Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Montreal envy

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Could English Canada put on an event like Montreal’s Salon du Livre? It’s a question English-language publishers typically ask each November after witnessing the huge crowds at Place Bonaventure willing to pay a $6 entrancefee ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

Stoddart to move

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Following the sale of its present building, Stoddart Publishing is preparing to move editorial offices. According to vice-president of administration Paul Davidson, the move – to 895 Don Mills Road – will take place in ... Read More »

November 13, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

CDG: Go west, young publicist

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In a move to better accommodate authors and cover more of Canada, CDG Books has relocated publicist Jamie Broadhurst to Vancouver. Broadhurst began working from his new home in Vancouver on Nov. 6, and “hit ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

For the week of Nov. 12, 2000

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Hardcover fiction1. Winter’s Heart, Robert Jordan, $39.95 (Tor/H.B. Fenn)2. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart)3. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, Stuart McLean, $32.99 (Viking Canada)4. Uther, Jack Whyte, $33.99 (Viking Canada)5. Anil’s Ghost, Michael ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

Cormorant Books sold

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Jan Geddes is stepping down as publisher of Cormorant Books, and has sold her stake in the literary house she’s run since 1989 to Dundurn associate publisher Marc Côté and Sue Stewart, a former program ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

E-book questions

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Chapters Online merchandising manager Eric Jensen says the Internet retailer will begin selling electronic books from its site next year, despite a small selection of titles and little evidence that more than a few Canadian ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

Canada Council stands by Mezlekia

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So far, the legal outcome, if any, of Montreal writer-editor Anne Stone’s allegations that she co-authored Nega Mezlekia’s Governor General’s Award-winning memoir, Notes from the Hyena’s Belly, remains in doubt. Stone isn’ttalking to media, so ... Read More »

November 13, 2003

Blizzard’s Atwood takes a break

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After 13 years with the company he founded, Blizzard Publishing president and managing editor Peter Atwood has announced that he’s taking an open-ended sabbatical from the Winnipeg-based drama publisher, to try his hand at freelance ... Read More »

November 13, 2003