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December Q&Q: Books of the Year

Q&Q has made its annual Books of the Year selection: 15 books that mattered in 2008, from fiction to non-fiction to kids’ titles. To find out what made the list, and why, you’ll have to check out the December issue, which is making its way to stores and subscribers now. Also in the issue: how the financial crisis rocked author Joseph Heath‘s upcoming book; the death of Canadian experimental novelist Lawrence Braithwaite; and why and how publishers are reaching out to frontline Indigo staff. Plus: reviews of new books by John Ralston Saul, Joan Thomas, Kenneth Whyte, Neil Bissoondath, Deborah Ellis, Charles Pachter, and more. The full table of contents is after the jump.

UPDATE: The Books of the Year package is now available online.

Books of the year
Some are critical favourites, some are bookstore blockbusters. Some dive into difficult subjects, some are about pure pleasure. Together, these are 15 books to remember from 2008

Death of a literary outsider
When Victoria author Lawrence Braithwaite took his own life last summer, Canadian literature lost one of its few genuine subversives

Hitting the floor
Why some publishers are reaching out to Indigo booksellers – and why more should be

FRONTMATTER

• Joseph Heath: capitalism for dummies
• Was L.M. Montgomery really a suicide?
• How to spend $5-million on translation
• Snapshot: HarperCollins Canada’s Kate Cassaday
• Local Buzz: Fishing These Parts and Dinner Survival

REVIEWS

• A Fair Country by John Ralston Saul
• The Soul of All Great Designs by Neil Bissoondath
• Izzy by Peter C. Newman
• Relentless by Ted Rogers with Robert Brehl
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

• Pumpkin People by Sandra Lightburn and Ron Lightburn
• Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
• Germania by John Wilson
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books

THE Q&Q/BOOKNET CANADA BESTSELLERS

THE LAST WORD
How Michelle Shephard dealt with a last-minute bombshell while writing a book about an ongoing war crimes trial

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