Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Ellis Awards

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The Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Awards may lack the riches of the Giller Prize, but the statuettes are definitely more entertaining. Named for the country’s former official hangman, the awards come with a ... Read More »

January 19, 2004

New director for TWUC takes over

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Deborah Windsor began work this week as the new executive director for The Writers’ Union of Canada, succeeding Penny Dickens, who has retired.Windsor has a diverse background, with experience at the Canadian Television Fund and ... Read More »

January 19, 2004

Snapshot: Graham Fidler

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Graham Fidler was recently promoted to vice-president of sales and marketing at Publishers Group Canada. He had previously worked as the East Coast sales rep for Reed Books Canada and as a sales rep for ... Read More »

January 19, 2004

Lifting the veil

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My uncle in England, whom I interviewed six years ago with nebulous ideas for a book, keeps calling my mother to inquire about the progress of my research. My mother, the eponymous heroine of Shoshanna’s ... Read More »

January 19, 2004

We’ve got questions

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The Book Publishers’ Professional Association hosted their second annual “Hat Trick” event early in the new year. At the event, moderator Rob Firing picked anonymously asked questions from a hat and posed them to a ... Read More »

January 19, 2004