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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.
Carmen L. Robertson: Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau
Was Morrisseau an uneducated artist plagued by alcoholism and homelessness? A shaman artist who tapped a deep spiritual force? Or was he simply one of …
Meet the Online Literary Neighbourhood
A shout-out to our fellow Canadian online literary hubs.
Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2016 Books for Young Readers Preview
Books for young readers (and readers who are young at heart).
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Food Books
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Brett Josef Grubisic
This week on The Chat, we’re in conversation with Brett Josef Grubisic. His novel From Up River and For One Night Only follows the lives of four dreamy, …
Lyse Champagne: Perspectives on Culture, War, and Genocide
With this deeply considered list, Champagne shares with us some of the many books she read while researching the plight of the world's refugees throughout …
Shelf Talkers: August Is the Best Time for Reading
It’s all part of the experience: brave the heat and make your way to your local independent bookstore (bonus: many of them are air-conditioned!) and …
Short Story Collections Not To Be Missed This Summer
Canadian writers sure know how to rock the short story—we are the nation that brought the world an Alice Munro after all.