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Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

Six Gaspereau Press authors. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) George Elliott Clarke proudly displays a copy of his newest collection, Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path. All the way around the table of poets and friends: ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country have been contributing to our new Quill & Quire Flickr Pool. Below is just a sampling of recent additions. Poet Don McKay – who was just nominated for the Griffin ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Bringing sexy back

By Alison Jones

As frequent readers of Quillblog can attest, reading is sexy. Now we can share the message through clothing and accessories. The website buyolympia is selling T-shirts, buttons, bags, and bumper stickers with the slogan "reading ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

A feast of literature

By Alison Jones

In an article in The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik reflects on his cooking experiences with recipes taken from the pages of novels. "Cooking is to our literature what sex was to the writing of the ... Read More »

April 3, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Fun with blurbs (Rebecca Eckler edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The other day a finished copy of Rebecca Eckler's new memoir, Wiped, arrived here at the Q&Q home office, complete with a press release that included some admiring blurbs of Eckler's first book, Knocked Up. ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden

By Q&Q Staff

The launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, on March 22, 2007. The event was co-hosted by A Different Drummer Books and the ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Kenneth J. Harvey wins Winterset

By Q&Q Staff

Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside, which won the Roger's prize for fiction at the Writers' Trust awards earlier this month, has won the 2006 Winterset Award. Harvey was presented with the award at a ceremony ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Hemingway's letters to Dietrich unsealed

By Nathan Whitlock

Thirty letters that Ernest Hemingway wrote to Marlene Dietrich between 1949 and 1959 will be revealed to the public on Monday, The New York Times reports. Donated by Dietrich's daughter, Maria Riva, the letters, which ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

But is there an Arab William Hung?

By Nathan Whitlock

Talent show TV is as popular in Arab nations as it is in the West, according to a report in The Guardian. An Abu Dhabi-based show estimates it has an audience of 17 million. It’s ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Event Photos: Ken Harvey's award win, Emily Schultz's launch, and Hot Hot Hot!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside won the 2006 Winterset Award at Government House in St. John's, Newfoundland on March 29. The International Board on Books for Young People's biennial fundraiser was held at Toronto's Lula ... Read More »

March 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Events

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Quill and Quire

Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

Flickr event roundup: McKay, McKay, and Dowling

Bringing sexy back

A feast of literature

Fun with blurbs (Rebecca Eckler edition)

Launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden

Kenneth J. Harvey wins Winterset

Hemingway's letters to Dietrich unsealed

But is there an Arab William Hung?

Event Photos: Ken Harvey's award win, Emily Schultz's launch, and Hot Hot Hot!

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