Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Bottling poetry

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Just when you thought the combination of poetry and public transit couldn’t be topped, along comes a new pairing to shake things up all over again: poetry and wine. Poetica, a new wine label that ... Read More »

October 30, 2008

Heritage Toronto book award winners

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Heritage Toronto has announced the recipients of the 34th annual Heritage Toronto Awards, which go to individuals and community organizations, as well as industry professionals and associations, for efforts in promoting and conserving Toronto's history ... Read More »

October 29, 2008

Mary Soderstrom wins QWF award

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The Quebec Writers’ Federation has named novelist and non-fiction writer (and frequent Q&Q contributor) Mary Soderstrom as the winner of this year’s QWF Community Award. Bestowed each year at the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s annual Literary ... Read More »

October 29, 2008

Deals: Oct. 30, 2008

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House of Anansi Press publisher Lynn Henry has acquired at auction the new novel by Zoe Whittall. Doing Nothing for As Long As Possible, the follow-up to Whittall’s well-received 2007 debut Bottle Rocket Hearts, is ... Read More »

October 29, 2008

Making hay in the U.S. of A.

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With the Canadian dollar dropping a little more with each passing day – it’s currently trading just below 80 cents U.S. – most of the country’s publishers are hurting. However, the ones that do a ... Read More »

October 27, 2008