Quills people's choice book awards halted

A corporate co-founder of the Quills people’s choice book awards that were started three years ago and aimed to combine “populist sensibility” with “Hollywood-style glitz,” announced February 25, 2008, that it will suspend support. Reed Business Information gave no reason for the decision and a company statement did not make it clear whether the awards had been placed on hiatus or ended permanently. A spokeswoman for Reed, which operates such publications as Variety and Publishers Weekly, declined to give further details. Money raised for the Quills Literacy Foundation will be distributed to two nonprofit organizations—First Book and Literacy Partners. Read the article on The Canadian Press website.