Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Mine, mine, mine

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In August, after five years of work, I delivered to my publisher the final manuscript of my first book, The Uncrowned King, a biography of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. In the days following, ... Read More »

January 29, 2009

When times are tough

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As I write this, the recession has already had a dramatic effect on the U.S. publishing scene. There have been mass layoffs at several firms, including Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. There’s been ... Read More »

January 29, 2009

The future of learning?

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Last fall, Victoria-based Etraffic Solutions rolled out two lines of “blended” learning resources, which combine print content with other media and can be adapted to individual student needs. Pilot Math and Let’s Discover French were ... Read More »

January 29, 2009

The fight for e-schoolbooks

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When her teenage daughter came home from school one day complaining of a sore back, Kathryn McFarlane weighed the girl’s knapsack. Filled with heavy tomes for six classes, it was more than 45 pounds. The ... Read More »

January 29, 2009

More CanCon? More or less

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It was supposed to be a major step forward. Last summer, the B.C. Ministry of Education passed a new curriculum requirement mandating all Grade 8 to 12 language-arts courses to include at least one “significant” ... Read More »

January 29, 2009