Writers: June 2011 Archives
Friday June 24, 2011
Stanley's Summer Reads
Cinq à Six book columnist Stanley Péan shares his suggestions for your summer reading pleasure.
Le charme discret du café filtre by Amélie Panneton
Le sablier des solitudes by Jean-Simon Desrocher
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
Categories: Books, Writers
Friday June 24, 2011
Can paper magazines survive?
These are trying times for magazines. In the last few years, we've had a recession, and the launch of the tablet; a device that threatens to send paper magazines the way of the dinosaur.
In 2009, for the first time ever, we saw more English-language magazines close than start up, meaning a net loss in the number of English magazines. Just this week, Montreal-based Nightlife magazine announced it is cutting its publication from 10 issues a year to four, in order to focus on its digital platforms.
Here at Cinq à Six, we're wondering, can the magazine as we know it survive?
Weighing in are two people who are passionate about magazines, Jennifer Varkonyi is the publisher of Maisonneuve and Philippe Lemarre is the founder and publisher of Urbania.
Both magazines were among the top award winners at the National Magazine Awards announced earlier this month.
Categories: Writers
Saturday June 18, 2011
Diatribes of a Dying Tribe
Yassin Alsalman -- AKA The Narcicyst -- has made a name for himself as a hip hop artist singing about issues of politics and cultural identity.
Now, he has come out with a book about the role of hip hop as a voice for Arab youth.
It's called "The Diatribes of a Dying Tribe".
Listen to his interview with Pierre.
Categories: Books, Writers, music
- January 2012
- Sat., 21 – Bridging the literary divide
- Sat., 21 – For the love of translation
- December 2011
- Sat., 31 – Quebec Writing Competition Winners
- October 2011
- Sat., 22 – Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Awards
- September 2011
- Sat., 24 – Art: What's the Point?
- June 2011
- Fri., 24 – Stanley's Summer Reads
- Fri., 24 – Can paper magazines survive?
- Sat., 18 – Diatribes of a Dying Tribe
- May 2011
- Sat., 21 – Culture Club + Guest DJ -- May 21, 2011
- April 2011
- Sat., 16 – Big bucks for writers
- January 2011
- Sat., 1 – Winning Words
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