Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Random House recalls bath books

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In the wake of a pre-Christmas warning from Health Canada about the possible toxicity of soft plastic toys for children, Random House of Canada immediately nixed shipments of vinyl bath books to bookstores, and issued ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Stoddart teams with Reader’s Digest

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Stoddart Publishing has announced a business partnership with Reader’s Digest Canada, which will transfer trade sales, marketing, and distribution of its books to Stoddart and also consider co-publishing ventures. Reader’s Digest will retain its direct ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

OAC reviews funding

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A December announcement by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) that it will review its funding program has left publishers apprehensive about further cutbacks. Conducted as part of a broader re-examination of all the programs in ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Stoddart moves offices

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Stoddart Publishing will soon begin the last phase of its relocation to the west end of Toronto by moving its editorial, sales and marketing, and administrative departments out of the company’s old office space in ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

B.C. court ruling appealed

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The school board in Surrey, B.C., is going back to court in a bid to keep three children’s books depicting same-gender parents out of classrooms.The board is appealing a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision upholding ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

PLR commission pays $8-million

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The Public Lending Right Commission made a new round of payments in February, disbursing $8,059,252 among 11,602 writers, translators, and illustrators. Founded in 1986 to pay creators for the presence of their books in Canadian ... Read More »

February 17, 2004