Quill and Quire

by Roy MacSkimming

Remembering Carol Martin, publishing pioneer and co-founder of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre

Carol Janet Wood was in third-year journalism at Carleton University when she met Peter Martin, a grad student in philosophy at the University of Toronto. In the words of their first-born, Pamela Martin, “Carol ran ... Read More »

January 23, 2020

Authors, colleagues, and friends recall “complicated guy” Avie Bennett

By Roy MacSkimming

At the age of 57, Avie Bennett could have started winding down an immensely successful career to retire comfortably on the millions he’d made developing shopping plazas. Instead he became a Canadian book publisher. It ... Read More »

June 15, 2017

Dennis Lee returns with a career-spanning collection

By Roy MacSkimming

Dennis Lee shambles into the shiny new offices of House of Anansi Press, the publisher he directed in another life. After an interval of 14 years we greet each other warmly. At 77 he’s still ... Read More »

April 6, 2017

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