December 19, 2006
Heading out into the biting predawn cold, climbing onto the back of a dirt bike or a snowmobile, and speeding off along the frozen shores of an Arctic lake to a library or school with ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
This fall, Q&Q polled our reviewers and contributors, surveyed industry trends, award showings, and bestseller listings, and put a few favourites of our own up for consideration. From all of that, we arrived at our ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
Nova Scotia author Ami McKay has enjoyed the kind of breakout success that most writers (and publishers) can only dream about. As contributor Susan Catto writes in “A star author is born” on page 14 ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
When I was in university, I had strange longings for a bald, relentlessly vegan woman who jumped rope in the snow as part of a daily exercise regimen. She cared a great deal about experimental ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
How do books come to be? It is a question often asked of me when I meet people unfamiliar with the world of non-fiction publishing. Briefly: the commissioned book lands in my lap. A publisher ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
This issue of Q&Q has a review of Mark Zuehlke’s For Honour’s Sake, about the War of 1812 (see review, page 30). Reviewer Michael Clark highlights a reference to a rider’s horse being tired and ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
As non-fiction continues to boom in popularity, more academics seem to be writing for large, general audiences. Margaret MacMillan, a history professor at the University of Toronto, had a smash hit a few years ago ... Read More »
December 19, 2006
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