The March 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is en route to subscribers and stores now. It includes a profile of novelist Jacqueline Baker; a look at how Alberta’s oil boom is affecting the book business (plus more in the Prairies Special Report); an analysis of what The Writers’ Union of Canada’s recent membership survey means for authors and publishers; and the Spring Announcements, the full listing of Canadian adult trade titles.

Get a closer look at the March issue’s content after the jump, and click here for subscription information.

Quill & Quire, March 2007

FRONTMATTER

• Lawrence Hill’s big spring
• What’s in a Harlequin author’s pen name?
• The latest digital-delivery platform
• Trickle-down Wikinomics
• In the Works: Paul Quarrington and more
• Snapshot: Fifth House’s Lyn Cadence
• Finer Points: The joys of army jargon
• Cover to Cover: Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
• Buzz: Mrs. Mike

NEWS

• What authors need to know: TWUC survey highlights communication gap on financial matters
• Will computer books rise again?
• Highlights from Q&Q Omni

SPECIAL REPORT: PRAIRIES

• Boomtown blues: In the midst of Alberta’s oil-money explosion, the book business is struggling more than ever
• McNally Robinson looks ahead
• Arbeiter Ring’s search for collective growth
• Small Press Spotlight: Hagios, Great Plains, Rubicon, and if press

SPRING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Your complete guide to more than 900 adult spring titles in nearly 40 categories

REVIEWS

• Outcast by José Latour
• The Letter Opener by Kyo Maclear
• King John of Canada by Scott Gardiner
• Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

• The Aunts Come Marching by Bill Richardson and Cynthia Nugent
• The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr by Nicolas Debon
• Plus more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books

BESTSELLERS
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