The cover star for the November Q&Q, now on newsstands, is journalist and historian Don Gillmor, whose first novel for adults, Kanata, is being published this month by Viking Canada. Also in the issue, Q&Q looks at the Ontario Arts Council under its new literary officer, and we weigh the benefits of The Writers’ Union of Canada’s health insurance plan for writers. All that, plus our College and Scholarly Publishing Special Report and reviews of more than 35 new books, including Kate Pullinger’s The Mistress of Nothing, John Bemrose’s The Last Woman, Wade Davis’s The Wayfinders, and Frieda Wishinsky’s Maggie Can’t Wait.
In search of the West
In his first novel, Don Gillmor puts an overlooked cartographer, explorer, and extraordinary Canadian back on the map
Kicked off the block
Have the rules of the funding game changed under the Ontario Art Council’s new literature officer?
The cut-and-paste method
Digital technology has led to customized products for the scholarly market – but are they a good deal for academic presses? Plus more in the College and Scholarly Publishing Special Report
Children’s Announcements
The season’s complete listings
FRONTMATTER
Reviewing the ReLits
Weighing the benefits of the Writers’ Coalition health plan
The future of the AECB
Local Buzz: Keith Halliday’s Game On Yukon!
Cover to Cover: Kennepohl and Shaw’s Accessible Elements
Snapshot: Bryan Jay Ibeas of Cormorant Books
COLLEGE AND SCHOLARLY REPORT
CSPI’s unlikely feminism
Free e-books for everyone
Revisiting the Canadian Research Knowledge Network
REVIEWS
The Last Woman by John Bemrose
Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Monstrous Affections by David Nickle
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Pirate and the Penguin by Patricia Storms
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion by Jane Barclay and Renné Benoir
The Rocket by Mike Leonetti and Greg Banning
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
THE LAST WORD
Authors who complain about bad reviews need to grow up, writes Claude Lalumière
