Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Snapshot: Dean Cooke

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Agent Dean Cooke started in publishing in 1979, with a small company called Virgo Press that published primarily mass-market paperbacks. When it went out of business in 1981, Cooke went to Doubleday Canada, and from ... Read More »

August 11, 2008

Snapshot: Catherine McKay

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Before buying the Calgary bookstore Pages Books on Kensington, Catherine McKay had already had a long career in the book business. After a stint with the Calgary Public Library, McKay moved back to her native ... Read More »

August 11, 2008

Snapshot: Anne Wedler

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Anne Wedler began working at The Inside Story in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, in 1987. Two years later she and her husband Edward purchased the bookstore and they have run it ever since. Wedler graduated from ... Read More »

August 11, 2008

Snapshot: Ann Ledden

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When Ann Ledden moved to McArthur & Company in January – to take on the role of vice-president of sales – it was a reunion of sorts. In the mid-1990s Ledden had filled the same ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Snapshot: Alma Lee

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Alma Lee is the founder and artistic director of the Vancouver International Writers Festival, which is celebrating its 15th year this fall. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lee came to Canada with her family in 1967. ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Authors