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Tacit Permissions: Literary Goals Beyond One's Grasp
A list by Thomas Trofimuk, whose This Is All a Lie has been called "a powerful, dazzling accomplishment.”
Lianne Oelke on Strong YA Narrators
Leanne Oelke, author of Nice Try, Jane Sinner, recommends amazing YA novels that are unabashedly Canadian.
The Chat with Ahmad Danny Ramadan
We begin The Chat in 2018 with a conversation with Ahmad Danny Ramadan, author of the stirring debut novel The Clothesline Swing (Nightwood Editions). …
Most Anticipated: Our 2018 Spring Fiction Preview
Here are the books that will be rocking CanLit in the first half of 2018.
Our Holiday Reads
Happy Holidays! Here are the books the 49thShelf.com team will be reading during the break.
Shelf Talkers: 2017's Must-Reads
For this year-end column, we’ve combed through the dozens of recommendations, a year of reading, to create a double-handful of special books, a stack …
Books for the Holidays Part Three
Book recommendations for all the special someones on your holiday shopping list.
Picture Books For the Holidays
Some of our favourite books this year, titles that would make great gifts for readers of all ages.
Books for the Holidays
Still haven't finished your shopping? Here are a few suggestions to help you cross out a couple more items on your list.
The Chat with Tanya Talaga
Today we are in conversation with Tanya Talaga. Her hard-hitting and important Seven Fallen Feathers tells the story of seven Indigenous teenagers who …