Comments on: Bookmarks: More cuts at Borders, Atwood’s Dubai antics, and more http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/20/bookmarks-more-cuts-at-borders-atwoods-dubai-antics-and-more/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John Newton http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/20/bookmarks-more-cuts-at-borders-atwoods-dubai-antics-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-189490 John Newton Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:18:38 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3108#comment-189490 'Borders announces more layoffs, cutting 136 jobs at their corporate offices...' Ouch. Perhaps it fired fired the person responsible for basic grammar? (We have published the News Release on government funding on 'Levitated Apples'. I hope these politicos realise that when they reject Canadian writers, they are also aggravating the people who write their speeches.) ‘Borders announces more layoffs, cutting 136 jobs at their corporate offices…’

Ouch. Perhaps it fired fired the person responsible for basic grammar?

(We have published the News Release on government funding on ‘Levitated Apples’. I hope these politicos realise that when they reject Canadian writers, they are also aggravating the people who write their speeches.)

]]> By: Xenia http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/20/bookmarks-more-cuts-at-borders-atwoods-dubai-antics-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-189484 Xenia Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:19:44 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3108#comment-189484 Video link is an excellent idea and more authors should try it instead of following the corporate model of hauling ass all over the planet. It's a contradiction to pretend concern over the environment and then jump on a plane at the first opportunity (especially when someone else is paying the freight and usually that anonymous someone is the poor Canadian taxpayer). Video link is an excellent idea and more authors should try it instead of following the corporate model of hauling ass all over the planet. It’s a contradiction to pretend concern over the environment and then jump on a plane at the first opportunity (especially when someone else is paying the freight and usually that anonymous someone is the poor Canadian taxpayer).

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