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Launchpad: Closing Time, by Brenda Chapman
"Complex and filled with menace... [this] tale of sex, lies, and betrayal will keep you up at night."—Barbara Fradkin
The Chat with the Canadian finalists for the 2020 Griffin Prize for Poetry
Once again this year, we’re so pleased to partner with our friends at the Griffin Poetry Prize to present a special edition of The Chat.
5 Debut Authors in Search of a Book Launch
Five books that Natalie Jennifer—whose debut is the much buzzed-about The Jane Austen Society—thinks you need to know about.
Launchpad: Sea Otters, by Isabelle Groc
"An important story, one that gives us hope...Young people will be encouraged to see that positive change can happen, and that we can all do something …
Launchpad: The Internet of Things, by Vicki McLeod
A guide to understanding the way soon-to-be common technologies affect your daily life and how to use these technologies for increased safety, security, …
Launchpad: the broken boat, by Daniela Elza
"The poems, fractured and musical on the page, are at once stark and complex, surreal and familiar. There is a vertiginous sense of unsteady balance, …
The Chat with Rebecca Thomas
This week on The Chat, we speak to poet and spoken word artist Rebecca Thomas about her debut picture book I’m Finding My Talk (Nimbus Publishing), …
Launchpad: Born, by John Sobol and Cindy Derby
A beautiful story celebrating the ordinary miracle of life.
Launchpad: The Heart Beats In Secret, by Katie Munnik
A novel that explores the wilderness of the heart, the secrets concealed with every beat and the many ways it is possible to be a mother.
COVID–19 Teacher Diary: Writing in the Time of Corona, with Vicki Grant & Kevin Sylvester
This is the first pair in a series of 8 interviews with a host of Forest of Reading authors interviewed by Erika MacNeil, Teacher-Librarian at Rogers …