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[quillandquire @quillandquire]

At last: Work begins on new Canadian dictionary. @EditorsCanada “has partnered with Nelson Education to use the Nelson Gage Canadian Paperback Dictionary as the foundation for a new Canadian English dictionary.” Starting with our favourite letter: Q. https://t.co/RsxMCXeiVB

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

Humour writer Eli Burnstein (@eliburnstein) talked to Q&Q about the finer points of hairsplitting -- and his new book, Dictionary of Fine Distinctions. https://t.co/TWdfbVJ5OF

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

With her new Knopf Canada imprint, Alchemy, Dionne Brand is looking for books that change the script: “What kind of a world do we want? And what kinds of narratives might bring about the one that we want, or might intervene in it in some way?” https://t.co/SB8lWVUZY7

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

@MrRazovsky Ack! Thanks for pointing that out. We’ve made the correction to our story. Apologies!

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

Fire Weather is a powerful and important read about our problematic relationship with combustion as it relates to climate change.

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

“There has never been a better time to be a fire," writes John Vaillant. A review by @cassandra_d of Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast about 2016's Fort McMurray fire and our interactions with the natural world. https://t.co/cAcSgtQXNK
@KnopfCA

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

@michellecyca “Confronting a string bikini” is quite a line. Wow.

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

@michellecyca Right?!

[ausma malik @ausmalik]

As the local City Councillor, I’ve formally refused to provide my consent to expedite a land exchange being demanded by the Ford government for Ontario Place.

[Ontario Place for All © @ONPlace4All]

“The private spa at Ontario Place is too large & its five-level underground parking garage contradicts the government’s policies on reducing car use, TO planners say.
A new report from the city finds a long list of faults in the spa plan.” #topoli #onpoli https://t.co/P8VIb6CRmv

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

I doubted that tonight’s snowstorm would actually arrive and it replied with #thundersnow. Well played, Mother Nature.

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

For our third week of fall preview, Richard Van Camp spoke with Q&Q contributor Angela Wright about his new graphic novel trilogy, The Spirit of Denendeh. https://t.co/2BHX0KHyja

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

It's fall preview time! This year, we are taking a slightly different approach in our digital-only format, and rolling out our preview over six weeks. Each week features a selection of adult titles and young reader titles as well as a profile of an author and their new book.

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

Joshua Whitehead (@JWhitehead204) talked to Q&Q contributor Michelle Cyca (@michellecyca) about his latest book, a deeply personal work of nonfiction that combines elements of memoir, essay, and theory. https://t.co/ktL9D0RtMq

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

It's fall preview time! To kick off our look at fall books last week, we talked to Ashley Spires about her new picture book, The Most Magnificent Idea. https://t.co/Rqv9xmQ2qA

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

As we head into the busy fall book season, Canadian indie booksellers are concerned about lagging delivery times for HarperCollins orders.🔒https://t.co/7gmEerAOYc

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

@0kaay_Bitch hi Erica! Can I send you a DM? I’m an editor at @quillandquire and wanted to get in touch about a possible assignment. Thanks!

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

“She creates a literature in which we are central to one another and we’re not always reaching out and trying to win approval or find our way into the white world.” — Donna Bailey Nurse on Toni Morrison’s legacy for Black women

[quillandquire @quillandquire]

Journalist and critic Donna Bailey Nurse (@donnabnurse) on the joyful two-night event at Luminato she planned to celebrate Toni Morrison's legacy for Black women writers. https://t.co/Km6XQuVOoP

[Brendan Kennedy (https://bsky.app/profile/bkstar) @BKennedyStar]

Ontario was supposed to be fully accessible to people w/ disabilities by 2025. Nobody believes that's possible anymore & some advocates say the province has become less accessible under Ford's government.

It's an unsexy election issue affecting 2.6M ppl:
https://t.co/CS4DSFivJL

[cassandra drudi @cassandra_d]

@gilliansze @quillandquire Thanks for taking the time to talk to me about it, @gilliansze!

[Brendan Kennedy (https://bsky.app/profile/bkstar) @BKennedyStar]

CALL OUT: Has your kid's daycare told you they're still deciding whether or not to opt-in to the new child-care funding? Are you worried you might not get a rebate or see your fees reduced? Let me know via DM or [email protected].