Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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Stayed at an autel recently? If not, do you plan to do so proximo? And by the way, should that be a question mark there, or would an interrobang be more appropriate?English, we say, is ... Read More »

April 19, 2005

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Among those appearing at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida, this spring are Loretta Lynn, Aretha Franklin, and ... Elaine Newton, a humanities professor at Toronto’s York University. Newton isn’t appearing on ... Read More »

April 19, 2005

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When you hear someone mention Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, you can’t help but think of the shop’s nearly 20-year battle with Canada Customs. Since the store first stood up to the federal ... Read More »

April 19, 2005

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In the April 1986 issue of Q&Q, veteran business writer David Olive wrote a long piece about changes to CBC Radio’s schedule that resulted in the cancellation of three shows exclusively about books – Anthology, ... Read More »

April 19, 2005

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The success of Frank Parker Day's Rockbound in this year’s CBC Canada Reads campaign showed that Canadians have an appetite for Atlantic stories, and Halifax-based Nimbus Publishing hopes to sate that appetite with its new ... Read More »

April 18, 2005

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The release of one of McClelland & Stewart’s most anticipated spring non-fiction titles has been postponed until the fall. M&S president and publisher Douglas Pepper expects that Confessions of an Innocent Man, the memoir by ... Read More »

April 14, 2005