Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Talking Points: No limits

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As has been well documented by now, the Toronto District School Board and several other Ontario school boards have decided to limit access to Deborah Ellis’s children’s book Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak ... Read More »

September 11, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Iconography

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The lay of the land and our place in it seems to be the subject of choice for Canadian publishers this season. From ski slopes to the Stanley Cup, from Tim Hortons to the Group ... Read More »

September 11, 2006

Rearview mirror

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The Roman sacking of Jerusalem, the Crusades, the Great Potato Famine, the First and Second World Wars, and the settling of the Canadian Prairies – nothing gets the imaginative juices flowing for our fiction writers ... Read More »

September 11, 2006

Pictures, pucks, and potty humour

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This season sees new work by a large number of best-selling picture book illustrators and authors, plus lots of hockey titles and biographies. The fiction lineup is equally appealing, with new titles by Sarah Ellis, ... Read More »

September 11, 2006

The fall of fiction

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It’s a strong season for international fiction – shelves will be bursting with new titles by name authors (led by Charles Frazier’s long-time-coming Cold Mountain followup), as well as some intriguing debuts. Things are looking ... Read More »

September 11, 2006

A place of pride

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When the Pride Library at the University of Western Ontario officially opened its doors last Valentine’s Day, the school gained more than a new academic resource – it also gained a culturally significant space. And ... Read More »

September 11, 2006

Searching for diversity

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One of the notable speakers at the BookExpo America convention in May was Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine. Anderson presented a seminar on the ideas in his new book, The Long Tail, which ... Read More »

September 11, 2006