Quill & Quire

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Quill & Quire
Quill & Quire logo
description Canadian literary magazine
publishing company St. Joseph Media, Toronto ( Canada )
First edition 1935
Frequency of publication per month
Sold edition 5,000 copies
( quillandquire.com )
Widespread edition 25,000 copies
( quillandquire.com )
Editor-in-chief Stuart Woods
editor Alison Jones and Attila Beri
Web link www.quillandquire.com
ISSN (print) 0033-6491

Quill & Quire is a Canadian literary magazine about books and publishing that was founded in 1935 with an average print run of 5,000 copies. The publisher assumes a readership of 25,000 recipients, as it is considered one of the most important review journals for Canadian literature and is therefore present in many academic and public libraries. The focus of Quill & Quire is on the meetings of novels , short story collections and anthologies . It also publishes general news on the North American literary scene and the publishing industry, literary portraits or interviews, and provides a forum for discussions on general trends in the publishing industry. The online version also presents an extensive review archive of 7716 reviews dating back to 1996, a job exchange and an event calendar.

history

Founded in 1935 by Wallace Seccombe's Current Publications, the original editorial focus of Quill & Quire was to support the emerging English-language Canadian literary scene by discussing interesting books. In 1971 Michael de Pencier bought the magazine from Southam Newspapers , who owned it for just six months.

Quill & Quire stayed with de Pencier as part of the Key Publishers / Key Media consortium for 30 years until it was sold to St. Josephs Corporation in 2003 as part of a larger Key Media transaction. This Canadian company is active in the print and media sector and is headquartered in Concord , Ontario .

The contributions are only in English.

Employee

The senior staff is led by Stuart Woods , the editor-in-chief. Other key contributors include Scott MacDonald, news editor; Steven W. Beattie, review editor, and Dory Cerny, youth book editor. The editors are Alison Jones and Attila Beri, founders and former owners of the small publishing house Riverbank Press. Athena St. Jacques is the art director , Caroline Potter is the production manager and Larry Wyatt is the marketing manager.

Former editor-in-chief Derek Weiler died in 2009. Other former editors-in-chief were Ted Mumford, Scott Anderson, Kenneth Oppel , Bert Archer and James Grainger.

Characteristic

The publication is regarded as one of the authoritative sources for short reviews for Canadian new publications in the book market.

The book is currently published by St. Joseph Media , who also publish Toronto Life .

Review examples

  • Christina Decarie: Review: Everything Was Good-Bye by Gurjinder Basran. In: Quill & Quire. November 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  • Jeet Heer: Review: The Free World by David Bezmozgis. In: Quill & Quire. January 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  • James Grainger: Terry Griggs: Thought You Were Dead and Cynthia Flood: The English Stories. In: Quill & Quire. January 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  • Cherie Thiessen: Review of Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill. In: Quill & Quire. September 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  • Laurel Smith: Review of The Writing Circle by Rozena Maart. In: Quill & Quire. September 2007. Accessed July 19, 2012.
  • Stephen Smith: Review of Isobel Gunn by Audrey Thomas. In: Quill & Quire. November 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book reviews archive On: quillandquire.com. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  2. ^ The Q&Q Omni feed . On: quillandquire.com. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Available Positions in the Book Industry. On: quillandquire.com. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Events (according to the categories: Awards - Book Launches - Competitions - Fundraisers - Lectures - Parties - Readings - Festivals). On: quillandquire.com. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ website
  6. ↑ Authors: An Exhibition of Photographs by Arnaud Maggs, Paul Orenstein and John Reeves, 1964–1983. . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ Everything Was Good-Bye. quillandquire.com.
  8. ^ The Free World. quillandquire.com.
  9. ↑ Collective review. quillandquire.com.
  10. ↑ Eating Dirt. quillandquire.com.
  11. ^ The Writing Circle. quillandquire.com.
  12. ↑ . Isobel Gunn. quillandquire.com.