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Nikki Luscombe is a Toronto-based freelance writer
Books of the Year breakthrough
Our 2017 list shines with much-needed stories that push social and literary boundaries
FRONTMATTER
A positive sense of otherness
Fartumo Kusow uses the backdrop of war-torn Somalia to explore the human condition in Tale of a Boon’s Wife
After words
Toronto indie press BookThug looks to rebrand its racially charged name
Focus, focus, focus
There will always be better writers than you. And that’s okay
A still-burning flame
M&S will publish a posthumous Leonard Cohen collection in 2018
Authors of a golden age
Older writers aren’t letting the speed bumps of age prevent them from producing meaningful work
Slavery’s long shadow
Ongoing state violence against Black people has its roots in a culture of anti-Blackness, writes
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Pushing the door fully open
How a challenging year strengthened and uplifted the Indigenous literary community
With distinction
►Injun by Jordan Abel, Griffin Poetry Prize (winner).
News in review
Recalling 2017’s biggest headlines
Listen to this
As the popularity of audiobooks continued to rise in 2017, so did the number of Canadian-produced titles
Building bridges
In the wake of this year’s controversies around appropriation of Indigenous stories and voices, Carleigh Baker finds hope that a new openness is emerging
Books of the Year
Q&Q editors share a few of their favourite 2017 releases
More of the year’s best
Q&Q reviewers select their favourite reads from 2017
Alpha and omega
Two significant books about the Canadian publishing industry examine the beginning and the end of an era in CanLit
Kids’ books of the year
Q&Q‘s Books for Young people editors share their favourite children’s titles of 2017
From the kidlit aficionados
librarians and book bloggers weigh in with their favourite children’s books of the year
A touch of glamour
Deborah Ellis makes books that aim to make a difference. This year Hollywood joined her fight
Covers of the Year
Graphic designers share their thoughts on four of this year’s exceptional book covers
REVIEWS
This is your life
Norman Levine’s collected stories map a nebulous territory between fiction and autobiography
Moments and fragments
Story collections by Annette Lapointe and Emily Anglin highlight the fleeting, and often uncanny, nature of the form
Into the mystic
Three collections by women at different stages of their careers showcase a variety of approaches to the physical and metaphysical worlds
Matters of life and death
Joe Denham and Cornelia Hoogland deliver collections that reckon with existential questions and the nature of grief
Of two minds
A 10-year overview of English poetry in Canada appears to give preference to a lyric approach
Running from the family
Gillian Wigmore’s new novel employs traditional CanLit themes, but gives them a contemporary spin
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
A night at the theatre
Elly MacKay’s wordless picture book illustrates the joy and wonder of seeing the Nutcracker ballet for the first time
Problem solved
Tales of inspiring innovators and engineers show kids how to follow their curiosity
Lessons in cree
Two grandfathers share the joy and pain of their native language
What does the fox say?
Human-spirit-animal families populate the rich mythology of S.M. Beiko’s sophisticated new fantasy series
Shelter from the storm
Award-winning illustrators create magic with animals braving the elements
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