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Notes From a Children's Librarian: Heritage and Identity
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
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How do family and community traditions change …
Celebrating Canadian Independent Bookstores
Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is happening April 28—a day for Canadians to get out into the community and celebrate the unique intersection of …
Books for Earth Day
Fantastic books for readers of all ages and across genres, about nature, ecology, and conservation.
The Chat With Jessica Westhead
Jessica Westhead has an uncanny ability to combine humour and despair in her writing. In her latest collection, Things Not to Do, we meet folks at the …
A slow, creeping madness...
It seems that Canadian literature is rife with stories of isolated characters and their slow creeping madnesses. And yes, some of them do end up engaging …
16 Seriously Funny Poets
A totally scientific list of the funniest poets in all of Canada.
Eric Schmaltz: Reading at the Intersection of Text and Image
"These books highlight the intersection of text and image to create compelling explorations of linguistic meaning-making through not just reading, but …
The Recommend: April 2018
This month we're pleased to present the picks of Shawna Lemay (The Flower Can Always Be Changing), Andrew Battershill (Marry, Bang, Kill), Claudia Dey …
Reimagining the Old West
A recommended reading list by Brad Smith, who (according to Dennis Lehane) is "a writer to watch, a comet on the horizon."
The Chat With Kevin Chong
A modern-day story of infectious disease and rising social inequality, The Plague is Kevin Chong’s take on Camus’ classic novel, set in present-day …