedly resonate with anyone who works in the book biz. The book ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Metric singer publishes book of her father's writing

By Nathan Whitlock

This is a big week for Metric singer Emily Haines. She is releasing her second EP with the band Soft Skeleton, What is Free to a Good Home? as well as a book: a collection ... Read More »

July 25, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

We Scream for CanLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Scream Literary Festival kicks off in Toronto tonight with a launch at the Gladstone Hotel, featuring poets Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa, George Elliott Clarke, and Shapour Shahidi. Now in its 15th year, the ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Zach Wells and others take on Survival

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two years ago in Vancouver, five Canadian poets got together for a panel discussion on the state of the art, and tried to hash out whether Margaret Atwood's seminal CanLit study Survival has energized or ... Read More »

May 17, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Flickr photo roundup: Language Acts, Ottawa Fest, and Rosemary Shipton

By Q&Q Staff

Contributors to our Q&Q Flickr photo group have been busy on the book beat in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. Poet Carmine Starnino posted some pics, including the one above, from the April 27 launch of ... Read More »

May 10, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Shakespeare's trash a literary treasure

By Alison Jones

As reported by the CBC, William Shakespeare is making a posthumous contribution to his poetry collection. Thirty years after its discovery, To the Queen by the Players, an 18-line poem, will be published for the ... Read More »

April 24, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry 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

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Search Results by tag: poetry

Fiction vs. non-, round 2

Some hard looks at Plimpton

MtvU names first poet laureate

Friday fun, part 1: Clive James' Schadenfreude song

Metric singer publishes book of her father's writing

We Scream for CanLit

Zach Wells and others take on Survival

Flickr photo roundup: Language Acts, Ottawa Fest, and Rosemary Shipton

Shakespeare's trash a literary treasure

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

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