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Shelf Talkers: The Best New Book I've Read
For this month’s Shelf Talkers column, we’ve set our panel of erstwhile indie booksellers a single question: what’s the best new book you’ve read? …
Kristine Scarrow: Books to Get Away With
Books to take you away—or to take away with you when you're taken away, even.
The Chat With Paul Carlucci
In this week’s Chat, I’m in conversation with Paul Carlucci, author of the deeply compelling new short story collection A Plea for Constant Motion. …
Louise Green: Smashing Body Size Stereotypes
Show yourself and the world that big girls rule their lives.
Picture Books on Honesty
These picture books about honesty run the gamut—from blatant lies to a mere fudging of the rules.
Unpacking "Quirky": A CanLit Round Table
Four of our favourite Canadian writers grapple with the questions of quirky: What does quirky really mean? What are its politics? Who gets to be quirky? …
Gallery: When the Trees Crackle With Cold
A bear sleeping safely in her den, Kohkom telling a story by the fire, the trees crackling with cold—we are all connected to the seasons and the cycle …
Irena Karafilly's Displacement and Misplacement List
What happens when the places where we once belonged—and the people we once belonged to—don't belong to us anymore?
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.