Quill and Quire

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In 1985, Black Moss Press of Windsor, Ontario published a collection of writing and artwork by Cree children from James Bay. Children of the Great Muskeg, edited by Sean Ferris, is stunning in its innocence ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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Now, I’m not suggesting any form of censorship, but nobody’s doing anybody any favours by publishing books that oughtn’t to be, and fobbing them off on unsuspecting readers.Take the first novel, for instance. I think ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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I confess I’m a fan of book superstores. While in Chicago last year, I lingered for hours in Borders’ four-storey book emporium on the Miracle Mile. I bought a cup of coffee, and even a ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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Victims of Violence advocacy group is appealing to publishers to reject manuscripts written by Clifford Olson in the wake of rumours that someone is shopping two works by the serial child killer: Profile of a ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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Collections of previously published writing are often a hard sell for Canadian publishers, but this season at least two companies are hoping that public interest in conservative ideology will drive sales of their collected-essay titles.In ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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Signet and Penguin Books Canada are putting a modern spin on a 19th-century idea with the release between now and September of six instalments of Stephen King’s latest novel, The Green Mile.“It worked for Dickens, ... Read More »

March 26, 2004

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As guardian of the collective memory, a national library prides itself on gathering together a country’s complete published record. But what should it do about documents published only on the Internet?Should legal deposit, for example, ... Read More »

March 26, 2004