New in Q&Q’s July/August issue
The July/August 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features: a cover profile of author Michael Winter; the Fall Preview, a look at the hottest titles of the upcoming season; a story on recent growth in indie bookselling; an update on Lobster Press; a look at publishers’ plans to go digital; and more, including reviews of 46 books, including Richard B. Wright’s October, Gil Adamson’s The Outlander, Kenneth Oppel’s Darkwing, and Martha Brooks’ Mistik Lake. The full table of contents can be seen after the jump.
In the July/August 2007 issue of Q&Q:
Change is good
Penguin bets big on Michael Winter
Indie booksellers rise again
New stores are popping up, and old ones are expanding. Will the customers come out?
Reconsider the Lobster
The children’s publisher has turned a corner – now it just needs its funding back
Fall Preview
Your one-stop look ahead at the season’s biggest authors and most interesting books
FRONTMATTER
- Paul Watson’s war-haunted memoir
- Gwynne Dyer’s last-minute switch
- Tish Cohen’s double happiness
- The E-Z Pitch™ Guide to the fall season
- Watch Your Language: Voices from the past
- Quill at Large: BC Book Prizes and more
- Snapshot: Rachna Davidar, McNally Robinson’s newest bookseller
- In the Works: Richard Wagamese and more
- Buzz: The Comox Valley
NEWS AND FEATURES
- Publishers go digital with Canada Council money
- Guest Opinion: Bookseller Richard Bachmann on the glut of advance reading copies
- Highlights from Q&Q Omni
FALL PREVIEW
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Books for Young People
- International books
REVIEWS
- Right Away Monday by Joel Thomas Hynes
October by Richard B. Wright- The Outlander by Gil Adamson
- The Book of Stanley by Todd Babiak
- Retrospective Review: Tay John by Howard O’Hagan
- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- Chickadee’s Animal Adventures: Discover the World’s Amazing Animals by Stephanie Ledu
- Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
- Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel
- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
BESTSELLERS
Presented by Q&Q and BookNet Canada
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