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Shelf Talkers: Thanksgiving 2015 Edition
This weekend, as you spend your non-pagan harvest festival celebrating your blessings, the booksellers of the Shelf Talkers column would like to invite …
A Canada We Recognize
In an attempt to balance the scales of sanity, we offer this list of books that give us a glimpse of the Canada we love.
Lana Pesch: Where in the World?
On our fascination with fictional places. Why do they seem to matter as much as they do?
Zeitgeist: 2015 Through a Bookish Lens
Every year has its preoccupations: cultural, political, and psychic. Here's a snapshot of what 2015 felt like, as reflected in recent Canadian books. …
Armin Wiebe: 100 Canadian Novels by 100 Canadian Authors That I Have Read
How many books from Armin Wiebe's 100 Novels List have you read?
Hayden King: Lines on the Shore
Stories from the Border of an Island Indian Reserve
Books About Bookshops
Canadians love bookshops so much we even put them in our books. More than just meta—it makes for great reading too.
Leo Brent Robillard: The Short-Changed List
The author of new novel, The Road to Atlantis, on books that deserve a second glance.
Kevin Hardcastle: On Endurance
From the author of Debris, ten titles about characters who struggle and endure.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Great KidLit by Authors of Adult Fiction
A selection of kids' books from some of Canada's most acclaimed authors for grown-ups.