Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

No guarantees

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With the news that two small Ontario presses have ceased publishing and a third, much larger one, may not be far behind, there is likely to be much gnashing of teeth over who and what ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

Renyi’s simple story

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Pierre Renyi, a translator and founder of the now-defunct children’s book publisher Editions Renyi, describes the demise of his firm as “a simple story.” “There’s no big drama.” He says both the firm’s bankers and ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

Mary Newitt

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MARY NEWITTMembers of the publishing industry who first met Mary Newitt over the telephone remember her as the person who could always make them laugh, even when there was a glitch in their order. Newitt, who ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

U of T collection may move

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U OF T COLLECTION MAY MOVEThe undergraduate collection at theUniversity of Toronto’s Sigmund Samuel Library will be moved to the John P. Robarts Research Library and the space used to expand the campus’s science and ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

120,000 attend Montreal salon

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120,000 ATTEND MONTREAL SALONBy the time the last books were signed, the last story told, the last argument resolved, and the last prize given, a record 120,000 people had visited the 19th Montreal Salon du ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

Coming attractions

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To mark the occasion of his return to Blood & Aphorisms, that lovable flibber-tigibbet Sam Hiyate - who founded B&A around the turn of the decade with Tim Paleczny - recently (re)launched himself and the ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

The vernacular is on the move

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A writing teacher of my acquaintance complained to me recently that characters in her students' scenes often snap at each other, "If you think blah blah, you've got another thing coming." And I remembered that ... Read More »

March 5, 2004