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All Books Are Beach Books: Get Your Summer Reads Locked In
From this eclectic selection, you're sure to find a book that suits you perfectly.
Best Dystopian YA
"My favourite part of reading dystopian books is learning the many versions of our world that authors create."
Quick Hits: 5 Books with Awesome Reviews
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 …
11 Life Stories To Read This Spring
This assortment of memoir, biography, and autobiography brings real life to the page, and into the minds of readers.
The Chat: 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Roundtable
In honour of all things Griffin, this week’s Chat is a conversation with the three 2018 Canadian Griffin Prize finalists—Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha …
Emily Anglin: "I like compartments in my writing"
A recommended reading list from the author of The Third Person.
Memoirists' Roundtable
Seven authors on the challenges and pleasures of turning real life into story.
Sarah Selecky: Permission to Write Beyond
"...a writer perfectly attuned to the music of the present moment.”
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Rocks and Minerals
Nonfiction, picture books, and novels that support the Grade 4 curriculum.
Shelf Talkers: Slap On the Sunscreen and Dive Into a Book
Slather up with sunscreen (don’t miss the back of your neck—if you’re bent over a book, you will burn there, and it’s a very tender spot. Take …