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Shelf Talkers for June
Booksellers across Canada tell Robert J. Wiersema about the books they're recommending to customers.
How We Imagine Ourselves, by Howard White
At the second Geist Evening of Dinner and Diversion held in February 1994, Howard White gave a talk that Geist later published and which knocked the socks …
Summer Covers, Had Me a Blast
All right, it's True Confessions time: I'm a sucker for books whose covers scream, "Summer!"
My all-time favourite summer cover is Alice Petersen's short …
On Our Radar: Morissette, Nakamura, Shin, Freedman, and Burrows
Great books with buzz worth sharing.
Alexi Zentner's Red Letter Day
In today's Red Letter Day, Alexi Zentner, author of The Lobster Kings and Touch, picks books he wants to read as well as those he'd recommend for a student …
Detecting Canada Excerpt: A Feminist Examination of Joanne Kilbourn
Pamela Bedore discusses Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn novels, arguing that the author uses the series as a jumping-off point for a feminist examination/reconstruction …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Mystery Novels for Young Readers
Our resident children's librarian, Julie Booker, with five great mystery picks.
Read Local: A Literary Map of Canada
Mapping Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast
Breaking Bad Versus Almost Criminal
Why read a book when you can watch TV?
Angela Misri: Homage to Holmes
The Jewel of the Thames author on the moment she realized that 221b Baker Street was up for rent.