Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Frankfurt preview

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Canadian rights directors and agents converging on Frankfurt next week for the world’s largest annual book fair are anticipating strong interest in Canadian titles, thanks to major prize nominations and the growing profile of thiscountry’s ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Tech issues dominate OBPO meeting

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The Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario (OBPO) is considering launching a web site that is “e-commerce friendly” for its 55 members, subject to available time and resources.The emerging world of e-commerce and digital books ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

For the week of Oct. 1, 2000

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Hardcover fiction1. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood, $37.99 (McClelland & Stewart)2. Shattered, Dick Francis, $34.99 (Penguin)3. The Bear and the Dragon, Tom Clancy, $39.99 (Putnam)4. Mercy Among the Children, David Adams Richards, $32.95 (Doubleday Canada)5. ... Read More »

November 12, 2003

Who’s got Gao?

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Books by this year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature, Gao Xingjian, are turning out to be considerably harder to source than if the rumours had turned out to be true – and Margaret Atwood or ... Read More »

November 12, 2003