With the third instalment in his burgeoning Sherlock Holmes series set for publication this month, could Shane Peacock “ Q&Q‘s cover star for the October issue, now on newsstands “ be the next big name in Canadian YA? Also in this issue’s KidLit Special, Q&Q looks at the two faces of Kelley Armstrong, the Haida-Manga hybrid art of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, and the future of Tundra Books. All that plus the fall Children’s Announcements, listing every kids’ title of the season, and reviews of Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood, Bonnie Burnard’s Suddenly, Seán Cullen’s The Prince of Neither Here Nor There, and two new books by John Wilson.
Poised for success
Introducing Shane Peacock, the next big name in Canadian kidlit
Tundra in transition
Outgoing publisher Kathy Lowinger reflects on her legacy, the company’s future, and the generation that built Canadian kidlit
Pages’ last chapter
Skyrocketing rent forced Pages Books and Magazines to close. Could more have been done to save the iconic Toronto bookstore?
Children’s Announcements
The season’s complete listings
FRONTMATTER
Being Kelley Armstrong
Two Canadian versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Can rockin’ be taught?
Haida Manga man
Snapshot: Stephanie Stewart of Fifth House Publishers
Cover to Cover: Claudia Osmond’s Smudge’s Mark
Local Buzz: The Falls keeps rolling along
REVIEWS
The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son by Ian Brown
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Suddenly by Bonnie Burnard
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp and Lincoln Agnew
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Seán Cullen
STAR Academy by Edward Kay
Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
THE LAST WORD
Sending the right message to kids can be tricky, writes Eric Walters