The Porcupine's Quill
Celebrating thirty-five years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
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Have Your Book and Eat It, Too, or, The Complicated Business of Book Returns
A look at the complications surrounding the debate about book returns. Continue reading
Balancing Act: On Luck in Rerouted and Breaking Right
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so we’re all hearing a lot about the “luck of the Irish” this week. It’s been making me think about books in which luck (fate, happenstance, destiny, fortune or what have you) appears to be an … Continue reading
New Year … Old You? And Other News For January at PQL
It happens every year. The holiday décor still graces homes around the country, but stores have already pivoted to exhortations of newness. If you haven’t received an email or noticed a flyer or caught sight of a sign with the words “New Year, New You”, I’ll eat my driest, least appetizing book. Continue reading
Wait an Apple-Picking Minute, or, News for October at PQL
I have distinct memories of going as a child to one or another of the several orchards in the area and being taught how to identify the apples ripe for picking, and how to gently detach them from the trees. It strikes me now that the whole exercise was more than just a method of procuring the apples that would inevitably be baked into my mom’s delicious apple pie or apple crisp. The lessons learned on an apple picking expedition are applicable to a wide range of tasks, even, I like to think, book publishing. Continue reading
Editorial Musings of a Botanical Nature
I was gifted a large flower planter two weeks ago. Absolutely gorgeous. Undoubtedly expensive. Elegant clusters of tiny white blooms cascading down the sides, an abundance of vibrant purple blooms adding pops of colour, handsome two-toned foliage to fill in … 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.
