PAST EVENT
Kate Beaton guests at Vancouver Writers Fest October 20 to 26
Monday, October 20, 2025 to Sunday, October 26, 2025
12:00am
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton was born and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating from Mount Allison University with a double degree in History and Anthropology, she moved to Alberta in search of work that would allow her to pay down her student loans. During the years she spent out West, Beaton began creating webcomics under the name Hark! A Vagrant, quickly drawing a substantial following around the world.
The collections of her landmark strip Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops each spent several months on the New York Times graphic novel bestseller list, as well as appearing on best of the year lists from Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, NPR Books, and winning the Eisner, Ignatz, Harvey, and Doug Wright Awards. She has also published the picture books King Baby and The Princess and the Pony.
Beaton lives in Cape Breton with her family.
PAST EVENT
Kate Beaton in Conversation with Dale Jacobs at the Walkerville Brewery!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
07:00pm
PAST EVENT
Kate Beaton launches Ducks at TMU in Toronto, June 5th with musical guest Peter MacInnis, in conversation with Mark Medley
Thursday, June 5, 2025
07:00pm
PAST EVENT
D&Q Exhibits at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024!
Saturday, September 28, 2024 to Sunday, September 29, 2024
11:00am
PAST EVENT
Kate Beaton at Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival
Sunday, August 11, 2024 to Sunday, August 11, 2024
10:00am
PAST EVENT
Kate Beaton at the Canada Day Literary Festival
Friday, June 30, 2023 to Saturday, July 1, 2023
07:00pm
July 11, 2024
The Mary Sue names Ducks one of the best graphic novels of all time
Who reads graphic novels? In short, everyone. Don’t believe what you’ve been told about the comic book industry. I...
June 23, 2023
Kate Beaton interviewed on Living on Earth
Jenni Doering and Aynsley O’Neill from Living on Earth are interviewing Kate Beaton on her book Ducks: Two Years i...
January 18, 2023
Ducks receives a rave review from Rain Taxi Review of Books!
Back in 2005, Katie Beaton was an optimistic college graduate determined to pay her student loans. She had a new B. A. ...
January 12, 2023
Ducks is longlisted for CBC’s Canada Reads!
Fifteen books made the Canada Reads 2023 longlist. The theme this year is one book to shift your perspective.
Canada R...
January 3, 2023
Ducks one of Barack Obama’s favourite books of 2022!
We are so happy for Kate Beaton! Barack Obama included her acclaimed memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands in his lis...
November 23, 2022
5 D+Q on NPR Books We Love 2022 List!
Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara
The Peanutbutter sisters are descendants of an immigrant wh...
November 22, 2022
Ducks a NYT Notable Book of 2022!
Shortly after college, saddled with student loan debt and desperate for a job, Beaton, a cartoonist known for her best-s...
October 7, 2022
Kate Beaton interviewed on NPR
There are jobs you take because you might find them fulfilling, or they’re a stepping stone to a career you see fo...
Get Super Lit: Comics Come Alive
With Kate Beaton, Nick Bertozzi, Kevin Colden, Mike Dawson, Ludovic Debeurme, Dean Haspiel, Michael Kupperman, Benjamin Marra, R. Sikoryak, Jeff Newelt,…
Kate Beaton in Studio Q
Historical humorist and internet cartoonist, Kate Beaton is in Studio Q to talk about her new book “Hark! A Vagrant” and…
For Your Consideration: D&Q’s Year in Review 2025
2025 was a big year for D&Q–not that it’s over yet, but you can hardly take us to task for reminding…
Kate Beaton receives the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature
On November 27th, cartoonist Kate Beaton received the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in recognition of her graphic memoir Ducks:…
Ducks wins Canada Reads!
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton has won Canada’s premier literature debate, Canada Reads! Championed by Jeopardy!…
D+Q Books on Best of 2022 Lists: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, and more!
This year we published outstanding graphic novels that garnered critical praise and resonated with readers around the world. We’re so honoured…
For Your Consideration
With 2022 coming to a close, let’s take stock of what an outstanding year this has been for D+Q. This year…
Kate Beaton tours Ducks on the West Coast!
Kate Beaton is hitting the West Coast! You won’t want to miss the very special multimedia presentation Kate and musician Peter…
Kate Beaton tours Ducks!
Kate Beaton tours Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands from September 20th to November 8th, hitting up Halifax, New York,…
Kate Beaton’s First Statement on DUCKS, Plus Cover Reveal
Literary Hub premieres the striking cover design of Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Fall 2022). This graphic…