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Gillian Deacon on the Hazardous Toxins We're Slathering onto Our Bodies and Our Children's
Gillian Deacon was researching toxins in personal care products when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The book took on a whole new meaning.
Bad Jobs in CanLit: A List by Grace O'Connell
It's been suggested recently that there are no bad jobs. Novelist Grace O'Connell begs to differ.
Read Local Is All Mapped Up
And…we’re live! Come hit the Read Local Map and help us build the biggest map of Canadian books ever created!
Behind the Poem: "Abandoned Car" by Mark Lavorato
"Finding something abandoned inspires the part of us that wants to know the story, that wonders, hypothesises, and in turn, formulates an odd form of …
Celebrating Poetry & Asian Heritage Month: Sheniz Janmohamed's Meetings With Remarkable Women
"These poets have reminded me to push beyond industry expectations of kitsch and exoticism. They have found their voices in street corners, sari folds, …
The Right Book at the Right Time: Samuel Martin Reads Russell Wangersky's Whirl Away
"You know that feeling when a book comes to you at just the right time, when you need it most?"
George "Book Ninja" Murray talks chaos, poetry and living a public life in tight-knit St. John's.
George Murray talks about how the poetic form allowed him to embrace chaos in his latest collection, Whiteout.
Meditations on the Medicine Line: Naomi McIlwraith on Writing a Book at the Boundary Between English and Cree
"Language does not stop conveniently or obediently at an imaginary boundary."
Finally, a Diet to Love … Read Local: The 100-Mile Book Diet
Have you ever fallen so in love with a Canadian town, village, or landscape described in a book you had to visit it yourself? Has it ever felt like you’ve …
Helen Kubiw: Exceptional Kids' Novels in Verse
Judging by the awards bestowed upon the ten books in this list and the young readers of both genders who consume these stories voraciously, the novel …