Quill and Quire

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Harbour Publishing’s landmark publication, The Encyclopedia of British Columbia, has migrated to the Web. Debuting in November, the online edition of the 25,000-copy bestseller is now available through the portal www.knowBC.com, and has made significant ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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Rising CanLit star Sheila Heti is taking her well-known quirkiness from the printed word to the lecture circuit. The 24-year-old author is launching a series of evening events she’s calling The Trampoline Hall Lectures, which ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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A total of $29.3-million distributed to publishers in November through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program finds publishers grateful to pay outstanding bills, but nervously awaiting spring returns.A $4.5-million funding influx from Canadian Heritage means ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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Folks in the book business have been saying for years that no one knows how to throw a party like Jack Rabinovitch. This year’s Giller Prize gala certainly exceeded all party expectations, despite the absence ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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There was the George Bell book, which was on the way to stores when the Toronto Blue Jays’ left-fielder was traded to Chicago. And the Ben Johnson book, which was timed to coincide with the ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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1. Windows 98 for DummiesAndy Rathbone, IDG Books, $28.992. Windows 98 SimplifiedRuth Maran, MaranGraphics/IDG Books $32.993. Windows 95 for Dummies, 2nd ed.Andy Rathbone, IDG Books, $26.994. Internet for Dummies, 7th ed.John Levine et al, IDG Books, $29.995. Adobe Photoshop 5.5, ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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Understanding WAP: Wireless Applications, Devices, and ServicesMarcel Van Der Heijden and Marcus Taylor, eds. $120 cloth 1-58053-09-3, 250 pp., with CD-ROM, Artech House/Login Brothers Canada, 2000Designing Wireless Information ServicesJohan Hjelm, $62.50 paper 0-471-38015-6, 432 pp, ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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Every new semester, a friend and former teacher of mine, the American novelist Tom Grimes, begins each of his undergraduate creative writing courses with the same sober declaration. “Welcome to Introduction to Creative Writing. First ... Read More »

January 29, 2004