Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

For the week of July 13, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, $29.95 (Little, Brown/H.B. Fenn)2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, $29.95 (Doubleday) 3. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart) 4. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The intangibles

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How does one explain the ability of some countries to produce writers of great international acclaim? Why did Czechoslovakia, for example, produce in this century the likes of Kundera, Kafka, and Havel, whereas nearby Romania ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

Manufacturing ascent

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The window in Scott Sellers’ office frames a patch of picturesque midtown Toronto backyardage from an elevation of three floors. It’s a picture that’s entirely wasted on Sellers, Penguin Canada’s publicity manager, whose professional eyesight ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of June 29, 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 Aug. 17, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. The Murder Room, P.D. James (Knopf Canada, $37.95, 0-676-97615-8)2. The Teeth of the Tiger, Tom Clancy (Putnam/Penguin, $40, 0-399-15079-X)3. Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn and Company, $41.95, 0-7653-0522-4)4. The Curious Incident of the Dog ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of Aug. 10, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. The Murder Room, P.D. James (Knopf Canada, , $37.95, 0-676-97615-8)2. Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn and Company, $41.95, 0-7653-0522-4)3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (Raincoast Books, adult cover, $43, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

For the week of Aug. 3, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. The Murder Room, P.D. James, $37.95 (Knopf Canada, 0-676-97615-8)2. Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind, $41.95 (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn and Company, 0-7653-0522-4)3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, $43 (Raincoast Books, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004

For the week of July 27, 2003

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Hardcover fiction1. Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind, $41.95 (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn and Company, 0-7653-0522-4)2. The Murder Room, P.D. James, $37.95 (Knopf Canada, 0-676-97615-8)3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, $29.95 (Doubleday, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004