FALL PREVIEW
A first look at the season’s most anticipated books
Fiction: Susan Swan’s long-awaited prequel to The Wives of Bath; Alice Munro’s new collection; Matthew Tierney’s science-inspired poetry; and more
Non-fiction: Neil Young’s rock ‘n’ roll memoir; Andrew Nikiforuk’s oil-industry polemic; Julie Devaney’s unique medical memoir; and more
Books for young people: Orca’s adventure series debut; Margaret Atwood’s latest alliterative picture book; Susan Juby’s dystopian vision; and more
International books: Chinua Achebe’s civil war memoir; Ian McEwan’s literary spy novel; Zadie Smith’s new fictional direction; and more
FROM THE EDITOR
For Literary Press Group: the good news came just in time
FRONTMATTER
The delicate art of the author photo
How metadata improves online visibility
Emily Schultz’s blonde ambition
Northern retailer Chat Noir Books’ community-oriented approach
Snapshot: Black Bond Books co-owner Cathy Jesson
Cover to cover: Fran Kimmel’s The Shore Girl
REVIEWS
Inside by Alix Ohlin
Signs and Wonders by Alix Ohlin
People Park by Pasha Malla
Gay Dwarves of America by Ann Fleming
Y by Marjorie Celona
Above All Things by Tanis Rideout
Mr. Churchill’s Profession: The Statesman as Author and the Book that Defined the Special Relationship by Peter Clarke
PLUS more fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe by Wallace Edwards
Old MacDonald Had Her Farm by JonArno Lawson; Tina Holdcroft, illus.
Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
PLUS more fiction, non-fiction, and picture books
THE Q&Q/BOOKNET CANADA BESTSELLERS
THE LAST WORD Pasha Malla on why the most affecting literature thumbs its nose at the rules