Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Publishable or perishable?

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Scholarly books and books of poetry share the dubious distinction of being among the least widely read in Canada.Various reasons are given for this lamentable state: Canadians in the late-20th century generally aren’t interested in ... Read More »

February 23, 2004

Court rules against subsidy press

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An Alberta court slapped failed Edmonton publisher Commonwealth Publications with a number of judgments in late June, following the filing of a class action suit against the company.The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Robert McDonald in ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

Follett leases Trent store

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Trent University Bookstore plans to join the growing ranks of campus bookstores that outsource operations to third-party operators. In early July Tony van Hoeckel, Trent’s director of finance and acting manager of the bookstore, announced ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

Legal action pursued against Borins

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Canbook has initiated further legal action against former Toronto booksellers Ed and Eva Borins, whose Edwards Books mini-chain declared bankruptcy in early 1997. In an affidavit filed in the Ontario court (general division), Canbook CEO ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

News group wins ferries contract

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The News Group has officially climbed aboard B.C. Ferries. After prolonged discussions with the ferry service – and active opposition from some members of the publishing industry – the B.C.-based wholesaler has signed a three-year ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

New DCB volume sports fresher look

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The 14th volume of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, the massively ambitious research project University of Toronto Press launched more than 30 years ago, has a particularly haunting quality to it: spanning the decade between ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

The new power brokers

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Peter C. Newman has gone full circle.In his new book, entitled Titans: How the New Canadian Establishment Seized Power, Newman, who has intimately documented the Canadian establishment for years, examines the demise of the old ... Read More »

February 20, 2004

CLA ponders digital utopias

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The closing of corporate libraries, cutbacks in library hours and services, the disappearance of teacher-librarians, and the inadequacy of school library resources were among the concerns discussed at last month’s Canadian Librarian Association annual general ... Read More »

February 20, 2004