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"A book that is both strange and gorgeous." GG Award-winner Sarah Ellis describes fairyland as a place suspended between who she had been before Sherry died and who she was after. Read Anne Thériault's feature interview here: bit.ly/4dAG2Xv
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New on the Q&Q Job Board: Technology Intern @Harbour_Publish For more details: quillandquire.com/jobs/
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TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD FINALISTS 2026 - DISCOVER THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS bit.ly/3RpRUE8 FINALISTES DU PRIX LITTÉRAIRE TRILLIUM 2026 - DÉCOUVREZ LES FINALISTES DE CETTE xn--annebit-dya.ly/4wgdVFq @OntarioCreates
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OWL – an acronym for outdoors and wildlife – was launched in 1976. The magazine was such a hit out of the gate the founders started to publish a handful of books under the Owl Books name. Read our history of @owlkids here: bit.ly/4uT6bIf
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"Thirst" excerpted from Dismantling, a new poetry collection from Eve Joseph @AnvilPress quillandquire.com/omni/excer…
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Seven Canadian books on this weeks Quill & Quire/Bookmanager New Releases Bestsellers chart. Click here for the Top 10 bit.ly/48xlrle
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Maggie Helwig wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize “Helwig never lets compassion impede lucidity, and her book avoids both cynicism and battle fatigue." Read the full story here: bit.ly/4tQG7NO
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Less than a month after she first heard about Hassan Kanafani’s firsthand online accounts of living in Gaza, writer Yasuko Thanh had received an offer to publish his work in book form. @arsenalpulp Read the bookmaking story: bit.ly/4vZ7kz5 Also @ quillandquire.bsky.social
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GG Award–winner Sadiqa de Meijer returns to poetry with Qaf’s People, a collection that “resurfaces questions about diaspora, belonging, identity, language, and home.” @VehiculePress Read Shazia Hafiz Ramji's review: bit.ly/4e5WuAS Also see @ quillandquire.bsky.social
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Dorothy Ellen Palmer reviews Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability, "an accessible memoir and a work of unapologetic advocacy." @bookhugpressRead the full review here: bit.ly/4mW5Cus
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Crime Writers of Canada shortists for 2026 awards. Click here for the full story: bit.ly/4cnyUON @crimewriterscan
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Marie-Louise Gay never intended for Stella, Star of the Sea to be the springboard for a series, but as she was writing, she realized she wanted “the characters discovering the world, not just the ocean. Feature interview: bit.ly/42lKx2P @GroundwoodBooks
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Fellowship Applications for the 2026 IV Programme: close May 1. @festofauthors bit.ly/3QVInV6
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Jennifer LoveGrove’s The Tinder Sonnets confronts moral selectivity and sexual violence. Read Molly Cross-Blanchard's starred review here: bit.ly/4uaf9R1 Check out more at: quillandquire.bsky.social
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New on the Q&Q Job Board: Writer in Residence @OfficialRPL September 8, 2026 - June 28, 2027 For more details: quillandquire.com/jobs/ Also check us out @ quillandquire.bsky.social
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Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist: •I Would Like to Say Thank You, Joseph Dandurand •Parade of Storms, Evelyn Lau •Wellwater, Karen Solie •On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier, Nicola Vulpe • Out of the Ordinary, Tom Wayman alpurdy.ca/news/
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