Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

One year after

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It’s been almost a year since the terrorist attacks on the U.S., and fall lists reflect stock-taking and fresh perspectives as the first anniversary of 9-11 approaches. Books by journalist Bob Woodward and Rudy Giuliani ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Show highlights

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Publishers have scheduled dozens of in-booth author appearances. Here is a taste of what’s in store:Robert Bateman (Birds), Penguin Canada, Sunday 3 pmChristian Bök (GroundWorks), House of Anansi Press, Sunday 11 amDouglas Coupland (Souvenirs of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Battle cry

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Hockey, war, and Canadian politics. Readers are free to draw their own parallels between those subjects, but we’ll stop at this one: all are very much on the minds of Canadian publishers this year. Soldiers, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book links

H is for history

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Canadian history looms large in children’s books this fall, with biographies about William Kurelek and L.M. Montgomery, Kids Can’s reference volume, The Kids Book of Canadian History, and six more titles in Penguin’s Our Canadian ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Events

Writers’ advocate

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Before taking the executive director post at The Writers’ Union of Canada in 1984, Penny Dickens was an organizer with the Ontario New Democratic Party for 14 years, during which time she also held the ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Correction

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In last month’s distribution survey, incorrect information from Westminster Books pertaining to orders placed with Raincoast Books and Random House of Canada led to Raincoast’s average delivery time being overstated and Random’s being understated. In ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news