Cruel summer

It’s got to stop

IN 2017, The Bookseller trade publication ran a survey

Love letters

After making a name for herself in literary iction, Sarah Henstra returns to YA – with a gay epistolary romance set in Minneapolis

Buyer’s remorse

Succession plans are a priority for the Canada Council, but their funding rules make prospective purchasers wary

Loan Stars

EACH MONTH, library staff across Canada vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program.

Attention, shoppers

Creating word-of-mouth attention for your book is as easy as taking an acting class

On the hook

International publishing industries rally to take down illegal ebook sources

Made for China

Canada’s kidlit publishers are inding success – and challenges – in the Asian Paciic market

That’s a wrap

Twenty-two years after the irst instalment’s publication, cartoonist Seth says the release of his picture novel Clyde Fans marks a turning point in his career

Picture this

Canadian Comics Open Library calls for a new order in how graphica is catalogued

Drawn together

Writer Jen Storm and illustrator Natasha Donovan deconstruct their retelling of a First Nations ghost story

”my bose insiste this is just publishingthis the way it is”.

Quill & Quire’s harassment survey

Safe passages

How three editors created an inclusive environment for working with sexual-assault survivors

Come from away

Two strong debut collections examine the immigrant experience in all its pain and wonder

Fault lines and nested narratives

New collections from Elise Levine and Kris Bertin demonstrate that the contemporary short story is in strong hands

Generational divides

Two Toronto-based authors take different approaches to the form in their debut story collections

Brain candy

Two new books examine the cognitive biases and neurological traps that inluence the way we make political decisions

Good hair day

A girl will do anything not to have her hair brushed out and plaited – until her mom shows her just how boonoonoonous it is

History retold

A new comics anthology, featuring Indigenous writers and illustrators, challenges the “facts” Canadian students learn in school

Don’t read this book

Elise Gravel makes something special out of intentionally bad illustrations, a boring story, and egregious spelling mistakes

Paper trail

The Art Canada Institute responds to a demand for physical art books