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Shelf Talkers: November 2024

by Robert J. Wiersema

You can feel it in the air, can’t you?

Sure, the leaves have just turned, and we’re still getting days warm enough to venture out in just a t-shirt …

Shelf Talkers: Summer 2024

by Robert J. Wiersema

Seasonal pop quiz: what do you get when you gather more than a dozen independent booksellers from across the country in one place?

If you answered “the …

Shelf Talkers: Spring 2024

by Robert J. Wiersema

What a fantastic time of year this is!

No, I’m not talking about the coming of spring (though it seems, at least here in Victoria, that the long winter …

Shelf Talkers: February 2024

by Robert J. Wiersema

Greetings from Victoria!

I'm pleased to bring you another batch of recommendations from the booksellers of the Shelf Talkers community, the finest of Canada’s …

Shelf Talkers: November 2023

by Robert J. Wiersema

It might just be me, but I want to put it out there—is time feeling increasingly slippery for anyone else? Like, somehow it’s late October, when yesterday …

Shelf Talkers: Summer 2023

by Rovert J. Wiersema

I have a confession to make: putting together this column four times a year is not only something I look forward to—it's also something I rely on.

I …

Shelf Talkers: Books to Usher Us into Summer!

by Robert J. Wiersema

There is a moment which comes around this time every year.

Curiously, we don’t know when it will come.

We don’t know what form it will take.

And, despite …

Shelf Talkers: Winter/Spring 2023

by Robert J. Wiersema

This really is the strangest time of year.

I went out for a walk yesterday afternoon – it was a gorgeous, early spring day. Clear skies, warm enough …

Shelf Talkers: Fall 2022

by Robert J. Wiersema

There’s a delightful chill to the air this morning, a soft burn in the nostrils as you inhale the smell of fallen leaves, the damp of rain on the horizon. …

Shelf Talkers: 15 Books to Keep You Going This Summer

by Robert J. Wiersema

Earlier this summer, I spent several weeks on the west coast of Newfoundland. This was not, strictly speaking, part of the plan. The plan was to visit …

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