Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

By Linda Howard

Romance has always been a popular genre. That it accounts for almost half of all mass market paperback sales proves that readers prefer it (even if critics and academics don’t). The publishers of romance understand ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Nancy Huston

The cover of Nancy Huston’s new release, Slow Emergencies, announces brazenly that she is the “Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Plainsong. Well. Sort of. This kind of truth-stretch will irk those who, when ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels