Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Critics wanted

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In the grand scheme of things, what could be more culturally negligible than a weekend edition book review? As Cyril Connolly says in The Unquiet Grave: “All excursions into journalism ... however grandiose, are doomed ... Read More »

April 3, 2008

Changing history

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In his essay “Writing Historical Fiction,” American novelist Thomas Mallon makes a distinction between science fiction and fiction about the past by claiming, “The science fiction writer has the chance to play God, whereas it ... Read More »

April 3, 2008

A room of my own

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Nietzsche says somewhere that “genius is the will to stupidity.” Like most people, I realized early in life (in my case, approximately one minute after the doctor’s inaugural welcome-to-the-world whack on my infant behind) that, ... Read More »

April 3, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Deals: April 3, 2008

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Heritage House managing editor Vivian Sinclair has signed Manjit Virk to write an autobiographical work about the death of his daughter Reena in a beating and drowning incident in Victoria, B.C. in 1997. In Reena: ... Read More »

April 2, 2008