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GUEST POST: James Bader Recommends Books About Books
Writing about literature is not a new idea by any means. By the time Ovid was writing (between 43 BCE and 17-18 AD), referential literature and what we might call “meta works” were already in existence. Ovid (of Metamorphoses fame) … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 13 Mar 2020
Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form. Novels about fictional epidemics are booming. Is anyone surprised? Is it the collective obsession of … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 01 Sep 2017
Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form. “We say we want kids to read more, yet we also harbor a deep … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 21 Jul 2017
Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form. Maybe don’t recommend Rosemary’s Baby as a baby shower gift…. You’ll chuckle at this … Continue reading
Book Business: Reads Related to Writing and Publishing
Who doesn’t love a good book about books? At this time of year, with BookExpo imminent and other bookish events on the horizon (ALA, the Printers Row Lit Fest and the Detroit Festival of Books are on deck for yours … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 20 Jan 2017
Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form. Can you identify a famous writer given a sample paragraph? Deceptively hard to do, … Continue reading
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.
