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Always Now by Margaret Avison
`Margaret Avison is a national treasure. For many decades she has forged a way to write, against the grain, some of the most humane, sweet and profound poetry of our time.' (judges' citation, on presenting the 2003 Griffin Prize for Poetry) Volume Three will be released in February, 2005. For an introduction to the work of Margaret Avison, see "Poets Learn from Poetry".

The Dodecahedron by Paul Glennon, and Zero Gravity by Sharon English were both included on `The Globe 100' ninth annual list of the year's best books (26 November, 2006). The Dodecahedron was also shortlisted for the Governor General's award and Zero Gravity is currently longlisted for the Giller Prize.

`Imagine a small publisher that not only cares about good writing, but also goes to immense lengths to make that writing accessible in permanent, beautiful form. Imagine a small publisher that, instead of gluing its pages into the spines of books (thereby making it likely that the book will one day disintegrate), sews the pages together so that they'll never fall apart. Imagine a small publisher dedicated both to discovering new, young writers and to reprinting the best Canadian literature from the past. ... You're imagining The Porcupine's Quill.' - Mark Abley, The Montreal Gazette

To take a virtual tour of the pressroom, visit us at YouTube for a discussion of offset printing in general, and the operation of a Heidelberg KORD in particular. Other videos include Four Colour Printing, Smyth Sewing and Wood Engraving.

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by these, and other, Porcupine's Quill authors.

Many PQL authors publish first with us and then go on to fame and fortune elsewhere. Our new `Alumni' page celebrates the success of some of our recent `graduates'.

Five Collections of Wood engravings by Wesley W Bates, G. Brender à Brandis and George A Walker

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