The Porcupine's Quill
Celebrating forty years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
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So you want to be an intern?
Internships are a great way to gain experience and get a foot in the door when it comes to the publishing industry. They provide on-the-job training for tasks in many different departments, including Editorial, Marketing & Publicity, Sales and Production. If you’re thinking about becoming an intern, or if you wonder what it’s like to intern at The Porcupine’s Quill, these blog posts have been chosen and categorized to give you an idea what PQL interns do in any given department.
The Internship Experience
Editorial
Date | Title | Author |
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05-11-2013 | Sticking It Out to the Bitter(sweet) End: Musings of a Long Process, in Three Acts | Steph |
27-08-2013 | The Batmen of Publishing, or, This Is What Editing Looks Like | Steph |
17-07-2011 | Happy-Dancing with the Porcupette: TOAE, Grant Apps, and HTML success. | Monique |
04-07-2011 | Memoirs, or literary vicarious living. | Monique |
26-01-2011 | Fall 2011 tip sheets | Caleigh |
21-11-2010 | Reading guides | Caleigh |
08-10-2010 | Blog request from the Big Cheese | Caleigh |
02-10-2010 | Google Alerts & the new porcupette office | Caleigh |
19-08-2010 | Typing & tip sheets | Caleigh |
04-08-2010 | Victory dances | Caleigh |
24-06-2010 | Fame and fortune | Caleigh |
15-05-2010 | IPPY awards and more | Caleigh |
04-01-2010 | What authors should know about interviews | Caleigh |
Production
Date | Title | Author |
---|---|---|
24-03-2015 | It’s Typography Tuesday! | Steph |
07-12-2011 | Printmaking and the OCAD University Book Arts Fair | Kate |
06-12-2010 | Evaluation framework: progress so far | Caleigh |
19-08-2010 | Typing & tip sheets | Caleigh |
04-08-2010 | Victory dances | Caleigh |
30-07-2010 | Home, sweet home | Caleigh |
08-07-2010 | SFU-flavoured ice cream | Caleigh |
30-06-2010 | Puzzles | Caleigh |
30-05-2010 | Many mistakes | Caleigh |
20-05-2010 | The hunkeler | Caleigh |
15-05-2010 | IPPY awards and more | Caleigh |
03-05-2010 | And so it begins | Caleigh |
Marketing & Publicity
Sales
Date | Title | Author |
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15-05-2013 | Loose Lips Sink Ships and Other Nautical References: Tips for Not Sinking the Whole Darn Ship at Pre-Sales Conference | Steph |
24-04-2013 | In the spring a young porcupette’s fancy is suddenly wrenched to thoughts of book sales. | Steph |
24-08-2011 | Stormy nights pre-09: PQL and academic course adoptions! | Monique |
11-05-2011 | WorldCat and TCAF | Monique |
16-04-2011 | White Rabbits, Mad Hatters and Wayzgooses! (Wayzgeese?) (and PQ’s first blog/twitter contest!) | Monique |
16-03-2011 | Digital publicity for the Devil’s Artisan | Caleigh |
24-02-2011 | Top ten things I’ve learned while interning | Caleigh |
06-12-2010 | Evaluation framework: progress so far | Caleigh |
16-10-2010 | Saskatchewan Book Award shortlist announcements | Caleigh |
08-10-2010 | Blog request from the Big Cheese | Caleigh |
21-09-2010 | First blog from France – Google AdWords & Alerts (part two) | Caleigh |
15-05-2010 | IPPY awards and more | Caleigh |
The Business of Publishing
Technology & the Web
Misc. Musings & Personal with the Porcupette
Indices
Date | Title | Author |
---|---|---|
07-01-2013 | Porcupettes passing the torch.... | Kate |
14-09-2011 | Porcupettes passing the torch.... | Monique |
30-03-2011 | The Porcupette’s last letter | Caleigh |
The Porcupine's Quill would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. The financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) is also gratefully acknowledged.