Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Why nobody’s a critic

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These days, when party banter turns to the subject of I Canadian fiction (once debate over paparazzi culpability has been exhausted), two matters are raised more often than any others: "Have you read Fugitive Pieces ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Tobacco trouble

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Despite mountains of evidence about the health dangers, smoking remains a powerful image for purveyors of all things cool. Smoking can be a sign of rebellion (Due South's Paul Gross poses proudly with a burning ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

New award honours mentors

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A new $15,000 prize for Canadian authors and playwrights has been established by The Writers' Development Trust that recognizes mentorship in addition to the winner's written work. Established in honour of one of Canada's most ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Tie-ins

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Based on the true story of an 1839 mutiny by slaves aboard a Spanish ship, director Steven Spielberg's Amistad is expected to pick up a couple of Oscars and attract lots of controversy. Signet has ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Confronting cancer

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When B.C. bookseller Jennifer Pike was told she had breast cancer on April Fools' Day in 1993, she began g a journal to help gain some perspective disease and to distance herself from "the horror.”During ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

The good book

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Last month in this space I made the heretical claim that some scholarly books should not be published at all, but made available in electronic form to the very small number of people who want ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Letters

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Why bother?To the editor:When I realized just how much I agreed with Carolyn Wood ("How to market scholarly books," Nov. 1997) and J.L. Granatstein ("In praise of excellence," Nov. 1997), and felt entirely marginalized by ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news