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Shelf Talkers: Canada Day 2018 Edition!
Dear Canada, it's your birthday! So, here you go: an overfull basket of books to see you through the summer, including some classics and some new books, …
Karma Brown: Lost and Found
What you might not know about bestselling author Karma Brown is that she's as talented a reader as she is an writer, and so this list is a particular …
Larry Krotz: Diagnosing the Legacy
How a work of medical history became an investigation into how poverty and colonialism affect health.
Your 2018 Guide to Summer Literary Festivals
Find out what's happening near you!
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Plants and Soil
Great books to support the Grade 3 Plants and Soil Science Unit.
Lost in the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
So by all means, Canadian authors: venture into the woods! There's still so much more there to be discovered.
Andrea Curtis: The Weight of Water
A fantastic list of books in which water features as a defining force, by the author of new novel Big Water.
The Chat with Claire Tacon
What happens when a young woman with Williams syndrome, her doting father, and her father’s teenaged co-worker head to Chicago in search of a piece …
16 Books for Pride Month
Time to put the spotlight on these books by LGBTQ writers and/or about LGBTQ issues, an eclectic list that includes fiction, poetry, memoir, nonfiction, …
Richard Cumyn: Good Stories in Small Packages
"Whenever I can, I try to shine a light on the short form in this country, to give the slim but sinewy book its due."