announcement
We’re Moving!
Not really — just Dundurn’s website.
We’re moving servers! We just wanted to let everyone know in advance that there may be an interruption in service on Friday, May 30th, 2008 as we take the massive Dundurn website over to a new server. Funny thing is that this blog has already been moved — [...]
A Sharp Intake of Breath Winner of The Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction!
A big congratulations goes out to John Miller whose novel A Sharp Intake of Breath was the winner in The Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction category of the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Awards! The Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Awards celebrate excellence in Canadian writing that reflects Jewish themes and subjects.
A Sharp [...]
Sucker Punch and Last to Die Nominated for the Arthur Ellis Awards!
A big congratulations goes out to Marc Strange and Robert J. Hoshowesky who have been shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award!
The Arthur Ellis Awards are presented in six categories - Best Novel, Best First Novel, Best Non-Fiction, Best Juvenile, Best Short-Story, and Best Crime Writing in French – for the best in Canadian crime and mystery writing. Marc Strange received a [...]
Defining Canada After One Year (on a Blog)
It’s been a little over a year since we launched this blog and heard what the Quill and Quire initially thought. We’ve had our rough ups and downs with the blog as we tried to determine our own approach to blogging. Finally after a year — staff are beginning to settle in with [...]
Speechless shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award!
It’s a good day for Valerie Sherrard: Speechless was shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature! Established in 1990, the Ann Connor Brimer Award recognizes writers in Atlantic Canada who have made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
Winners will be announced at the Atlantic Book Awards Ceremony on May 12 at [...]
Ten Questions with Maureen Jennings
How well do you know Maureen Jennings, author of The K Handshape? Find out by going to Open Book Toronto’s website where they’ve posted a Q&A with Maureen Jennings. You’ll discover which book Maureen thinks everyone should read and the most memorable response she’s received from a reader.
A Little Nancy in Sarah Martin.
The Secret of the Old Clock. That was the name of the first mystery novel I ever read. Being easily bored and thus rabidly mouthy, I am sure my mother thought best to send me in down the dark paths of the mystery genre in order to appease my inquisitive (and annoying) mind.
Something about a [...]
