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Summer Reads Make You Feel Fine and Other News for June at the Porcupine’s Quill
What defines a summer read? The possibilities are as multitudinous and as diverse as the towels dotting the beach on a hot day. Some think of summer reads as having to be fluffy and fun, while others for look engrossing … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 19 May 2023
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. Spotlight on MacLeod’s Books in Vancouver, whose owner marks fifty years serving the literary community. … Continue reading
Going to Bookish Extremes and Other News for July at the Porcupine’s Quill
There’s something about summertime that makes me feel a little extreme. Think about it. The sweltering heat and humidity of a Southwestern Ontario summer juxtaposed with the simple pleasure of a frosty iced coffee. The long, sunny days practically beg … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 28 Jun 2019
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. This is fun, and kind of fascinating: reading recommendations for every age, from 1 (The … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 21 Jun 2019
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. The Toronto Book Awards longlist was announced this week. See which books and authors made … Continue reading
Memoirs, or literary vicarious living.
I know, I’ve been a really bad porcupette these last weeks and have been neglecting the blog in favour of other PQL tasks – grant applications, worldcat campaigns, tipsheets for our exciting 2012 list! (You’ll hear all about our 2012 … 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.
