January Magazine

{{short description|Online book-related magazine}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Notability|Web|date=January 2017}} }} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox website | name = ''January Magazine'' | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | url = {{URL|januarymagazine.com}} | commercial = | type = [[Online magazine]] | language = English | registration = | owner = | author = | launch_date = {{start date and age|1997}} | alexa = | current_status = Active | revenue = }} '''''January Magazine''''' is an internet-based book-related publication. Founded by author [[Linda L. Richards]] in 1997, ''January Magazine'' has added various sections and offshoot publications since. The magazine is physically based in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]], but works with contributors all over the world. The mandate of the publication is "books in the English language."<ref>[http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines-books.htm Book Review Magazines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513004153/http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines-books.htm |date=2019-05-13 }} ''Book Market''. Retrieved 2 February 2016.</ref>

''January Magazine'' is recognized for its "well-written" book reviews as well as the author interviews it has published,<ref>"Bookmark Detail: ''January Magazine''," Computer User, [http://www.computeruser.com/links/detail/january-magazine/onecat/root+arts+literature/0/*.html Computeruser.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720173017/http://www.computeruser.com/links/detail/january-magazine/onecat/root+arts+literature/0/*.html |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref> including exchanges with [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Dennis Lehane]], [[Loren D. Estleman]], [[Stuart M. Kaminsky]], [[Margaret Atwood]] and others. ''January Magazine''{{'}}s crime-fiction section won a [[Gumshoe Awards|Gumshoe Award]] for Best Crime Fiction Website in 2005.<ref>"''January Magazine'' Wins 2005 Gumshoe Award," ''January Magazine'', 9 March 2005, [http://www.januarymagazine.com/features/gumshoe.html Januarymagazine.com]</ref>

In May 2006, the magazine's crime-fiction newsletter, ''The Rap Sheet'', was spun off as a completely independent blog under the editorship of crime-fiction editor and Seattle media personality J. Kingston Pierce. ''The Rap Sheet'' and ''January Magazine'' maintain a cooperative association, with Richards and Pierce contributing to both publications.

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== External links == * {{official website|http://januarymagazine.com/wp/}}

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