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Lorna Crozier's The Book of Marvels: Excerpts
Four selections from Crozier's latest book, which celebrates the hidden lives of ordinary objects.
Brad Smith Goes Looking for a Story
The author of Crow's Landing on just where he gets his ideas.
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez on Butch Identity and Trying to Get Pregnant
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez on butch identity and the fun part of trying to get pregnant: sex!
For Young Readers: Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2012
The most exciting picture books and YA on the horizon.
Jill Sooley: Books for the Homesick Canadian
Sometimes nothing feels as good as a down-home story.
Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2012
Here are the books we've all been waiting for. The very latest in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for the discerning Canadian reader.
Beyond Borders: Linda Holeman on Travel and Writing
"Writing, just like real travel, requires patience and energy and perseverance and the ability to accept whatever unexpected events occur and, at times, …
Aga Maksimowska on a Child's Perspective of Revolution and Building Character
Aga Maksimowska's protagonist is an eleven-year-old "giant" facing upheaval in Poland, and in her own body.
Gillian Wigmore: Writing into the Western Canadian Canon
"At this point in the western Canadian canon I’m writing alongside friends who have me galloping to keep up, and, quite honestly, there is nowhere else …
Aga Maksimowska: The Weird and Wonderful World of Kid Narrators
Why not spend the hot and sticky months of July and August with some of CanLit’s most outrageous, funny, and perceptive kid narrators?