The Latest
Recent Posts

The Chat with Michelle Porter
Today on the Chat, we speak to Michelle Porter. Her powerful memoir, Scratching River, is now out with WLU Press.

Notes From a Children's Librarian: In Conversation with Nature
In reading, we talk about making connections. We talk about big ideas or themes. Conversations with the natural world are the thread that binds this book …

13 Fiction Faves
CanLit is everything—rich and literary, fun and commercial, regionally focused with universal appeal, hilarious, heart-wrenching, gripping, sweeping, …

Quick Hits: 9 Books Well Worth Your While
In Quick Hits, we look through our stacks to bring you books that, when they were published, elicited a lot of reaction and praise. Our selections will …

Stories As Sanctuary
A recommended reading list by the author of Vagabond.

10 Books by Spoken Word Artists: Poetry Slam Edition
A recommended reading list by the author of the poetry collection Why I Was Late.

The Stories that Shaped Me
A recommended reading list by Jennifer Fawcett, whose spine-tingling, atmospheric debut is Beneath the Stairs.

The Chat with Brandon Mitchell
Author Brandon Mitchell has teamed up with Veronika Barinova to create a stunning graphic novel for young adults called Giju’s Gift (HighWater Press). …

Notes From a Children's Librarian: An April (Foolish) Book List
An eclectic list of books about pranks, hoaxes, and tricksters.

Reading Eclectically
A recommended reading list by the author of the new poetry collection The Last Show on Earth.