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Playing dressup for The Iliad

On boingboing.net, designer Larry Knox breaks down the process of creating a cover for The Iliad, which he did right in his own living room. Knox fashioned a spear out of clay and a wooden ... Read More »

April 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Fun with press releases (Choose Your Own Adventure edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Word is that the much-loved – er, well, much-remembered – Choose Your Own Adventure books are about to relaunch with a new series (with Canadian Manda distributing in Canada). So it only makes sense that ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Wershler-Henry hits The New Yorker

By Leigh Anne Williams

The latest book by CanLit mainstay Darren Wershler-Henry, The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typing, is reviewed in the latest New Yorker. (The book was published by McClelland & Stewart here in Canada but ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

New look for library logo

By Alison Jones

Design Edge Canada reports that with the opening of a new main branch building, the North Vancouver District Public Library has revealed a new logo. The blue logo is meant to represent the library's various ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Literary role models

By Alison Jones

A new literary award for Australian authors has been announced. The Australian Society of Authors established the Barbara Jefferis Award to honour "the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Timing is everything (Canadian arts funding edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Writers' Union of Canada is organizing a rally in Ottawa later this month to protest the lack of federal arts funding. From the TWUC press release: In conjunction with other arts groups, The Writers’ ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

By Q&Q Staff

Six Gaspereau Press authors. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) George Elliott Clarke proudly displays a copy of his newest collection, Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path. All the way around the table of poets and friends: ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country have been contributing to our new Quill & Quire Flickr Pool. Below is just a sampling of recent additions. Poet Don McKay – who was just nominated for the Griffin ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Bringing sexy back

By Alison Jones

As frequent readers of Quillblog can attest, reading is sexy. Now we can share the message through clothing and accessories. The website buyolympia is selling T-shirts, buttons, bags, and bumper stickers with the slogan "reading ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

A feast of literature

By Alison Jones

In an article in The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik reflects on his cooking experiences with recipes taken from the pages of novels. "Cooking is to our literature what sex was to the writing of the ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Playing dressup for The Iliad

Fun with press releases (Choose Your Own Adventure edition)

Wershler-Henry hits The New Yorker

New look for library logo

Literary role models

Timing is everything (Canadian arts funding edition)

Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

Bringing sexy back

A feast of literature

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