Dear CNQ subscriber,
CNQ 78 is within a week of finding its way to the printer, and less than a month from finding its way to mailboxes across the country. At the moment I am aghast to report that yours is not one of them. So I thought it best to take a couple of minutes and let you know what we have planned, in the hopes of enticing you back into the far-too-select fold of CNQ: Canadian Notes & Queries subscribers.
There has been a lot afoot in recent months at the journal. Though we will continue to cover literature and art and publishing, and offer a selection of thoughtful book reviews in every issue, we are also expanding our focus to include theatre and travel and bookselling, with regular features and columns you are certain to appreciate. Each issue will also henceforth include a new short story by some of the leading practitioners in the country, to accompany our regular poetry feature. Additional stories, poetry and features – including regular blog postings – can be found on our new website.
Beginning with our Summer 2010 issue (#79), noted graphic novelist and celebrated book designer (& fellow CNQ subscriber) Seth has agreed to redesign and re-launch the journal. CNQ will, no doubt, be henceforth one of the best-designed Canadian journals on the newsstand. As an added incentive, we will also be offering subscribers – and only subscribers – a limited printed collectible keepsake with every issue: these will include bookmarks, broadsides, chapbooks and prints, printed and designed by the likes of Gaspereau, Greenboathouse, Biblioasis and others.
Highlights from forthcoming issues include:
Issue 78 (Feb ’10): David Hickey, David Helwig, Ross Leckie and Zach Wells on the poetry of PEI poet John Smith; Antiquarian Bookseller extraordinaire David Mason’s Reflections on Scouting; an interview with Norm Sibum; reviews of books by Annabel Lyon, Lisa Moore, A. F. Moritz, Nino Ricci, David Adams Richards; the Selected Sonnets of John Smith; a short story by Terence Young; and much else besides.
Issue 79(June ’10): The Short Story Issue: Clark Blaise, Mark Anthony Jarman, Alex Good, John Metcalf, Robert Thacker and others on the Short Story in Canada; a new short story by Rebecca Rosenblum; the CNQ Interview: Ray Smith; Chris Reed remembering Pages Books & Magzines; Ryan Bigge on the Giller Prize, reviews of short story collections by Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Leon Rooke, Stuart Ross and Carol Shields; and much more…
Issue 80 (Nov ’10): The Gender Issue: Nicole Dixon on the new face of feminism in CanLit; Steven Beattie on Ray Robertson and masculinity; Ian Young on gay writing and Canada’s small press in the 1970s; Brian Busby on Glassco’s collage; Mike Barnes on the Automatiste movement; new poetry, fiction, and a full slate of reviews . . .
So why not consider resubscribing now? We’ll let you renew at the old rates (subscriptions will be going up a few dollars a year very soon) and you won’t miss an issue or any of our planned keepsakes. You’ll get access to some of the best critical writing , short fiction and poetry, delivered in our charmingly irregular fashion to your mailbox three times a year, all bound up in a beautifully (re)designed graphic package. If you don’t like what you see, just let us know and we’ll refund your remaining subscription. There’s no risk! So, please: take a chance on us once again. I’m certain that you won’t be disappointed.
Dan Wells
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