Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Finkle wins Freedom to Read prize

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Author and former Toro magazine editor Derek Finkle has won The Writers’ Union of Canada’s Freedom to Read award, which goes to “an individual who has publicly defended freedom to read in this country.” Finkle’s ... Read More »

March 4, 2008

CBC Literary Award winners

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This year’s CBC Literary Award winners were unveiled today and feted at a Montreal event. Sponsored by CBC Radio, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Air Canada's enRoute magazine, the annual prizes are worth ... Read More »

March 4, 2008

Deals: February 21, 2008

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Knopf Canada has signed on to publish Susan Musgrave’s next novel, Given, in spring 2010. Knopf’s Diane Martin, who bought the novel, describes it as a “darkly comic” novel about motherhood, featuring “two wise-cracking ghost-mothers ... Read More »

March 4, 2008

Deals: February 14, 2008

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HarperCollins Canada senior editor Jim Gifford has just acquired rights to a new autobiography by Canadian media titan Ted Rogers, for release in September 2008. The yet-to-be-titled book will be co-authored by Robert Brehl, a ... Read More »

March 4, 2008

A bulb goes off at Indigo

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Indigo.ca matched and possibly one-upped Chapters Online in the gardening department when the online retailer announced the purchase of Cruickshank’s, a well-known 75-year-old Toronto company specializing in mail-order bulbs, plants, and gardening supplies. Indigo’s announcement ... Read More »

February 28, 2008