In Q&Q news, part 2: May issue
In the brand-new Q&Q, we profile star food-and-travel team Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford, who write extensively about Chinese food and society in their latest book. Also in May is the Library Special Report, which looks at how librarians are redefining themselves by tapping into video-game culture and providing more downloadable content. Plus: stories on Heritage House, indie booksellers and the web, and Vancouver thriller author Daniel Kalla, as well as reviews of new books by Paul Quarrington, Richard Florida, Annabel Lyon, Cary Fagan, and many more. The full table of contents is after the jump.
In the May 2008 issue of Q&Q:
Eastern adventures
Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid travelled across China for their most political – and most personal – book yet
Libraries and the cool factor
Teens are coming to libraries for the Wii – but will they stay for the books?
More in the Library Special Report: the downloadable collection, plus Regina’s native library star
Heritage House’s accidental empire
How the Heritage Group grew from one imprint to four
FRONTMATTER
- Daniel Kalla, the doomsday artist
- Kitchener, Ontario’s new YA fantasy dynasty
- Excerpt: The Alligator Pie road show
- Cover to Cover: Drive
- Snapshot: Chris Labonté
- Deals Corner: Will Ferguson, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, and more
- Local Buzz: Final Voyages
NEWS AND FEATURES
- Lost in the Web: Is online bookselling leaving indies behind?
- Made to order: Why more publishers are turning to corporate sales
- Highlights from Q&Q Omni
REVIEWS
- Full-Time by Alan Twigg
- The Jesus Sayings by Rex Weyler
- Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig
Me Sexy, edited by Drew Hayden Taylor- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It by Kathy Stinson and Deirdre Betteridge
- All-Season Edie by Annabel Lyon
- Mr. Karp’s Last Glass by Cary Fagan
- Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
BESTSELLERS
Presented by Q&Q and BookNet Canada
THE LAST WORD
Making it work: Mary-Ann Kirkby had to publish her memoir herself – it turned out to be a bestseller
