Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

There and back again

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One writer, five books, four different publishers. Admittedly, the situation doesn’t look good. The numbers, as politicians around election time are fond of saying, don’t lie. As with many authors, my first publisher was the ... Read More »

August 12, 2004

In search of an exit

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In 1985, when publisher Jack McClelland decided to move on from McClelland & Stewart, he found an ambitious outside buyer in businessman Avie Bennett. And as this issue of Q&Q was going to press, Key ... Read More »

August 12, 2004

Vino lowdown

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Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee has acquired The Crushed Grape Club: A Less Than Sober Wine Lover’s Companion by wine expert Natalie Maclean. The book will be a lighthearted but authoritative examination of the world ... Read More »

August 12, 2004

Foreign front

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Nicole Winstanley, subsidiary rights director at Westwood Creative Artists, has placed Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest novel, The Last Light of the Sun, with Piper in Germany, Le Pre aux Clercs in France, and Algoritam in ... Read More »

August 12, 2004