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Spring preview 2014: international books

Fiction Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, offers a portrait of gender and race relations in 19th-century America in The Invention of Wings (Viking, $29.50 cl., Jan.), which tells the intertwined ... Read More »

January 23, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Spring preview 2014: picture books, non-fiction, and international titles for young people

By Dory Cerny

Picture books Author Laurel Croza and illustrator Matt James join forces once again on From Here to There (Groundwood, $18.95 cl., May), the sequel to their Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award"“winning I Know Here. "¢ ... Read More »

January 22, 2014 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Spring preview 2014: fiction for young people

By Dory Cerny

This season, shelves will groan under the weight of titles from some of kidlit's most beloved Canadian authors. Fresh off her Norma Fleck Award win for her non-fiction title Kids of Kabul, Deborah Ellis will ... Read More »

January 21, 2014 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: fiction, non-fiction, and international book highlights

By Q&Q Staff

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the season's most anticipated fiction, non-fiction, and international titles. Click on ... Read More »

August 2, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: highlights

By Q&Q Staff

The provocateur It is unfair that, in 2013, André Alexis may be most readily known for his essay “The Long Decline,” which appeared in The Walrus in 2010. The essay was a howling indictment of ... Read More »

July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: international books

By Maria Siassina

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated international fiction and non-fiction. Fiction Thomas Pynchon has been notably prolific of late, at least by his standards. The elusive author's third novel in ... Read More »

July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: pop culture, sports, food & drink, and more

By Julie Baldassi

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated Canadian non-fiction. Art, Music & Pop Culture Diagnosed with leukemia in 1969 while still in his thirties, artist Jack Chambers' final decade was marked ... Read More »

July 29, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: Canadian non-fiction politics, memoir, biography, and more

By Julie Baldassi

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated Canadian non-fiction. Fiction Two years after his death, NDP leader Jack Layton continues to be the subject of movies and books. This fall, for ... Read More »

July 26, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: Canadian short stories, crime fiction, poetry, graphica

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated Canadian fiction. Short Stories The fall features a bumper crop of intriguing short fiction, starting with a new collection from Giller winner Austin Clarke. ... Read More »

July 25, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

Fall preview 2013: Canadian novels

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated Canadian fiction. Novels The fall season kicks off with a blockbuster-sized bang in August, when McClelland & Stewart unveils MaddAddam ($32.95 cl.), the concluding ... Read More »

July 24, 2013 | Filed under: Preview

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