The Porcupine's Quill was incorporated in 1974, originally as the production arm of Dave Godfrey's Press Porcépic. PQL published its first title in 1975, Brian Johnson's first and only book of poems, Marzipan Lies. Brian Johnson is currently the film critic for Maclean's and claims to have met Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, twice! Many of the early titles were slim volumes written by poets Tim Inkster had met as a student at the University of Toronto - amongst them Ed Carson who until recently was President of Penguin Canada, and Brian Henderson who is currently the publisher at Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
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1st Impression Printing and Graphic Design is a family-run printing business that has served the Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and surrounding area for over 25 years. Backed by our machinery and experience, 1st Impression provides quality print services and excellent customer service to meet all your printing needs. 1st Impression specializes in full colour printing, digital colour printing, black and white printing and photo copying providing a quality finished product at a great price in a timely manner. We print signs and banners and provide a complete range of promotional products with your name and logo printed on them. (pens, shirts, mugs etc.) We have full bindery and finishing capabilities including, coil, Cerlox, stapled and perfect binding plus folding, collating, padding, laminating, numbering, die cutting, perforating, hole-punching and more. We handle the graphic design of your project or you may supply the finished artwork ready to print.