Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Robert Kasher joins Talon Books

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The Literary Press Group’s former director of sales and marketing has joined one of its member publishers. Robert Kasher, who left the LPG last month, has stepped into the same position at Vancouver’s Talon Books.Kasher ... Read More »

December 11, 2003

Stevenson surfaces

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More than two years after losing Chapters to his chief rival, Larry Stevenson is about to rejoin the business world – but in another sector and another country. Chapters founder Stevenson, one of the Canadian ... Read More »

December 11, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Véhicule launches new fiction line

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Montreal’s Véhicule Press plans to boost its publishing output slightly with a new fiction imprint, Esplanade Books.The line, to be edited by author Andrew Steinmetz, will debut this fall with Sikeena Karmali’s novel A House ... Read More »

December 11, 2003

Award file

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Rick Mofina, Kathy Reichs, and Max Haines are all up for Arthur Ellis Awards. Shortlists for the annual Canadian crime writing awards were announced this week in six categories. Winners will be named at a ... Read More »

December 11, 2003

Award file

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Douglas & McIntyre was the big winner in the Alcuin Society’s annual book design awards, released late last month. The Vancouver publisher and its imprints received 10 mentions in the list of winners, with three ... Read More »

December 11, 2003