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WEBQuill and Quire. New Flanker Press audiobook features narration by late Gordon Pinsent. Indigenous authors-driven imprint HighWater Press marks 15 years.
Undersong - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBUndersong. by Kathleen Winter. She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. So wrote William Wordsworth of his sister, Dorothy, who, as their “eyes” and “ears,” was a muse to both him and fellow Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Daughters of the Deer - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBby Danielle Daniel. Danielle Daniel (Gerry Kingsley) In her debut novel for adults, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award–winning children’s author Danielle Daniel mines her family history to tell an affecting and difficult story of colonialism, love, loss, and resilience based on two women quite a few branches up in her genealogical tree ...
All the Quiet Places - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBBrian Thomas Isaac’s All the Quiet Places transports the reader across time and space to a, well, quiet corner of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the southern Interior of British Columbia in 1956. There, six-year-old Eddie lives with his mother, Grace, and younger brother, Lewis, isolated from most of their community except for his grandmother and maternal uncle, who live in close proximity.
This Place: 150 Years Retold - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBRobertson is one of the writers in This Place: 150 Years Retold, a stunning graphic anthology with a forward by Alicia Elliott, that showcases 11 Indigenous writers, eight illustrators, and two colour artists. It presents Canadian history over the last 150 years from multiple viewpoints, including Métis, Inuit, Dene, Cree, Anishinaabe, and Mi ...
Gutter Child - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBThe debut novel by Brampton, Ontario, author Jael Richardson – founder of the Festival of Literary Diversity and author of the memoir The Stone Thrower – is an outstanding and fearless story that follows a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and strength as she forges her own way in a ruthless society. Much can be said about Richardson’s impressive world-building: not only is ...
Fayne - Quill and Quire
WEBAnn-Marie MacDonald’s first novel in eight years, Fayne, is a reinvention for the bestselling author, who turns her attention away from the Canadian locales of her previous works to the wild borderlands of the British Isles. In this doorstopper of a book – which runs to 736 pages – we follow a young person named Charlotte Bell who comes of age in Fayne, a secluded estate situated on the ...
Moon at Nine - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBIn Moon at Nine, Ellis expertly weaves the politics, religion, and culture of 1988 Iran into the story of Farrin, a 15-year-old girl who obediently tries not to draw attention to herself. Her family’s wealth and support for the Shah put her at odds with the other girls at her Tehran school. When a new girl named Sadira arrives at the school ...
About Us - Quill and Quire - Quill & Quire
WEBQuill & Quire is the magazine of the Canadian book trade. The print edition, published 10 times per year (monthly except for joint January/February and July/August issues), includes author profiles, news about upcoming books and developments in the Canadian industry, and reviews of new adult and children's titles. The magazine reviews around 400 new titles
Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation - Quill & Quire
WEBMatthew Behrens. $32.95. Seven years after #MeToo rocked global consciousness and Time named Silence Breakers their Person of the Year, sexual violence survivors face a bleak landscape of rising femicide rates, online misogyny, and an increasingly unbelieving culture that denigrates and denies their painful lived experiences. In recent years ...