The Porcupine's Quill
Celebrating thirty-five years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
Past Events
Wayworn Wooden Floors Poetry Reading
Mark Lavorato performed his first poetry reading from his forthcoming collection Wayworn Wooden Floors on Sunday, January 15, at Casa del Popolo in Montreal.
The reading was part of the Words & Music series, and Mr. Lavorato's poems were met with much excitment and interest!
Dancing, With Mirrors Launch
George Amabile's lyrical retrospective, Dancing, With Mirrors, launched on January 10 at the McNally Robinson at Grant Park in Winnipeg.
The Small Press of Toronto Book Fair
The Porcupine's Quill took part in the annual Small Press of Toronto Winter Book Fair on December 10, at Hart House.
The Porcupine's Quill table at the book fair, in the beauitful Hart House hall.
OCAD University 27th Annual Book Arts Fair
On Saturday, December 3, the Porcupine's Quill and George A. Walker attended the OCAD Univeristy Book Arts Fair.
The Fair exhibited the work of artists, print makers, bookbinders, and others involved in the creation of hand-made books.
Tim Inkster selling books at the fair.
New York, New York at the Gladstone
On Sunday, November 27, the Porcupine's Quill, This is Not a Reading Series (TINARS), and the Literary Press Group (LPG) joined forces to celebrate the publication of Jon Evans and Jim Westergard's Beasts of New York and George A. Walker's Book of Hours.
The event took place at the beautiful, historic Gladstone Hotel and included demonstrations, discussions, an interactive reading, and even a short film!
We were fortunate to be joined by Neil Exall, who wrote an original score for the film adaptation of Book of Hours, and Tom Smart, who moderated the discussions.
You may check out a video of the event, courtesy of TINARS videographer Meredith Wright, here.
Jon Evans and Jim Westergard discuss the creation of Beasts of New York, moderated by Tom Smart.
George A. Walker and Jim Westergard talk about wood engraving with Tom Smart.
Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose
The Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose was held on Saturday, October 22, in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
George A. Walker, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Book of Hours, was in attendance and presented an illustrated talk entitled Printmaking and the Visual Narrative.
A Double Launch
The Essential Richard Outram, edited by Amanada Jernigan and featuring wood engravings by Barbara Howard, was launched on Monday, October 17, at the TNS Living Room in Halifax.
The evening doubled as the launch of Groundwork: poems, featuring poems by Amanda Jernigan and wood engravings by by John Haney. The evening included readings and performance. A selection of letterpress works by Outram and Howard were also on display in an exhibition curated by Melanie Colosimo.
Bookmark for Sailor Girl
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 10:45 am Project Bookmark Canada unveiled a Bookmark for Sheree-Lee Olson's debut novel Sailor Girl.
The Bookmark is positioned at Lock 8 on the Welland Canal in Port Colborne. Author Sheree-Lee Olson and Port Colborne Mayor Vance Badawey were both in attendence.
For more information of Project Bookmark Canada, check out their website here.
Check out the news story on The Source here.
Miranda Hill, executive director of Project Bookmark Canada with Sheree-Lee Olson and Mayor Vance Badawey.
Roselawn Reading Series
Sheree-Lee Olson, author of Sailor Girl, was the featured presenter at the celebrated Roselawn Reading Series in Port Colborne on Thursday, September 29 from 5 to 9 pm.
May 15 2009: Rideau Hall
Tim and Elke Inkster at Rideau Hall, 15 May, 2009.
The Porcupine’s Quill is remarkable in Canadian publishing in that most of the physical production of our journal is completed in-house at the shop on the Main Street of Erin Village. We print on a twenty-five inch Heidelberg KORD, typically onto acid-free Zephyr Antique laid. The sheets are then folded, and sewn into signatures on a 1907 model Smyth National Book Sewing machine.
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. Photographs of production machinery used on these pages were taken by Sandra Traversy on site at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill, December 2008.
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.
- January 15 2012:
Wayworn Wooden Floors Poetry Reading - January 10 2012:
Dancing, With Mirrors Launch - December 10 2011:
Small Press of Toronto Book Fair - December 3 2011:
OCAD University 27th Annual Books Arts Fair - November 27 2011:
New York, New York at the Gladstone - October 22 2011:
Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose - October 17 2011:
The Essential Richard Outram - October 12 2011:
Bookmark for Sailor Girl - September 29 2011:
Roselawn Reading Series - May 15 2009:
Rideau Hall