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Love of the Salish Sea Islands

Love of the Salish Sea Islands

New Essays, Memoir and Poetry by 40 Island Writers

edited by Mona Fertig
introduction by Gail Sjuberg

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Calgary through the Eyes of Writers

Calgary through the Eyes of Writers

by Shaun Hunter

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Rain City

Rain City

Vancouver Essays

by John Moore

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Waterloo You Never Knew

Waterloo You Never Knew

Life on the Margins

by Joanna Rickert-Hall
foreword by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker

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Toronto Reborn

Toronto Reborn

Design Successes and Challenges

by Ken Greenberg
afterword by Zahra Ebrahim
foreword by David Crombie

Ken Greenberg’s Toronto Reborn is a great reminder of how far this city has travelled — just as we are poised for dramatically more change. We nee …

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Dreamers and Designers

Dreamers and Designers

The Shaping of West Vancouver

by Francis Mansbridge
photographs by John Moir

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Vancouverism

Vancouverism

by Larry Beasley

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More Abandoned Manitoba

More Abandoned Manitoba

Rivers, Rails and Ruins

by Gordon Goldsborough

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No Place More Suitable

No Place More Suitable

Four Centuries of Montreal Stories

by John Kalbfleisch

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Rooster Town

Rooster Town

The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901–1961

by Evelyn Peters; Adrian Werner & Matthew Stock

“Winnipeg is haunted, appropriately, by Rooster Town. I am so glad we will soon have Evelyn Peters’ book to learn from and work with.”

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Unpublished City, The

Unpublished City, The

Volume II

edited by Phoebe Wang; Dionne Brand & Canisia Lubrin

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The Lost City

The Lost City

Ian MacEachern's Photographs of Saint John

by John Leroux
photographs by Ian MacEachern

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Love of the Salish Sea Islands
Calgary through the Eyes of Writers
Rain City
Waterloo You Never Knew
Toronto Reborn
Dreamers and Designers
Vancouverism
More Abandoned Manitoba
No Place More Suitable
Rooster Town
Unpublished City, The
The Lost City
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Awesome Girls in Middle-Grade Fiction

By Kerry Clare

A recommended reading list by Julia Nobel, whose novel is The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane. 

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Super Summer Reading Guide

By Kerry Clare

20 titles that are sure to delight you. 

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Your 2019 Guide to Summer Literary Festivals

By Kerry Clare

Good things are happening across the country! 

Leading Students on a Path of Self-Discovery: Sadia by Colleen Nelson

Leading Students on a Path of Self-Discovery: Sadia by Colleen Nelson

By Geoffrey Ruggero

As a fifteen-year-old adjusting to life in high school, Sadia begins to realize that growing up in Winnipeg brings many challenges. Balancing school work, extra-curriculars, and relationships, all whi …

The Chat with Kris Bertin

The Chat with Kris Bertin

By Trevor Corkum

Kris Bertin is back. The Halifax-based writer’s highly anticipated second collection of short fiction, Use Your Imagination! is out now with Nimbus Publishing.

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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Text to Text

By Julie Booker

As part of the Language curriculum, primary readers are asked to make connections between books, identifying similarities. The following titles are paired through like-minded themes.

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2019: Pride Books

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2019 Toronto Book Awards Long List

Ayesha At Last Be With Building Resistance Chop Suey Nation Immigrant City Late Breaking Reproduction The Student The Ward Uncovered Theory They Call Me George
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2019 Taste Canada Awards Shortlists

Food Artisans of Alberta Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix Out of Old Ontario Kitchens The Measure of My Powers Atelier Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse Set for the Holidays with Anna Olson Bottom of the Pot In the French Kitchen with Kids Seven Seasons on Stowel Lake Farm The Wickaninnish Cookbook Awesome Ancient Grains and Seeds
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Notes from a Children's Librarian

By Julie Booker

Our resident children's librarian columnist chooses books by theme for kids of all ages

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Shelf Talkers

By Rob Wiersema

Indie booksellers from coast to coast tell us the books they can't stop recommending to their customers

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The Chat

By Trevor Corkum

Great writers from across the country sit down with us to talk about their books, and the stories behind them

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The Recommend

By Kiley Turner

Authors and avid readers in the know love up their favourite Canadian reads

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On Our Radar

By Kerry Clare

We spotlight books generating buzz all over the web, and beyond

 

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