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The Chat With Lori McNulty
We start this month on The Chat in conversation with Vancouver writer Lori McNulty, author of the sizzling collection Life on Mars.
Reading to Smash the Patriarchy
Erin Wunker on books to breathe life into your heart on your most tired days.
The One-of-a-Kind List
There are some writers who write books close to home, writers who celebrate the domestic, the ordinary. And then there are the writers on this list...
Shelf Talkers: The Mystery Edition
While readers likely need no reminder, the recent success of CTV’s Cardinal (based on Giles Blunt’s Forty Words for Sorrow) alerted many viewers to …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: On Fairness and Justice
Race, bullying and difficult choices are all addressed in these picture books about fairness for children from Kindergarten to Grade 3.
The Chat With Ashley Little
This week, we’re in conversation with Ashley Little. Her new novel, Niagara Motel, tells the story of Tucker Malone, an eleven-year-old boy who sets …
On Our Radar
Books with buzz worth sharing.
Shelf Talkers: On Family Day
When Victoria's great booksellers Jim Munro and Mel Bolen passed away late last year, their losses cut through our family, from coast to coast. The outpouring …
Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2017 Books for Young People Preview
All the best books this spring for young readers...and young-at-heart readers too.
In the Lion's Den: Being Black in Canada
An excerpt from B. Denham Jolly's new memoir, In the Black.