Quill & Quire
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Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
“I think that with literature, you can take difficult subjects and interest anybody [in] it." read Anne Thériault's profile of Michel Jean here: https://bit.ly/4xfUMDt
Starred-review for Theresa Kishkan's "provocative and thoughtful work of art." Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/3TtvNOk
More than a dozen Canadian creators were nominated for the annual Eisner Awards, with Mariko Tamaki and Eric Zawadski among the winners https://bit.ly/4xb4ers
Carley Fortune has three titles on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Fiction chart. Click here for the Top 10 https://bit.ly/4yQJUgP
Robert J Wiersema reviews Governor General’s Award-winner Martine Leavitt's new novel. Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/4xd2KgC
In the second of three preview instalments for young readers, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming middle grade books and graphic novels. https://bit.ly/4xbwTNb
In the second of three preview instalments, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming novels. https://bit.ly/4h5cjcx
Starred review for Daniel Kwan, Julia Pott, and Sean Lewis' Have You Ever Seen a Ghost? Read the review here: https://bit.ly/4yCTbsH
“The world is getting messier, and I want my daughter to grow up in a hopeful world.” Read BfYP editor Inderjit Deogun's interview with Susan Pi here: https://bit.ly/4yDfmyU
Jon Klassen, David Suzuki, Thao Lam, Kate Beaton and Kyo Maclear all feature in Q&Q's Preview of the board books and picture books we’re most excited about this fall. Click here for the full preview https://bit.ly/3RBrPCu
Click here for Q&Q's look at forthcoming Short Fiction, Graphic Novels, and Poetry titles from Fall 2026. https://bit.ly/3TiLGqJ
Gemini Award–winning comedian DerRic Starlight’s memoir is a first-person witness account of his three-year spiral into alcoholism and living unhoused. Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/3RUrURY
Jon Klassen has two titles on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the Top 10 https://bit.ly/4fveKm7
In the first of three preview instalments, Q&Q takes a look at forthcoming titles from Fall 2026. https://bit.ly/4lFgifX
The first three titles in the Greystone Nature Classics series, were all critically acclaimed national bestsellers and award winners when first published. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4pqKNrX
Ian Thornton chronicles his unexpected friendship with Anonymous hacktivist Christopher Doyon in his new book. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4f8Ac1E
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Read the list here: https://bit.ly/4bi28gZ
"a work of abstract expressionism..." Steven. W. Beattie reviews Anakana Schofield's new novel Library of Brothel: https://bit.ly/3SRjPOe
Six Canadian titles on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Current Affairs chart. Click here for the Top 10: https://bit.ly/4bcDMVW
“I want to make people feel like they’re walking into an old bookstore in a little village in the Cotswolds,” says Spencer Books owner Sarah Lilleyman: https://bit.ly/3QLRCb3
As Canadians warily observe turbocharged right-wing extremism undergirding Donald Trump’s America, two new titles serve as disturbing reminders of our own shameful reality. Read the reviews here: https://bit.ly/4b79HHh
Sarah Howden and Sabina Hahn's new book The Wise Pickle is featured on this week's Quill & Quire/Bookmanager Canadian Books for Young Readers chart. Click here for the Top 10 https://bit.ly/4wkKDVk
BookNet and the U.S.-based Book Industry Study Group (BISG) are hoping that a new survey on AI use in the North American book industry will provide a detailed overview of how those in the industry are approaching AI. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4oYuO4h
Today, CCBC’s office is virtual, but its book collection, rehomed with Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries, continues to grow. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4wpK90o
Matthew Behrens reviews two complementary additions to Baraka Books’ TRACTION imprint, a new series designed to produce timely, relatively short, highly readable responses to contemporary issues. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3SI20AY
It’s time to be “Canada Strong” not only when arranging trade and security deals, but when it comes to our culture in general writes Marc Côté, president and publisher of Cormorant Books. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4b7DrUi
Maggie Helwig, Rachel Reid, Monique Gray Smith, Arley Nopra and lona Whishaw are among the top-selling Canadian authors at independent booksellers in the first half of 2026. Click here for two top 25 charts: https://bit.ly/4xKWvS2
