Step right up, folks, the September 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features a cover profile of author Elizabeth Hay, whose new novel is set in a Yellowknife CBC station in the 1970s; a look at how publishers are marketing books on Facebook and other social networking sites; a closeup look at the buyers for the country’s biggest non-traditional book retailers; the Fall Announcements, listing close to 1,000 fall adult titles; and reviews of more than 50 new books, including ones by Douglas Coupland, Susan Juby, Will Ferguson, Deborah Ellis, Michael Winter, Deirdre Baker, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, David Davidar, Richard Scrimger, and more. The full table of contents can be seen after the jump.
In the September 2007 issue of Q&Q:
The spirit of radio
Elizabeth Hay takes to the airwaves in her new novel
Marketing by the Facebook
Web 2.0 keeps offering new ways to tout books on the cheap
Betting big
Meet Canada’s volume buyers, who bring books to unlikely places
Fall Announcements
The complete fall season – nearly 1,000 titles in 36 categories
FRONTMATTER
When publishers write: David Davidar’s worlds collide
When Eric met Deborah: Two kidlit stars team up for new novel
When Germany met James: Midnight Cab’s second chance
When Bob met Alice: Munro’s big break
Cover to Cover: King of the Lost and Found
Snapshot: Goose Lane Editions’ Bethany Gibson
Deals Corner: John Vaillant, Lee Gowan, Peter Darbyshire, and more
Quill at Large: Pashley’s farewell and Wiley’s happy anniversary
Local Buzz: Bring Me My Father’s Body
NEWS AND FEATURES
Marketing by the Facebook
Lessons learned from BOOKED!
Highlights from Q&Q Omni
REVIEWS
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
Spanish Fly by Will Ferguson
The Culprits by Robert Hough
In and Down by Brett Alexander Savory
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Please, Louise by Frieda Wishinsky and Marie-Louise Gay
Very Serious Children by Caroline Adderson
Becca at Sea by Deirdre Baker
Sacred Leaf by Deborah Ellis
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
BESTSELLERS
Presented by Q&Q and BookNet Canada
THE LAST WORD
Christine Walde didn’t intend to be a YA author, but she’s getting used to it
