Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

High hopes

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I’m sure there were high hopes among Chapters investors when former Loblaw executive Glenn Murphy was appointed president of Chapters’ retail division. But based on a recent trip to the retailer’s flagship store on Bloor ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

Bernard Assiniwi

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Dr. Bernard Assiniwi, the prolific lecturer, writer, and aboriginal historian, died Sept. 4 at age 65 after failing to recover from heart surgery. Assiniwi’s passion for preserving native culture resulted in the publication of 34 ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

Prospering with Prospero

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They’re old books dressed in new covers, but Chapters has high hopes for eight Canadian history titles it will reissue in November under its own bargain books imprint, Prospero Books. Originally part of a series ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Twigg’s travels

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A travel title on Cuba published with a small B.C. press has led to something of a second career for Alan Twigg. The Vancouver author and publisher of BC BookWorld magazine has moved his Cuba ... Read More »

January 27, 2004

Can the clubs survive?

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Canadian publishers say their book club sales have plunged since the sudden closure last October of the Book-of-the-Month Club’s international division in New York, and the removal of BOMC’s editorial director for Canada, Alice van ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Book news