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Rebecca Silver Slayter on Myth-Making Books (and Myth-Breaking Books)
The author of book In the Land of the Birdfishes on myth-making and myth-breaking Canadian works.
Guest Post by Hilary Scharper: The Eco-gothic, or Jane Eyre on Georgian Bay
"Past and present—images and memories of people and places—the trees and water and a light wind—each one coming out as the stars did above me... …
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Enviro Fiction Picks
Julie Booker selects great Earth Day books for readers through the ages.
Guest Post by Marguerite Pigeon: The Messiness of Democracy in Action
"Open Pit is an attempt to understand the changes that were going on all around me in Central America in the early 2000s and to share that with readers—two …
Allen Smutylo on Travel, Painting, and The Memory of Water
Allen Smutylo talks about his travels and adventures in The Memory of Water.
"Tweed": A Poem by Phil Hall
Phil Hall's latest book of poems is The Small Nouns Crying Faith and it will be released in May.
To the Core: More Selections
Writers and readers continue to send us the Canadian poems they find extraordinary.
"Eat Your Heart Out": Katie Boland on Being a Writer and an Actress
"In both cases, I want to live as other people. I get to escape myself."
Writing Your Way Into Landscape: Guest Post by Jenna Butler
Writing your way into (toward) a landscape is a tricky thing, a continual process of navigation, negotiation, re-visioning.
Shelf Exposure, Ep. 1: Andrew Faulkner
What will we find in Andrew Faulkner's personal library? Watch and see!