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Q&Q: the October issue

The latest Q&Q, out now, includes a cover profile of Edeet Ravel, who’s best known for her trilogy about Israeli-Palestinian relations and who has two new novels out this fall. Also in this issue are articles about prolific children’s authors, antiquarian book dealers battling the Internet, and the boom in environment-themed publishing. All that plus the Children’s Announcements, listing every Canadian fall kids’ title, and reviews of Donna Morrissey’s What They Wanted, Andrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle, Fred Stenson’s The Great Karoo, Josef Skvorecky’s Ordinary Lives, Kenneth Oppel’s Starclimber, Susan Juby’s Getting the Girl, and many more. The full table of contents is after the jump.

After Tel Aviv
Edeet Ravel made her name with a trilogy about Israeli-Palestinian relations. With her new work, she’s still more interested in questions than answers

The loneliness of the antiquarian book dealer
Is the Internet killing the professional used-book trade?

KidLit Special
Sheree Fitch goes for the grown-ups
The life of the prolific kids’ author
Kids’ Announcements: the complete fall listings
Supersized Books for Young People section: 19 reviews
FRONTMATTER

• Sheree Fitch goes for the grown-ups
• In praise of the Free Press
• The fine art of cover copy code
• Deals Corner: Alice Munro, Marc Lépine’s mother, Lawrence Scanlan, and more
• Quill at Large: Scenes from the Sunshine Coast
• Cover to Cover: Psyche
• Snapshot: Chris Reed of This Is Not a Reading Series

NEWS AND FEATURES

• Sustaining sustainability: Will eco-books keep on growing, or dry up?
• Proudly prolific: The life of the workhorse children’s author

KIDS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS

REVIEWS

• What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
• More by Austin Clarke
• Ordinary Lives by Josef Skvorecky
• Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

• The Boy Who Ate the World (and the girl who saved it) by Don Gillmor and Pierre Pratt
• They Called Me Red by Christina Kilbourne
• First Time by Meg Tilly
• Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books

BESTSELLERS
Presented by Q&Q and BookNet Canada

THE LAST WORD
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to stand out

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