Catherine Quaglia and Dana Corbett are not new to bookselling. But after decades of dreaming about owning their own ...

Lawyer and activist and author Michelle Good and children’s author Elizabeth MacLeod are among the literary and publishing world’s recently appointed Members of the Order of Canada for 2025. Governor ...

If you’ve noticed that Canadian children’s book authors and illustrators seem to be garnering a lot of attention lately, you’re not alone. International awards and recognition and a ton of buzz are ...

Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for Tanning Moosehides: The Northern Saskatchewan Trapline Way by Tommy Bird, Lawrence Adam, Lena Adam, and Miriam Körner.

Two decades after the last dictionary of Canadian English was published, work is finally underway on a new Canadian dictionary. Editors Canada announced in February that the professional organization ...

The Q&Q team reached out to reviewers, booksellers, and people in the publishing industry across the country to find out which titles from 2024 they’re still thinking about as the year draws to a ...

Among Chinese people, the phrase “Have you eaten yet?” is shorthand for “How are you?” This colloquial greeting, writes filmmaker Cheuk Kwan, “shows that you care. Because of war, famine and poverty, ...

Two writers have been shortlisted for the 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. The finalists, announced on Nov. 7 by Wilfrid Laurier University, are both titles from indie publishers – ...

Over the course of three instalments, Q&Q presents the titles we’re most excited about this fall. This week’s instalment features novels. Short fiction and poetry titles will be featured next week, ...

The list was compiled by Halifax journalists Trevor J. Adams and (occasional Q&Q contributor) Stephen Clare, based on the votes of more than 700 authors, critics, librarians, professors, booksellers, ...

Finalists have been named for the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. The annual awards, now in their 41st year, are administered by the West Coast Book Prize Society and celebrate the achievements of ...

Alberta-based Geoffrey Bilson Award–winning author Karen Bass draws on the Cree legend of the Wîhtiko for her latest YA novel, which blends adventure, horror, and some good old-fashioned coming-of-age ...