A loss to Canadian literature

Some people achieve great things in a very few short years. Quill and Quire's editor Derek Weiler passed away this weekend.

"He had amazing taste," said the magazine's publisher, Alison Jones. "He had an eye and ear for great writing, and for beautiful books."

A voracious reader, Weiler had an ability to recognize gems in all genres, whether in highbrow literature or in everyday cartoons, Jones said.

"He had such a respect for writers, and I think that always informed his decisions," she said. --Brent Davis, article in The Record