12 to watch in the new Q&Q

February 12, 2009 | 2:46 PM | By Derek Weiler

Every five years, Q&Q highlights “Ones to Watch” – rising young stars in the ranks of the book business. This year a dozen up-and-comers made the list, and they are … well, check out the March issue, on sale now. Also in the issue, we look at the tricky task of keeping career momentum alive in Canadian publishing and at second-generation indie booksellers. Plus: closeups of author Kim Echlin and CanLit-loving film director Bruce McDonald; the Spring Announcements; and reviews of new books by Anne Michaels, Paulette Jiles, Kathy Kacer and Sharon McKay, and more. The full table of contents is after the jump.

12 to watch
A sampling of the book industry’s best and brightest, 35 years old or younger

Rules of the game
Q&Q talks to industry veterans on how to keep a career moving forward in the book business. The bad news? There are no guarantees

Indie bookselling: the next generation
A second wave of booksellers prepares to take over the reins of stores their parents founded and fostered

Spring announcements
Nine hundred titles, 40 categories – the complete spring season, at a glance

FRONTMATTER

Kim Echlin’s Cambodian connection
Bruce McDonald, CanLit auteur
Getting Canada behind CanLit
Bök’s Petri dish poetics
Cover to Cover: Karen Solie’s Pigeon
Snapshot: Barbara Bower of Penguin Canada
Local Buzz: The Delta Is My Home

REVIEWS

Fishing for Bacon by Michael Davie
The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
The Colour of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher
Whispers from the Ghettos by Kathy Kacer and Sharon McKay
Children of War by Deborah Ellis
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books

THE Q&Q/BOOKNET CANADA BESTSELLERS

THE LAST WORD
Shaun Smith on fights, snowstorms, no-shows, and other hazards of book launches gone wild

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