Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Tie-ins

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• H.B. Fenn has the tie-ins for three big-screen releases in November: Star Trek VIII: First Contact, starring The Next Generation crew, launches into space Nov. 22; Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine lock horns in ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

In the Works

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TUNE IN, TURN ON, READ THE BOOK: For readers who need more than an acid flashback to return to the good old days of Toronto’s Yorkville area – pre-Movenpick and Starbucks – Nicholas Jennings, pop ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

The hard sell

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You thought it was tough getting your book published. And then you met the publicist. She stares down at me through clouds of black hair and cigarette smoke. The publicist. Her voice rasps like a ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

Encompassing buzz

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I'm still thinking about The Writers’ Union of Canada’s controversial Publishers Report Card, specifically the general discontent expressed about marketing and publicity. While the three top-rated children’s publishers (Kids Can, Scholastic, and Groundwood) all did ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

Stamp of approval

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Reports from a U.S. federal agent that the Unabomber used postage stamps featuring literary figures when mailing packages to his targets – Eugene O’Neill was a favourite – haven’t prevented Canada Post from issuing a ... Read More »

November 7, 2003 | Filed under: Opinion

Letters

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Faster publishers, fill! fill!To the editor:I read with interest and envy of Nicholas Hoare’s figures regarding the performance of Canadian publishers as distributors (“Law and orders,” Aug. 1996). His worst figure of two weeks is ... Read More »

November 7, 2003 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Changes

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PEOPLE BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL: Kelly Duffin has been appointed director of advertising, promotion, and publicity, a new position. CHAPTERS: The following superstore general managers have been appointed: Dave Harper, at Oakville Town Centre in Oakville, ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

Changes

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PEOPLE BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL: Kelly Duffin has been appointed director of advertising, promotion, and publicity, a new position. CHAPTERS: The following superstore general managers have been appointed: Dave Harper, at Oakville Town Centre in Oakville, ... Read More »

November 7, 2003

In the Works

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UPWARDLY MOBILE: With Canadian sales of Carol Shields’ The Stone Diaries past the 200,000-mark in trade paperback and foreign-language rights sold in 20 countries, it’s no surprise that English-language publishers have already snapped up her ... Read More »

November 7, 2003