Features Posts
In Conversation With: Tony Burgess
A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a patio when a gentleman, back lit by an early-summer sun, approached my table to boast that he recognized me from the …
What is a Canadian Bookshelf?
Canadian Bookshelf: introducing a platform for discovering Canadian books in all their amazing diversity.
Books to discover: The 2011 Atlantic Book Awards
Atlantic Canada recognized its recent literary successes on May 19 at the 2011 Atlantic Book Awards.
Does the great Canadian cottage novel have yet to be written?
On this Victoria Day long weekend, Canadians will travel to cottage country to mark the unofficial start of summer, although many of us will only make …
Interview with a video wrangler: Jen Knoch, on keeping her city reading
Jen Knoch runs the Keeping it Real Book Club, and Keeps Toronto Reading (in conjunction with the Toronto Public Library’s April campaigns) by curating …
Power and Politics (List by Jonathan Bennett)
It's not all crooked cops and murder in Jonathan Bennett's novel Entitlement, which is also a gripping examination of power and politics in Canada. On …
Brick Books' Poetry Podcast Channel: A Fantastic Point of Discovery
A poem on a page has its own power, but the poem comes alive in an entirely different and more accessible way when read aloud by the person who's written …
Someone Who Writes
This week's guest post is from Angie Abdou, finalist in Canada Reads for The Bone Cage (published by NeWest Press) and author of the just released The …
Reading Lists on Canadian Bookshelf (Featuring Stacey May Fowles!)
In these days of overstimulation, distraction, and time constraints, finding ways to downsize and simplify feels pretty good. Maybe that’s why we love …
Kidsbooks' Owner Phyllis Simon on Matching Children Up With the Right Books
Visiting a good children’s bookstore, especially but not only when you have kids of your own, is an instant mood booster and occasion for awe. A combination …