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News for February

This is me not talking about Valentine’s Day. No, really. I’ve decided not to mention it in solidarity with your inbox, which, in the lead-up to the Event-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named, will likely fill to bursting with relentlessly schmaltzy, romantically-inclined missives from savvy … Continue reading

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News for July

Canada Day strikes me as the one day of the year when Canadians can feel absolutely justified in participating in the kind of in-your-face patriotism that we usually eschew as a matter of good breeding. Of course, growing up in … Continue reading

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News for May

Ah, May. The month of emerging sunshine, budding flowers, temperate weather, sinus headaches and pollen-fuelled sneezing sprees. It’s also a time of spring events and even a new release at PQL. We had a great inaugural event in the launch … Continue reading

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Fairs, interns & cats

Tonight is very exciting for the Quill — the Griffin Prize is being announced and the late P. K. Page’s collection, Coal and Roses, is up for the award. At the time of writing this, there is about an hour … Continue reading

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A day at the shop

This is, admittedly, a very belated post, but I thought some of you might be interested in how I spent one of my first work days at the shop on January 5th. The first thing I learned didn’t have much … Continue reading

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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.