Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Rodgers honoured by QWF

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The Quebec Writers' Federation's annual Community Award will be presented to Guy Rodgers on Nov. 23, 2005, at this year's QWF Literary Awards Gala in Montreal.Rodgers, who is currently the director of Quebec’s English-Language Arts ... Read More »

November 17, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Gilmour wins GG for fiction

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The Governor General’s Literary Award for English fiction has gone to David Gilmour, a Torontonian who is very well known in media circles, but the two coasts, the centre of the country, and a new ... Read More »

November 16, 2005

Niche markets

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At most Canadian small presses, lists are dominated by first novels and poetry titles. Toronto’s Insomniac Press, however, has found a place for itself in a category typically dominated by much larger publishers: personal finance. ... Read More »

November 15, 2005

Retirement homes

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With almost every major city in Canada in the midst of a long-term real estate upswing, are readers of financial titles clamouring for advice on how to make money buying and selling property? Carrie Isman, ... Read More »

November 15, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Meet the Girls

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My first novel, Rush Home Road, was launched just a few weeks before I gave birth to my second child, a daughter. She came on the book tour with me, as did my son, two ... Read More »

November 15, 2005

Strength in numbers

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Not too long ago, I discovered that books do not come into print fully formed. As many as half a dozen people may get their hands on what is called (before it is formatted) a ... Read More »

November 15, 2005

The choosers and the chosen

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With its new sponsorship deal with Scotiabank (see “The value of a partnership” on page 12 of this issue), the Giller Prize is maturing as a Canadian institution, which might encourage more public discussion about ... Read More »

November 15, 2005