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Alexi Zentner's Red Letter Day
In today's Red Letter Day, Alexi Zentner, author of The Lobster Kings and Touch, picks books he wants to read as well as those he'd recommend for a student …
Detecting Canada Excerpt: A Feminist Examination of Joanne Kilbourn
Pamela Bedore discusses Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn novels, arguing that the author uses the series as a jumping-off point for a feminist examination/reconstruction …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Mystery Novels for Young Readers
Our resident children's librarian, Julie Booker, with five great mystery picks.
Read Local: A Literary Map of Canada
Mapping Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast
Breaking Bad Versus Almost Criminal
Why read a book when you can watch TV?
Angela Misri: Homage to Holmes
The Jewel of the Thames author on the moment she realized that 221b Baker Street was up for rent.
Short Story Playlist as Selected by a Crack Team
May is Short Story Month. Get ready for great picks by Janine Alyson Young, Eliza Robertson, and John Gould.
R.J. Harlick: Crime Novels Across the Country
Novelist and Crime Writers of Canada President, R.J. Harlick, offers a coast-to-coast perspective on the Canadian crime writing scene.
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer's Red Letter Day
In today's Red Letter Day, Katheryn Kuitenbrouer imagines a day of reading, laughing, and staring into space.
Shelf Talkers for May 2014
Every hour of every day in bookstores across this fine land, booksellers are handing their fellow readers new books with the simple, trusted entreaty: …