Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

SF authors do battle

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SF authors Allan Weiss and Rob Sawyer appear to be settling in for a protracted legal battle. Weiss and his lawyer, Ellis Fabian, are describing their $5.6-million lawsuit against Sawyer and a now-defunct magazine as ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

Lawrence Jackson

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The Canadian writing community lost one of its staunchest supporters of authors’ rights when Newfoundland writer Lawrence “Larry” Jackson, 56, died of brain cancer on June 4 at his home in St. John’s.Renowned as a ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

Fax

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• IDG Books, publisher of the wacky For Dummies series, has discovered Beetlemania – the new Volkswagen Beetle that is. From Aug. 1 to Oct. 15 IDG is offering Bug fanciers at Coles and SmithBooks ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

My first time… (at CBA)

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Here’s the scenario. The first-time author arrives at Canada’s biggest book event, the 1998 Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) convention and trade show. The first-timer’s book is to be published in September. After years of solitary ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

Judy Blume’s summer

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If you were a book-reading child of the 1970s or 1980s, Judy Blume’s name will likely be emblazoned in your mind. As will such titles as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Blubber; Freckle ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

All for a good cause

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Lush double martinis and mounds of hors d’oeuvre were a fitting reward for making it past the strict security at Bistro 990 (very swish!) and into the Hot Summer Reading Party hosted by Toronto Life ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

Measured portraits

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Toronto artist Micah Lexier measures everything – height, age, singular moments in time, and life spans. But he doesn’t use Roman or metric systems. He uses, among other things, books. In a series of eight ... Read More »

October 29, 2003

Letters

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Dollars are never secondaryFor reasons that will remain obvious, I must remain anonymous in writing this letter. As an employee of Nicholas Hoare’s, I feel I must respond to statements attributed to him in your ... Read More »

October 29, 2003