Farewells and mergers

THREE YEARS AGO, we welcomed Shanda Deziel as

The eyes have it

Frontmatter

Statue of limitations

The Crime Writers of Canada replace their antiquated logo in hopes of attracting new members

Thanks a million

Who you name in your book’s acknowledgements is a personal decision

Side notes

Rupi Kaur 8,000,000 Copies sold of Rupi Kaur’s

TOP 10: Hardcover Fiction

NOV. 21–28: Data based on reports from 228 independent Canadian bookstores, as collected by Bookmanager

Best Western

Gil Adamson is riding her literary awards recognition onto the bestsellers list

Can you hear me now?

A roster of Canadian authors is developing content for Audible’s new Originals series

The breakout

Q&Q editors kick off the new year with 100+ of their top picks for the season

The new roma ntics

Accidentally Engaged Farah Heron Forever/Grand Central Publishing,

The visionary

A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas Richard Wagamese Orca

The cult favourite

Damages: Selected Stories 1982–2012 Keath Fraser Biblioasis,

The comedian

Cyclopedia Exotica Aminder Dhaliwal Drawn & Quarterly,

The fantasy spinner

Blood Like Magic Liselle Sambury Margaret K. McElderry

The natural

We Were Dreamers Simu Liu HarperCollinsCanada, May

The mad hatter

The Rock from the Sky Jon Klassen Candlewick

Fiction

Escape from the real world with the season’s most provocative novels, short stories, and poetry 

SHORT FICTION

The Pleasure of the Text Sami Alwani Conundrum

POETRY

sulphurtongue Rebecca Salazar McClelland & Stewart, March

Non-fiction

Titles that inspire, educate, and entertain 

Non-fiction

City of Water The Disability Experience: Working Toward

THE QUEER EXPERIENCE

Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous Gerald Hannon Cormorant Books,

CULTURE

Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life Ira Wells Sutherland

MEMOIRS

Ben Philippe Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend:

BOOKS AND LITERATURE

Joyce for Beginners W. Terrence Gordon; Lynsey Hutchinson,

Kids’ books

This season’s books for children – from babies to teens – feature big-name authors and illustrators, anticipated debuts, and a fluffle of bunnies

Picture books

The Girl Who Loved Giraffes The Girl Who

Middle-grade fiction

The Shaman’s Apprentice The Shaman’s Apprentice Zacharias Kunuk

Young adult

The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. Colleen

Life and death

In a new memoir, Harriet Alida Lye examines the polarities of life through the prism of disease and pregnancy

Body memory

POETRY

Past imperfect

EDITOR’S CHOICE

What is it good for?

HISTORY

No more tears

In this translation of a French-language award winner, an older sister is determined to help her inconsolable sibling 

Critter creators

PICTURE BOOKS

This charming Zed

EDITOR’S CHOICE

Coin operated

Derek McCormack’s dark satire about an amusement park comes with limited-edition merch