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Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Their natural heritage and local history

by Jason Ramsay-Brown

"Jason has created an exciting vision for the future of our city that has grown from what he has experienced in our valleys. His vision provides the p …

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Hand Drawn Vancouver

Sketches of the City's Neighbourhoods, Buildings, and People

by Emma FitzGerald

Praise for Emma FitzGerald

"FitzGerald has carved out her own niche as an artist who draws cities and buildings and special places, as a chronicler of …

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Treasures of Winnipeg’s Historic Exchange

by (photographer) George J. Mitchell

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On the Blog

Shelf Talkers: Indie Booksellers Remain Devoted to Customers During Covid-19

By Rob Wiersema

Please, as you finish your current Netflix series or put down that tome you’ve just finished reading, reach out to one of our Shelf Talkers booksellers; they’re here for you.

COVID–19 Teacher Diary: A New Way to Celebrate the Forest of Reading

By Jennifer Byrne

Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program, celebrating Canadian books and authors. In the eyes of Canadian kids, it is the ultimate expression of student voice, as they have …

Covers of books celebrated this spring by regional awards

Big Fiction

By Kerry Clare

Fall book season is exciting with its televised ceremonies and fancy galas, but spring is just as interesting, with regional and specialized prizes highlighting fantastic authors and books from across …

10 Unapologetically Twisted Reads

By Hannah Mary McKinnon

Ten crime reads to help you discover why authors in Canada have their own hashtag (#ReadTheNorth), and deserve a place on anybody’s reading shelf.

Launchpad: Murmurations, by Annick MacAskill

By Kerry Clare

Populating her poems with birdsong and murmurings of the natural world, MacAskill highlights how poets and lovers share much with birders on the twitch, how even keen observation and intense passion c …

COVID–19 Teacher Diary: Time to Slow Down, with Deborah Ellis & Richard Scrimger

By Erika MacNeil

This is the second pair in a series of interviews with a host of Forest of Reading authors interviewed by Erika MacNeil, Teacher-Librarian at Rogers PS in Newmarket, ON.

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