Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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PEOPLEDEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE: Gordon Platt is now acting director general, publishing policy and programs, replacing Allan Clarke. He has been promoted from director of book publishing policy and programs.HDS Retail North America: Adrienne Kerr ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

In the Works

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MONDO BUSY: Best-selling author Geoff Pevere - co-author with Greig Dymond of last year's Mondo Canuck - has a new title in the works. Are We There Yet?, billed as a pop culture tour of ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

In the Works

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A CURRENT AFFAIR: Denise Bukowski reports what she calls an unprecedented coup: Doris Janhsen of List Verlag in Munich made a pre-emptive high-five-figure offer for German-language rights to a Canadian first novel before it had ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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JAMMING: Billed as an activist manifesto and “a voice of hope for the generation that grew up under the marketing microscope,” journalist Naomi Klein’s forthcoming book is expected to see strong international sales.NO LOGO: Solutions ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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KING OF THE CANON: James King, biographer of Margaret Laurence and, as of next spring, of Jack McClelland, has set his sights on another CanLit lion: Farley Mowat. Phyllis Bruce of HarperCollins bought King’s biography ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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POLITICS-FREE ZONE: Montreal-based journalist Taras Grescoe is following in the footsteps of his parents, Paul and Audrey, who've authored and co-authored more than half a dozen books between them. Grescoe is writing a book for ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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REMEMBER SHAUNA: For a few days this summer, Westwood Creative Artists might have been more aptly named the Shauna Singh Baldwin Agency, reports Westwood agent Jennifer Barclay, who handled a spectacular flood of offers recently ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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QUINT-ESSENTIAL: Gloria Goodman of Doubleday has acquired what she’s calling the definitive book on the Dionne Quintuplets. Written by Toronto Star columnist Ellie Tesher, the book – scheduled for publication in fall 1999 – will ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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PADDLING INTO 2000: David Macfarlane has his work cut out for him, at least until the next millennium. Knopf has signed a three-book deal with Macfarlane, for a first novel, entitled How to Paddle a ... Read More »

April 21, 2004

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GIRLS AND GODDESSES: Q&Q contributor Andrew Pyper, author of the short story collection Kiss Me, has placed his first novel, Lost Girls, with HarperCollins. Agent Anne McDermid describes the book as a mystery that edges ... Read More »

April 21, 2004