Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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Ownership mattersOn facing pages in the January issue of Q&Q, Scott Anderson and I agreed about many aspects of the Simon & Schuster/Distican deal, except for the big one: whether ownership matters. Perhaps, as he ... Read More »

March 31, 2004

Letters

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Self-published and proudThe Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP) does not, as a rule, accept self-published authors or illustrators for full membership. I am an author who, with my illustrator partner, established ... Read More »

March 31, 2004

One hand gives…

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Listed below are the top 15 recipients of Canada Council block grants in 1998. The chart shows the amount each company received in the current funding year, the percentage change in the size of the ... Read More »

March 31, 2004

Together but separate

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Call it a marriage in which the partners maintain separate bank accounts. According to senior officials at Penguin Canada and Pearson Education Canada, the soon-to-be-merged trade divisions of the two firms will likely become a ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Awards

The high road

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Irish novelist Maeve Binchy debuts on Q&Q’s Bestseller Survey this month with Tara Road, reaching the top spot on the Globe and Mail’s list and number two on the Gazette’s.The author of five other books ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Who’s this Ida, anyway?

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PlupluperfectAccording to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage this term was first used in 1986 in the pages of a British language-fanciers’ magazine called English Today. An alternative was also suggested: the pluplupast. These are ... Read More »

March 31, 2004