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12 to watch in the new Q&Q

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

Related posts:

  1. » Anne Michaels and more in the April Q&Q
  2. » September Q&Q: Dany Laferrière and more in the spotlight on Quebec publishing
  3. » October Q&Q: Shane Peacock, Kelley Armstrong, and more in our KidLit Special

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