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The 2019 Foreword Indies Book Awards Finalists Have Been Announced!
Every year, Foreword Reviews honours the best of indie publishing with the Foreword Indies Book Awards. The panel of judges wades through thousands of books in 55 different categories and whittles them down to a group of finalists. The Porcupine’s … Continue reading
PQ Weekly Roundup: 20 Dec 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. We were pleased to once again participate in the Bound Book Arts Fair at the … Continue reading
PQL Holiday Giveaway #2: The Thing about Major Street
How does a publisher translate an author’s ideas into an attractive, meaningful package? And how does one accomplish this when the manuscript in question was written on the back of surplus bookmarks? If you’ve ever read a book and wondered … Continue reading
To All the Books I’ve Loved Before, Or, News for December at PQL
At this time of the year, when the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us, and visions of sugar plums arise (to our delight or dismay), gratitude becomes almost a coping mechanism. Or if not gratitude, at … Continue reading
Posted in Letters from the Porcupette (the Intern's Blog)
Tagged Bound Book Arts Fair, Casting into Mytery, Devil's Artisan, favourite books, George A Walker, Jason Guriel, Leon Rooke, newsletter, Nick Tooke, Robert R. Reid, The Ballad of Samuel Hewitt, The House on Major Street, The Hunting of the Snark, The Pigheaded Soul, Wesley Bates
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From the Vault: A Touch of Literary Whimsy to Boost the Spirits
Doesn’t life feel so serious around now? The news is always heavy, the weather is gloomy and cold, and we’re all varying degrees of stressed whether it’s due to work, finances, the impending holidays or what have you. So how … Continue reading
Meteorological and Metaphorical Openness, and Other News for June at the Porcupine’s Quill
This June, I really feel, is a month bursting with openness. Lately the chronic pluvial deluge usually attributed to April has been making itself known, and I’ve been remarking that it appears as if the heavens have opened. We’re seeing … 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.