Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

MacLeod wins $170,000 IMPAC prize

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Alistair MacLeod has won the world’s richest literary prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. No Great Mischief, published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, was announced as this year’s winner yesterday. The prize carries ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Flanagan wins $25,000 Donner Prize

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Canada’s dealings with its native community figured heavily at the Donner Prize presentation this week, as both the $25,000 winning title and one of the runner-ups addressed native issues. Tom Flanagan, a University of Calgary ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Some Dickens with your draft?

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While the idea of winning over beer drinkers by offering discounts on books might sound a bit counterintuitive, one Montreal beer brewer is doing exactly that.Through July and August, Montreal’s McAuslan Brewing has been inserting ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Chapters names new buying team

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Chapters has named the buying team for the merged Chapters-Indigo chain, and publishers are praising the department’s new structure as less bureaucratic. A group of experienced buyers will be backed up by three support groups: ... Read More »

February 6, 2004