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Backlist: 26 years ago in Quill & Quire

“About 200 people packed the back room of Toronto’s The Rivoli club on May 15 for an industry and media briefing session on The Word on the Street, the first annual Toronto Book and ... Read More »

September 22, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Backlist: 40 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

The Toronto Public Library’s Bloor and Gladstone branch is one of the system’s architectural gems. The square building was designed by Chapman and McGiffin Architects and contains elements of classical, Italian Renaissance, and Ancient Greek ... Read More »

May 19, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

Quill & Quire took a broad view of book news in its early days, regularly reporting on all things writerly. In its Stationary News section for April 1953, the magazine reported on the W.A. Sheaffer ... Read More »

April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Backlist: 68 years ago in Quill & Quire, John McClelland gave Barbara Ann Scott a cookbook

By Conan Tobias

When Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win Olympic gold in ladies single figure skating, at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she became known as Canada's Sweetheart. Along with ... Read More »

April 14, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Backlist: 47 years ago in Quill & Quire

By Conan Tobias

In its March 28, 1969, issue, Quill & Quire reported on a new joint venture between Montreal's McGill University and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Together, the two institutions established McGill–Queen's University Press, "a successor ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

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Backlist: 26 years ago in Quill & Quire

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Backlist: 63 years ago in Quill & Quire

Backlist: 68 years ago in Quill & Quire, John McClelland gave Barbara Ann Scott a cookbook

Backlist: 47 years ago in Quill & Quire

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