Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Rising from Stoddart’s ashes

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Last fall the House of Anansi Press celebrated its first season as an independent publishing house in 14 years. Now, the three Stoddart Publishing veterans who form Anansi’s core – publisher Martha Sharpe, business director ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Remembering Ross

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Malcolm Ross, whose profound influence spanned several generations, made a great contribution to Canadian culture. As the founder and general editor of the New Canadian Library, he helped to foster Canadian literature with inexpensive, accessible ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Munro’s buyer wrote poetry

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Munro’s Books children’s buyer Denise Cammiade died on Nov. 20. Munro’s owner Jim Munro pays tribute to his longtime colleague.Denise had been with Munro’s for 30 years and for much of that time was in ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Looking for clarity

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With another billion-dollar boondoggle on its hands, the Canadian government has more to worry about right now than who will be sending out the next Stephen King novel to bookstores.But the mismanagement of the gun ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

The changing airport store

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When Anna O’Grady first considered taking a job at HDS Retail, as the English-language books category manager for its Canadian airport stores, she was skeptical: she envisioned peddling a numbing succession of mass-market blockbusters. “I ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Falcons take flight

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The success of a children’s hockey book has raised the stakes for a fledging Guelph-based micro-press. Now Mackenzie Kristjón, owner of Coastline Publishing, is betting that more titles with Scandinavian themes can reach a mass ... Read More »

December 9, 2003 | Filed under: Industry news

The chain gang

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For how many years now has the Canadian book industry been on the verge of recovery? First from the collapse of Pegasus, then from the merger of Chapters and Indigo, and now from the implosion ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Bring back Pegasus

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We’re going to start with a provocative statement (it’s January, we all need the stimulation): the future of the Canadian book industry is Pegasus. In fact, Pegasus may be the future of Canada.Okay, now that ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Good’s goodbye

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Few figures in Canadian publishing have been so closely associated with one company as Penguin Canada publisher Cynthia Good. Beginning in 1982, Good built Penguin’s editorial program from the ground up and directed it for ... Read More »

December 9, 2003