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The May 2008 issue is in stores now.

Inside: Eastern adventures: Food writers Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid go to China; Library special report: Courting the cool kids; Heritage House's accidental empire; Reviews of new books by Paul Quarrington, Annabel Lyon, Richard Florida, Maureen Jennings, and more.

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Book reviews

Twelve Trees

by J.D. Carpenter

Full-Time: A Soccer Story

by Alan Twigg

The K Handshape

by Maureen Jennings

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Books for Young People

The Master's Apprentice

by Rick Jacobson; Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

Skim

by Mariko Tamaki; Jillian Tamaki, illus.

Super Crocs & Monster Wings: Modern Animals' Ancient Past

by Claire Eamer

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Author profiles

Mélanie Watt

Flying squirrel
Is Mélanie Watt’s critter the next Franklin?

Cary Fagan

The juggler
For Cary Fagan, children’s and adult writing feed off each other

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It wasn't easy being Fleming

Spy novelist and Guardian blogger Charles Cumming takes a closer look at the writing-life of James Bond author Ian Fleming, and decides that the myths have overshadowed the truth...

Critics stony towards Angel

The recent parade of big-budget CanLit film adaptations that began with Emotional Arithmetic and Fugitive Pieces continues this week with the release of The Stone Angel, starring American actress Ellen...

Penguins ruffle readers' feathers

Challenging the longstanding myth that everybody loves those cute creatures known as penguins, the American Library Association reports that a children's book featuring penguins has topped the list of library...

This week in Fahrenheit 451 history

May 10 marks the 75th anniversary of the most infamous book burning in history – on that date in 1933, over 20,000 books banned by Germany's Nazi regime, including...

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Industry news

Former Indigo buyer joins National Book Network

Four months after her sudden dismissal from Indigo, former non-fiction buyer Deborah Lewington has resurfaced in...

HarperCollins partners with cooking website

HarperCollins Canada has formed a unique exclusive partnership with Rouxbe.com, an online cooking site that delivers...

Publishers unhappy about new Indigo promotion

Concerned about flagging book sales, Indigo has decided to expand its usual “Buy 3, Get 4th...

Canadian wholesalers worry libraries turning to the U.S.

The Association of Canadian Book Wholesalers has raised an alarm about Canadian libraries turning to American...

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Deals: May 8, 2008

Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee and editorial director Martha Kanya-Forstner have acquired a new non-fiction work...

Deals: May 1, 2008

International buy-in: McClelland & Stewart senior vice-president and fiction publisher Ellen Seligman has acquired Canadian rights...

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