Loan Stars

The voting truth

ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT Canada’s cultural policies would

After the fall

Ian Kinney’s debut collection of poetry mines found sources to explore a devastating accident and its aftermath

An open future

Dundurn publisher Scott Fraser charts a new directionfor the indie press

It’s a family affair

When writing about those closest to you, it’s best to approach with caution

All wrapped up

Although trends come and go, gift books remain a lucrative staple for retailers

Northern exposure

Eric Walters’s initiative to promote homegrown authors and illustrators starts with a day dedicated to kids reading Canadian

Left in the centre

Socially progressive Canadian titles are finding German

Meet the breakouts of 2019

Q&Q asks three of the year’s most exciting debut authors to share the books that inspired them and what’s on their reading lists now

Books of the Year

Q&Q editors reveal some of their top picks for 2019

Kids’ Books of the year

Q&Q’s Books for Young People Editor shares her favourite children’s titles of 2019

Cream of the crop

Two annual anthologies provide encouraging cross-sections of what is happening in the fields of short fiction and poetry

Legacies of trauma

Two new graphic novels take different formal approaches to stories that combine psychological nuance and existential creepiness

Dreams and destiny

A new anthology of stories by and about Indigenous people offers strong storytelling and potent messages

Deep thoughts

Two sparsely worded, beautifully illustrated stories explore the emotional highs and lows of adorable animal friends

Gimme shelter

Teen protagonists find themselves in precarious situations in new novels from Christina Kilbourne and Lesley Strutt

Criminal intent

Penguin Random House Canada is feeding the appetite for true-crime podcasts with stories found on its own lists By Ryan PoRteR