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Moonlighting Poets
Did you know that so many of your favourite novelists are poets too?
The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Vivek Shraya
Vivek Shraya’s first collection of poems, even this page is white, is a bold, powerful work of art, addressing questions of racism, whiteness, and marginalization …
12 Books You're Going to Love This Spring
It's April, and the spring books are bursting forth like flowers.
On Our Radar
New books by Tricia Dower, Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, Sue Goyette, Melanie Florence, and Julie Pearson and Manon Gauthier
Shelf Talkers: March 2016
For the March installment of the Shelf Talkers column, we’ve asked our assembled booksellers to weigh in on new favourites, perfect—when the weather …
Eight Reasons We're Counting Down to the FOLD
From May 6th to the 8th, CanLit's attention turns to Brampton, Ontario, where the inaugural Festival of Literary Diversity will finally take place after …
Ice Is Immortal: From Jean McNeil's Ice Diaries
There is a winter of the heart, and winter of the mind, and these can be more chilly than any external temperature you might encounter.
The Chat: Trevor Corkum Interviews Pamela Mordecai
I’m pleased to chat with Pamela Mordecai, whose ambitious, spellbinding first novel, Red Jacket, was a finalist for the 2015 Rogers Writers’ Trust …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Deborah Ellis
Julie Booker explains how she became a convert of The Breadwinner series.
The Perseverators: Amy Stuart on CanLit’s Most Dogged
Literary characters who refuse to give up.