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Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has released a partial guest list for this year's event, which takes place May 5“6 at the Toronto Reference Library. According to The Comics Reporter, headliners include Jeff Smith, Alison ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

By Steven W. Beattie

Critic, gadfly, supporter of the Iraq war, misogynist, atheist. Christopher Hitchens was all these things. He was also one of the most erudite and plain-spoken writers of his day, possessed of intelligence, wit, and interests ... Read More »

December 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Room audiobook narrator Michal Friedman dies

By Sue Carter

Michal Friedman, a New York“based actor and singer whose career included vocal work for several audiobooks, died on Nov. 25, from complications related to a Cesarean section after giving birth to healthy twins. Most recently, ... Read More »

December 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction finalists announced

By Sue Carter

The B.C. Achievement Foundation has announced the shortlist for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Chosen from a longlist of 10 titles, the finalists are: Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism by ... Read More »

December 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a history of LGBT publisher Pink Triangle Press and a new biography of former ... Read More »

November 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Lesley Livingston makes up worlds and words at the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

By Sue Carter

The Toronto SpecFic Colloquium, a day-long event of "lectures which consider the importance of the stories that define humanity in the present age from the aliens hiding among us to the gates of hell ripping ... Read More »

October 13, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include a tribute to Apple and plenty of Thanksgiving recipes. Grace Kelly gets the royal ... Read More »

October 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Erin Bow’s Plain Kate wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

By Sue Carter

Erin Bow has won this year's TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for her historical fantasy YA novel Plain Kate, published by Scholastic Canada. Bow received her $25,000 prize at a gala event in Toronto last ... Read More »

October 5, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

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Search Results by tag: YA

Bechdel and Delisle to headline Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Room audiobook narrator Michal Friedman dies

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction finalists announced

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Lesley Livingston makes up worlds and words at the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Erin Bow’s Plain Kate wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

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