Omni Articles - Quill and Quire https://quillandquire.com Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Mon, 27 May 2024 20:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 Agency changes: House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-changes-house-of-anansi-press-and-groundwood-books/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-changes-house-of-anansi-press-and-groundwood-books/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 20:27:37 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169734 https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-changes-house-of-anansi-press-and-groundwood-books/feed/ 0 Rights deals: Eric Smith and Andrew Bricker https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-eric-smith-and-andrew-bricker/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-eric-smith-and-andrew-bricker/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 20:03:34 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169728 https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-eric-smith-and-andrew-bricker/feed/ 0 Quebec author Caroline Dawson dead at 44 https://quillandquire.com/omni/quebec-author-caroline-dawson-dead-at-44/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/quebec-author-caroline-dawson-dead-at-44/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 17:53:23 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169706 Dawson's novel As the Andes Disappeared is shortlisted for the 2024 Amazon First Novel Prize.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/quebec-author-caroline-dawson-dead-at-44/feed/ 0 Naseem Hrab named publisher at Kids Can Press https://quillandquire.com/omni/naseem-hrab-named-publisher-at-kids-can-press/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/naseem-hrab-named-publisher-at-kids-can-press/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 17:38:45 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169701 https://quillandquire.com/omni/naseem-hrab-named-publisher-at-kids-can-press/feed/ 0 Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions marks 70 years of publishing https://quillandquire.com/omni/frederictons-goose-lane-editions-marks-70-years-of-publishing/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/frederictons-goose-lane-editions-marks-70-years-of-publishing/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 17:43:26 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169642 https://quillandquire.com/omni/frederictons-goose-lane-editions-marks-70-years-of-publishing/feed/ 0 Goose Lane Editions at 70: A visual timeline, 1954–2024 https://quillandquire.com/omni/goose-lane-editions-at-70-a-visual-timeline-1954-2024/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/goose-lane-editions-at-70-a-visual-timeline-1954-2024/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 17:40:57 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169663 https://quillandquire.com/omni/goose-lane-editions-at-70-a-visual-timeline-1954-2024/feed/ 0 Personnel change: Simon & Schuster Canada https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-4/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-4/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 16:05:17 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169640 https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-4/feed/ 0 Agency and distribution change: A24 https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-and-distribution-change-a24/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-and-distribution-change-a24/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 15:58:16 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169657 https://quillandquire.com/omni/agency-and-distribution-change-a24/feed/ 0 Orca Book Publishers launches accessible ebook program https://quillandquire.com/omni/orca-book-publishers-launches-accessible-ebook-program/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/orca-book-publishers-launches-accessible-ebook-program/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 13:57:11 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169649 Seen as an extension of the Victoria-based publisher’s philosophy of reaching more readers, the program became possible when two events coincided: federal funding for accessibility, and eBound promoting Benetech certification (a third-party ePUB certification program that verifies ebook accessibility). 

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/orca-book-publishers-launches-accessible-ebook-program/feed/ 0 Emily Carroll, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki among 2024 Canadian Eisner nominees https://quillandquire.com/omni/emily-carroll-mariko-tamaki-and-jillian-tamaki-among-2024-canadian-eisner-nominees/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/emily-carroll-mariko-tamaki-and-jillian-tamaki-among-2024-canadian-eisner-nominees/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 20:30:03 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169638 Winners will be announced during San Diego Comic-Con on July 26.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/emily-carroll-mariko-tamaki-and-jillian-tamaki-among-2024-canadian-eisner-nominees/feed/ 0 Ali Bryan, Patrick deWitt, Deborah Willis shortlisted for 2024 Stephen Leacock Medal https://quillandquire.com/omni/ali-bryan-patrick-dewitt-deborah-willis-shortlisted-for-2024-stephen-leacock-medal/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/ali-bryan-patrick-dewitt-deborah-willis-shortlisted-for-2024-stephen-leacock-medal/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 16:06:04 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169631 The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced at a gala in Orillia, Ontario, on June 22. 

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/ali-bryan-patrick-dewitt-deborah-willis-shortlisted-for-2024-stephen-leacock-medal/feed/ 0 Personnel change: Drawn & Quarterly https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-drawn-quarterly/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-drawn-quarterly/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 15:58:20 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169629 https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-drawn-quarterly/feed/ 0 Rights deals: Aviva Rubin, Susan Mertens + seven more https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-aviva-rubin-susan-mertens-seven-more/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-aviva-rubin-susan-mertens-seven-more/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 20:42:18 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169605 https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-aviva-rubin-susan-mertens-seven-more/feed/ 0 2024 Forest of Reading winners announced https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-forest-of-reading-winners-announced/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-forest-of-reading-winners-announced/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 16:00:25 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169610 Almost 154,000 children read nominated books, which included Canadian fiction and non-fiction books by English and French-language authors.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-forest-of-reading-winners-announced/feed/ 0 Personnel change: Ampersand Inc. https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-ampersand-inc-3/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-ampersand-inc-3/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 17:49:03 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169607 https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-ampersand-inc-3/feed/ 0 Alice Munro: Giant of the short story https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-giant-of-the-short-story/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-giant-of-the-short-story/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 15:21:52 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169565 One need only read a few sentences of Munro’s writing to understand that one is in the presence of literary genius, though this is a term Munro herself would likely have disavowed.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-giant-of-the-short-story/feed/ 0 Excerpt from Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir  https://quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt-from-crooked-teeth-a-queer-syrian-refugee-memoir/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt-from-crooked-teeth-a-queer-syrian-refugee-memoir/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 15:01:56 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169398 https://quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt-from-crooked-teeth-a-queer-syrian-refugee-memoir/feed/ 0 Alice Munro dead at 92 https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-dead-at-92/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-dead-at-92/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 19:42:57 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169553 She was hailed as a master of the contemporary short story, and was one of Canada's most famous writers both at home and internationally.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/alice-munro-dead-at-92/feed/ 0 American novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction https://quillandquire.com/omni/american-novelist-v-v-ganeshananthan-wins-carol-shields-prize-for-fiction/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/american-novelist-v-v-ganeshananthan-wins-carol-shields-prize-for-fiction/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 01:28:40 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169514 Ganeshananthan was awarded the $150,000 (U.S.) prize at an event in Toronto on May 8.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/american-novelist-v-v-ganeshananthan-wins-carol-shields-prize-for-fiction/feed/ 0 Winners of 2024 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning announced https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-doug-wright-awards-winners-announced/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-doug-wright-awards-winners-announced/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 22:00:04 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169525 The winners of the 20th annual Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 11 in conjunction with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/2024-doug-wright-awards-winners-announced/feed/ 0 Rights deal: Tonia Laird https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deal-tonia-laird/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deal-tonia-laird/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 20:25:24 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169509 https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deal-tonia-laird/feed/ 0 New stamp set features artwork of Canadian graphic novelists https://quillandquire.com/omni/new-stamp-set-features-artwork-of-canadian-graphic-novelists/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/new-stamp-set-features-artwork-of-canadian-graphic-novelists/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 19:23:40 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169517 The stamps featuring work by Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Seth, and Jillian and Mariko Tamaki were unveiled in Toronto on May 10 at the 2024 Toronto Comic Arts Festival. 

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]]> https://quillandquire.com/omni/new-stamp-set-features-artwork-of-canadian-graphic-novelists/feed/ 0 Rights deals: Leslie Shimotakahara, Mats Sundin and Amy Stuart + four more https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-leslie-shimotakahara-mats-sundin-and-amy-stuart-four-more/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-leslie-shimotakahara-mats-sundin-and-amy-stuart-four-more/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 18:46:06 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169493 https://quillandquire.com/omni/rights-deals-leslie-shimotakahara-mats-sundin-and-amy-stuart-four-more/feed/ 0 Personnel change: Simon & Schuster Canada https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-3/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-3/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 18:45:29 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169491 https://quillandquire.com/omni/personnel-change-simon-schuster-canada-3/feed/ 0 Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win 2023 Donner Prize https://quillandquire.com/omni/michael-byers-and-aaron-boley-win-2023-donner-prize/ https://quillandquire.com/omni/michael-byers-and-aaron-boley-win-2023-donner-prize/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 15:55:55 +0000 https://quillandquire.com/?post_type=quill-omni&p=169483 The pair won the $60,000 award for their book Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space.

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