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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.
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, …