Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

CBA takes stock

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The first BookExpo Canada has occasioned a round of soul-searching for the association that formerly ran the trade show. A heated annual general meeting at the convention (see guest column, p. 15) has left the ... Read More »

February 4, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Resisting fate

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In her CBC Massey Lectures Beyond Fate, Margaret Visser examines the “trap of fate” in our culture. People view certain outcomes as inevitable, projecting their assumptions onto the natural order and denying the possibility of ... Read More »

February 4, 2004

Kingfisher takes a dive

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Changes on the retail scene have led to the closure of a respected independent in New Brunswick: Fredericton’s Kingfisher Books planned to close its doors at the end of April. Eric Aubanel and Frances Giberson ... Read More »

February 3, 2004

Little York gets bigger

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Don’t count the independent bookseller out yet. Toronto’s Little York Books is about to take its biggest step yet: going toe-to-toe with Chapters and Indigo in Toronto’s upscale Yorkville neighbourhood Just after opening a second ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Murder they write

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The launch party for the Ladies’ Killing Circle’s third volume of women’s mystery fiction, Meno-pause Is Murder: A Crime and Mystery Collection, takes place on a sultry August evening at the National Library of Canada. ... Read More »

February 3, 2004