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Angie Abdou and Between: The world is not made for women
Steamy sex, global labour issues, feminist politics: Angie Abdou's new novel, Between, takes on a bit of everything and doesn't shy away from the nasty …
Best Canadian Book Trailers
Want some highlights of great reads to look forward to this fall? Look no further than our latest selection of book trailers, which feature some impressive …
Some, Just Some, of Our Favourite Lists
There are so many amazing lists in the archives of 49th Shelf, it's impossible to get them all in one post. This is just going to have to be a multi-part …
Alison Pick's Memoir List
Alison Pick, author of new book, Between Gods, shares a list of Canadian memoirs.
On Our Radar
New books by Michelle Berry, Alicia Priest, Laisha Rosnau, and Dave Atkinson.
Dazzling Debuts, As Picked by Mark Medley, Jared Bland, Steven W. Beattie, and Kerry Clare
Not all first novels are assured enough to hold their own among titles from more established names, but those that are are singularly exhilarating. Four …
Aislinn Hunter's Red Letter Day
Aislinn Hunter's first novel, Stay, was made into a feature film starring Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) and Aidan Quinn. She's back with …
Most Anticipated: Fall 2014 Kids' Books
Canadian children's literature is avowedly world-class, and the selection this season is up to the usual standard.
Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg
Desired and reviled, adulated and condemned, Winnipeg inspires intense and contradictory emotions.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Wild Summer Fun
Sky and earth, large scale to small, these books cover the gamut of wild summer fun.