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The September 2008 issue is hot off the presses.

Inside: Miriam Toews hits the road for her new novel; Fall Books: The complete listings; Four ways to sell a publishing house; Are Canadian novels too long?; Reviews of new books by Joseph Boyden, Helen Humphreys, Ronald Wright, Deborah Ellis, and more.

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Coventry

by Helen Humphreys

The Flying Troutmans

by Miriam Toews

Cockroach

by Rawi Hage

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Books for Young People

The Sleeping Porch

by Ian Wallace

Bonechiller

by Graham McNamee

Thing-Thing

by Cary Fagan; Nicolas Debon, illus.

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Rawi Hage

The journeys of Rawi Hage
From Beirut to New York to Montreal, from photographer to novelist, and from cab driver to Giller nominee

Naomi Duguid

Eastern adventures
Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid travelled across China for their most political – and most personal – book yet

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Coventry

The Flying Troutmans

Cockroach

The Sleeping Porch

Bonechiller

Thing-Thing

Rawi Hage

Naomi Duguid

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

Amazon buys Shelfari

Danish publisher wants controversial U.S. novel

Vote for your favourite East Coast author

Event photos: the I.V. Lounge Reading Series’ farewell party

Bruce Walsh joins Cormorant

Closing time at I.V. Lounge

Montreal Gazette confirms cuts to books coverage

BookNet Canada bestsellers: varmints and valiants

Gov’t puts $5-million into book translation, neglects to tell anybody

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