QUILLBLOG

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

Comments are closed.