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Canadian Litfests for Fall 2016
With the arrival of September, Canadian litfest season goes full-throttle. Here are all the details on what's going down ...
The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Carmen Aguirre
This week on The Chat, I’m in conversation with Vancouver writer and theatre artist Carmen Aguirre. Her powerful second memoir, Mexican Hooker #1, explores …
Picture Books You've Got To Read This Fall
Back to school is the best time to hit the books—the picture books, that is!
The Recommend: September 2016
This month we're pleased to present the picks of authors Caroline Adderson (Ellen in Pieces), Kate Taylor (Serial Monogamy), Edeet Ravel (The Saver), …
Back to School Reads
New books on back-to-school, schooling, academia, and/or books featuring school busses on their covers. Welcome to a new school year!
Shelf Talkers: Private Detectives, Secret Mommies, Suspicious Men, and More
With the cooling of the year comes the fall book season, a treasure trove of new releases and prize shortlists, award ceremonies, and new favourites. …
Read What's Trending
The possibility of alien life; the sixties scoop; the end of Harper; Anthony Weiner; and the matter of the naked tomato thief.
Christy-Ann Conlin: Strange Hauntings in Canadian Literature
Thinking about ghost stories, now that summer itself is nearly a ghost.
The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Madeleine Thien
Canadian Madeleine Thien is on the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize for fiction as well as on the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist for her …
On Our Radar
Books with buzz worth sharing.