Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Anticipating Atwood

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Any new Margaret Atwood novel is traditionally one of the year’s biggest publishing events. But publisher McClelland & Stewart is still hoping to reach some new readers with Oryx and Crake, Atwood’s science fiction-themed new ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Libraries and the generation gap

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In recent years technology has been an important subject at the Ontario Library Association’s annual Super Conference, and this year was no exception. Seminars covered a range of high-tech territory, from XML and the web ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Stacks to the future

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At first glance, the “Library of the Future” could be a Chapters store, with its face-out book displays, hardwood floors, high ceilings and track lighting, and living room-style reading areas. In fact, the retail philosophies ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

The road more travelled

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For Taras Grescoe, the end of the road came at Tianya Haijiao, the eastern tip of mainland China. It was the conclusion of a five-month odyssey that began at Cabo Fisterra, the westernmost point of ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

A house that heals

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A Winnipeg-based specialist in native medicine and television host has also been busy writing and publishing in recent years. And with a Toronto agent shopping his new general trade title, Dr. Gilles Pinette may soon ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Too close for comfort

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John Metcalf, an editor who has published many wonderful books during his tenure at The Porcupine’s Quill, takes the Canada Council to task on the facing page for “flooding the country with unwanted and unreadable ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

The ‘Tanks campaign’

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In this excerpt from his memoir An Aesthetic Underground, literary editor John Metcalf recalls how he became involved with antiquarian book dealer William Hoffer’s campaign against subsidies to the arts.I first encountered William Hoffer through ... Read More »

December 9, 2003

Winter frolic

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In January, literary agent Anne McDermid welcomed a host of publishing executives, writers, and book types to a combination house-warming party and fete for client Nancy Lee. The Vancouver author of Dead Girls was in ... Read More »

December 9, 2003