Our contest closes August 31, 2024. Until then anyone who buys, renews, or gives a subscription to NQ gets a ticket towards winning this gorgeous prize – No Straight Lines, by Jean Claude Roy (oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″, 2023). You can subscribe here and we’ll also be set up at Sunday’s Coastlines event.
Last year, the federal government established September 30 as Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day was already recognized as Orange Shirt Day, started in 2013 by…
“When you hold one of Tara Bryan’s books in your hands, immediately you sense a remarkable intelligence at work. For Tara, books were never just simple objects—they were journeys, they…
Emerging from the crowd, I see the accordion player sitting on a folding chair. It is planted in a spot of sun on the downtown sidewalk. Following the movement of passersby, his body swivels in his chair, arms flapping. He offers his music and eye contact to every passing pedestrian.