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Giller Prize 2018 Special Series: The Chat with Thea Lim
The 2018 Giller Prize will be announced November 19, and we're pleased to continue our conversations with the finalists and our contest where you can …
Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Recommended Reading List by Waubgeshig Rice
Eden Robinson has called Rice's new novel, "Chilling in the best way possible."
Seeds of a Story: Kids' Book Nominees Tell All
From Beyonce's "Lemonade" to Sigur Ross, a game of shinny in the woods, a grandfather stationed on a training vessel during the Halifax Explosion, and …
Giller Prize 2018 Special Series: The Chat with Esi Edugyan
Next up in this year’s special Giller edition of The Chat, we’re in conversation with Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black.
Lesley Crewe: Books for Difficult Times and Ordinary Moments
Books whose presences are "reassuring, like having a lamp in the window."
Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community
Evelyn Peters shares other work that explore the important colonial history of First Nations and Métis communities within urban areas in Canada.
Giller Prize 2018 Special Series: The Chat with Sheila Heti
We kick off our annual Scotiabank Giller Prize edition of The Chat in conversation with Sheila Heti, author of the novel Motherhood.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Books on Biodiversity
Books complementing the Grade 6 Biodiversity unit.
Sally Ito on The Emperor's Orphans and Family History
Sally Ito on the family histories that inspired her as she wrote her new book of creative nonfiction.
Parallel Prairies: Good Monster Stories Aren’t Really About the Monsters...
"A dragon is a visual feast, with its hard scales, fearsome talons and steel-melting breath. But it’s the knights in those stories, grinding their boots …