Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Foreign front: September 13

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Agent Samantha Haywood of the Transatlantic Literary Agency has sold world Spanish rights to Chester Brown’s Ed the Happy Clown, Louis Riel, and The Little Man to Ediciones La Cupula. Meanwhile, Brown’s I Never Liked ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Prestige and profit

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Several years ago, I was chatting with a friend about ECW Press, which at that time had recently begun expanding its publishing program into blatantly commercial categories. My friend thought it was somehow deceptive or ... Read More »

September 12, 2006

Essential Canadian sportswriting

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It might be hockey that dominates sports writing and publishing in Canada, but there are plenty of books on other athletic pursuits worth noticing, too. Q&Q asked freelance reviewer and sportswriter Stephen Knight to compile ... Read More »

September 12, 2006

The anti-sports book

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Books. More sports books than you can imagine. In my mind’s eye, there’s a mental image of the bookshelves at my parents’ home north of Bath, Ontario, which are fairly dominated by books about athletes ... Read More »

September 12, 2006

Leading the league

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A year after the end of the NHL lockout, Canadian publishers are returning to the subject of hockey in a big way. This fall will see high-profile hockey books from a number of publishers, ranging ... Read More »

September 12, 2006

The surprising Giller longlist

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The first-ever Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist has been announced, and people who consider the Giller an establishment award may have to rethink that. The 15-title longlist is full of younger and emerging writers and also ... Read More »

September 11, 2006