Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

For the week of June 8, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 2. Villa Incognito, Tom Robbins, $36 (Bantam/Random House)3. Blue Horizon, Wilbur Smith, $38.95 (Macmillan/H.B. Fenn) 4. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, Brown/H.B. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

$1-million boost for libraries

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Toronto Public Libraries (TPL) and the Ottawa Public Library will be upgrading their computer facilities thanks to Microsoft. Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO and chairman, was on hand at TPL’s Lillian Smith Branch in July to ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

Nfld ends publishers program

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Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial government has ended its Publishers’ Assistance Program (PAP). For 13 years, the four trade publishers in the province – Breakwater Books, Harry Cuff Publications, Jesperson Publishing, and Creative Book Publishers – ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

Racist book banned from Canada

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The Turner Diaries, the controversial underground novel that’s alleged to have inspired last year’s Oklahoma City bombings, has been placed on Canada Customs’ prohibited importation list.Customs officials have stopped individuals – on a case-by-case basis ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

Smaller festival planned

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Word on the Street has had to downgrade its activities because the fundraising climate is so tight this year, says national executive director Carolyn Taylor. With government cutbacks affecting non-profit institutions from arts organizations to ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

Virgin store to open this fall

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Virgin Retail, the entertainment products chain, is opening a “megastore” in downtown Vancouver this fall – its first in Canada – but the company has yet to decide if the 40,000 sq.-ft. outlet will carry ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of June 15, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, $43 (Raincoast Books)2. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 3. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, Brown/H.B. Fenn)4. The ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of May 25, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 2. The Delicate Storm, Giles Blunt, $34.95 (Random House Canada) 3. Villa Incognito, Tom Robbins, $36 (Bantam/Random House)4. Blue Horizon, Wilbur Smith, $38.95 (Macmillan/H.B. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of July 6, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 2. Bare Bones, Kathy Reichs, $37.95 (Scribner/Simon & Schuster) 3. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, Brown/H.B. Fenn)4. Johnny Angel,, Danielle Steel, $29.95 ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of June 22, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, $43 (Raincoast Books)2. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 3. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, Brown/H.B. Fenn)4. Villa ... Read More »

March 10, 2004