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Coming up in the May Q&Q
The May 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is on its way to stores and subscribers now. It features a Science Fiction Spotlight, which includes a cover profile of star SF novelist Robert J. Sawyer, as well as a Library Special Report, which includes a look at the problem of collection management in the blockbuster era. All this plus a profile of Dundurn Press, a survey of green publishing practices, a look at the problem with (some) cookbooks, our wide-ranging selection of reviews, and more. The full contents are listed below; for subscription information, go here.
In the May 2007 issue of Q&Q
Nothing but blue skies
For Canadian sci-fi giant Robert J. Sawyer, the future is bright
Science Fiction Spotlight:
10 Canadian authors to watch; the great literary brain drain
Library Special Report:
A book to read, a book to weed
The DIY library revolution
Libraries: the new urban-planning offices?
Preservation 2.0: the fight to archive the explosion of online content
Everything’s going green
How Canadian publishers are leading the way to eco-friendly practices
The incredible expanding Dundurn
With its latest acquisition, Dundurn Group reconnects with its Canadian-history roots
FRONTMATTER
- Don’t try this at home: the trouble with cookbook recipes
- Marina Nemat: history gets personal
- Quill at Large: Great literary awards
- Microscope: Invisible Publishing in Halifax
- Watch Your Language: The pride and peril of big words
- Snapshot: Amy Logan Holmes
- Cover to Cover: Covering the classics
- In the Works: Re-upping for two Giller winners
- Buzz: Silence of the North
NEWS
- Trying to sex up the short story
- Guest Opinion: Carmine Starnino on the Griffin Poetry Prize
- Highlights from Q&Q Omni
REVIEWS
- The Sleeping Buddha by Hamida Ghafour
- The Empress Letters by Linda Rogers
- Planet Reese by Cordelia Strube
- Retrospective Review: More Joy in Heaven by Morley Callaghan
- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- From Boneshakers to Choppers by Lisa Smedman
- Arctic Adventures by Raquel Rivera and Jirina Marton
- Polar Bear, Arctic Hare by Eileen Spinelli and Eugenie Fernandes
- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
BESTSELLERS
Presented by Q&Q and BookNet Canada
THE LAST WORD
Love and remains: Alissa York on the dead animals found in her fiction
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