The Porcupine's Quill
Celebrating thirty-five years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
Past Events
Saturday, April 17, 2010: Made of Wood Show
Made of Wood Show past-chairman Jim Lorriman (right) at the Burdette Gallery, Orton, Ontario. Jim Westergard's ‘Hereward the Wake's Teeth’ (left) and ‘Witness’ (centre) were shortlisted for Best of Show.
‘Trestle’ by Wesley Bates was awarded an honourable mention in the Made of Wood Show. The jury remarked, particularly, on the artist's success at rendering the shadows in the image.
‘Portage’ (left) and ‘Algonquin’ (right) by George Walker on display on the Main Street of Erin Village.
Saturday, December 12, 2009: Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
George A. Walker, Caleigh Minshall and Sheree-Lee Olsen at the Gladstone Hotel. December, 2009.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009: Ben McNally Books, Toronto
Courtney Ruddy, George Walker, Marc Beurteaux and Tim Inkster at Ben McNally on Bay. December, 2009.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009: Stratford Public Library
David Ferry, Tim Inkster, Cedric Smith & Elke Inkster at the launch for The Essential James Reaney. Photo by Susan Wallace
David Ferry (l) and Cedric Smith at the launch for The Essential James Reaney.
Thursday, October 29, 2009: The Old Firehall, Whitehorse
Michael Reynolds at the launch of Slant Room.
October 26 2009: OCAD, The Learning Zone
Marta Chudolinska and Stefan Berg at The Learning Zone.
September 15 2009: McNally Robinson
Marta Chudolinska at McNally Robinson, Don Mills.
May 15 2009: Rideau Hall
Tim and Elke Inkster at Rideau Hall, 15 May, 2009.
The Porcupine’s Quill is remarkable in Canadian publishing in that most of the physical production of our journal is completed in-house at the shop on the Main Street of Erin Village. We print on a twenty-five inch Heidelberg KORD, typically onto acid-free Zephyr Antique laid. The sheets are then folded, and sewn into signatures on a 1907 model Smyth National Book Sewing machine.
To take a virtual tour of the pressroom, visit us at YouTube for a discussion of offset printing in general, and the operation of a Heidelberg KORD in particular. Other videos include Four Colour Printing, Smyth Sewing and Wood Engraving. Photographs of production machinery used on these pages were taken by Sandra Traversy on site at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill, December 2008.
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 Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) is also gratefully acknowledged.