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Celebrating thirty-five years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
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The True Story of an Unrepentant Literary Sinner: Being an Account of the Porcupette’s Confessions of Bookish Sin
I found one of those fire-and-brimstone religious pamphlets in my mailbox today. It was good for a chuckle (the thing played fast and loose with grammatical rules and made conspicuous use of bold, italic and underlined text, sometimes all at … Continue reading
Kinship of the Bookish Sort: On the Pleasures of Literary Lending
The list of people to whom I will entrust my favourite books is rather short. My mother, who has been known to read borrowed books with gloves on “so I don’t get fingerprints on the cover, of course,” is at … Continue reading
Remembrance of Author Visits Past, Or, When I Learned Authors Were from ‘Round Here
I grew up in a suburb far from the literary stronghold of the GTA. We did not have a plethora of indie bookstores to browse on a Saturday afternoon, or a quiet weekday evening. We were not a must-visit destination … Continue reading
The Devil’s in the Dialogue: Four Quick-and-Dirty Dialogue Tips from the Porcupette
When I pick up a novel, I usually know within a few pages whether I’m going to like it. It’s not a hard-and-fast rule and there are always exceptions, but generally speaking, I find that I can determine a lot … Continue reading
The Porcupette’s 7 Steps to Writing a Good Book Description
It’s the end of summer, so naturally we’re thinking about … Spring 2019 titles! I know, I know, it seems early, but actually, while our bodies are focused on printing our upcoming fall titles, our minds are busy preparing all … Continue reading
The Porcupette’s Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Writing Book Descriptions
For the past few weeks I’ve been voraciously reading the manuscripts that make up our Fall 2018 list. (Spoiler alert: they’re great!) While I digest these fascinating new titles, I diligently jot down themes, images, and particularly well-written sentences 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.
