Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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Access Copyright has officially abandoned its controversial “Captain Copyright” campaign – along with any attempt to bring its message to schoolchildren.The licensing agency, established by Canadian publishers and creators, first unveiled Captain Copyright last spring: ... Read More »

February 8, 2007

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Key Porter Books publisher Jordan Fenn has just acquired Erika Ritter’s The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: And Other Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships. In it, Ritter will use the legend of the greyhound ... Read More »

February 7, 2007

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Phyllis Bruce of HarperCollins Canada has purchased Canadian English-language rights to Richard B. Wright’s newest novel, October, for publication in fall 2007. The sale price was not disclosed and no plot details about the book ... Read More »

February 7, 2007

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John Pearce of Westwood Creative Artists has sold U.S. rights to Mark MacKinnon’s upcoming The New Cold War to Carroll and Graf. Marilyn Biderman, director of rights and contracts at McClelland & Stewart, has sold ... Read More »

February 7, 2007