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Books to Inspire Writers in the Thick of It

You're looking at what you've written, and it's ... not very good. You can't figure out the voice. You can't make a city come alive. Your dialogue is …

"Wrestling was never merely a sport"

On the history of wrestling in Canada. 

CanLit Gets Name Therapy

Duana Taha's new book, The Name Therapist, inspires us to come up with a list of the most storied names in Canadian stories.

The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Betsy Warland

I’m thrilled to be in conversation with Betsy Warland, author of Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas, published by Dagger Editions, an …

Get Gripped: Mystery, Thriller and Crime Novels to Read This Spring

These are the kind of books they had to make up the word "unputdownable" for. 

Shelf Talkers: April 2016

Happy Authors for Indies Day, everyone. And please join me in raising a glass for our independent booksellers, every day.

The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Kris Bertin

I’m thrilled to be in conversation with Halifax writer Kris Bertin, author of the acclaimed debut short story collection Bad Things Happen (Biblioasis). …

Poetry Collections to Read This Spring

National Poetry Month is, well, just one month long, but luckily poetry is for always. Here are some titles for reading all year 'round.

Jennifer Manuel: Books for Decolonizing

The Heaviness of Things That Float is, at its heart, a novel about decolonization and the moral obligation of non-Indigenous people to take part in this …

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Spring Books

Dirt, butterflies, flora, and native stories make this spring book list.

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