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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Quill & Quire JUNE 2016.
Contributors
Rachel Idzerda is a freelance illustrator specializing in editorial illustration and portraiture, who divides her time between Montreal and Toronto. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The ...
Borrowing time
IF APRIL is the cruellest month, then this year it was particularly harsh for Newfoundland and Labrador residents. The provincial Liberal government announced plans to close 54 of its 95 regional li...
He won’t sing, don’t ask him
ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL IDZERDA PROFILE Tim Falconer will not be singing at the launch party for his new book, Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music. He knows he’s ...
Holy rollers
SCENE THE CHURCH of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields is a brick structure located to the east of Toronto’s Little Italy. The original architecture of its current building dates back to 1865, though various...
Best of times, Worst of times
Best After his death, it was revealed that Prince once secretly donated $12,000 to save a Carnegie public library in Louisville, Kentucky. The man even made civic mindedness sexy. Recently unearthed ...
Disagreeing to agree
ILLUSTRATION BY EVAN MUNDAY AGONY EDITOR Dear Agony Editor, I was on a panel at a writers’ festival. One of my co-panelists disagreed openly with everything I said. Should I hire a hit man to snuff h...