Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

For the week of Oct. 5, 2003

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New releases1. Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers, Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, $6.99 ch, 0-439-37612-2)2. Lord John and the Private Matter, Diana Gabaldon (Doubleday ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Literary fiction wanes at Frankfurt

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Literary fiction has traditionally been Canada’s greatest strength internationally, but publishers and agents say the category was a fairly weak one at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which wrapped up on Monday. Some agents report ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Frankfurt, part 2

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Public hours: the extended remix – There was, as it turns out, little reason for the concern over the two extra hours that fair organizers inisisted on keeping the International Hall open for on Friday ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Award file

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Brossard wins Mitchell Prize – Quebec author Nicole Brossard has won this year’s W.O. Mitchell Prize, which carries a $15,000 cash award. Brossard, a poet, novelist, and essayist, has been publishing since 1965. Her recent ... Read More »

November 12, 2003