Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Simply toe-riffic!

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Not being royal watchers or avid readers of the yellow press, it was only by dint of Quill’s bi-annual appointment with the eye doctor (whose office happens to be at Bay and Bloor) very nearly ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Letters

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Exempt booksellers, too!To the editor:As an independent book retailer, I am appalled and dismayed about the harmonization of the GST and PST.I run a bookstore in a town with eight schools, two nearby colleges, and ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Changes

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PEOPLE BOARDWALK BOOKS: Peter Carver, Bill Freeman, and Linda Sheppard have resigned from the management committee of Boardwalk Books. New Boardwalk titles will be published as an imprint of Dundurn Press. CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, LONDON: ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Changes

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PEOPLE BOARDWALK BOOKS: Peter Carver, Bill Freeman, and Linda Sheppard have resigned from the management committee of Boardwalk Books. New Boardwalk titles will be published as an imprint of Dundurn Press. CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, LONDON: ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Suddenly second best

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What an embarrassment of riches the Canada Council must have found among the submissions for the Governor General’s Award in English fiction this year. Imagine asking McClelland & Stewart publisher Doug Gibson to withdraw new ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Tie-ins

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• Rick Moody’s The Ice Storm has its screen debut in December with Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, and Elijah Wood as suburbanites in turmoil. David Baldacci’s Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood – who also ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

In the works

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A HISTORY OF SUCCESS: Not content to merely chronicle the history of reading across time and cultures, Alberto Manguel has embarked on a new, equally ambitious project: a history of love and hate. Having dispensed ... Read More »

November 6, 2003 | Filed under: Opinion, Writing life

In praise of the CCBC

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Just how important is the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in promoting children’s books across the country? “I’m not sure I would have had a career if it hadn’t been for the CCBC,” says Claire Mackay, ... Read More »

November 6, 2003

Scenes from two festivals

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Part 1 – VancouverHow do you turn a hundred kids from up the valley – small-town teens gritting their teeth through compulsory English –on to the majesty of le mot juste? Vancouver International Writers (& ... Read More »

November 6, 2003