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All the Latest Best Book Trailers We've Seen Lately
A stack of books to look forward to, if these fun videos are any indication.
Elisabeth de Mariaffi's Lit Wish List is Three Bite-Sized Books to Fill You Up
Elisabeth de Mariaffi writes up her holiday book buying Lit Wish List. #givecdn
Bullies Beware: Kids and YA Books for Bullying Awareness Week
We decided to post two Canadian fiction lists: one with books aimed at kids coming to terms with bullying for the first time, and one with novels for …
The Poetry Gateways Lit Wish List
Books for Readers Who Don't Know They Like Poetry (Yet)
8 Male Writers I’d Want At My Side In A Bar Room Brawl: A List by John Vigna
"It’s about having the right guys to watch your back. In no particular order, these writers and their books might just help you walk away from that …
Christine Pountney's Lit Wish List Holiday Book Picks
Christine Pountney writes up her holiday book buying Lit Wish List. #givecdn
Other People's Books: Guest Post by Tamas Dobozy
Bookstores are the distillation of a certain taste in reading, a canon of novels and poems and plays and essays peculiar to whoever runs the store, whatever …
Books with a Touch of Magic Realism: A List by Barry Webster
The author of The Lava in My Bones recommends Can-Lit that is outside of ordinary.
Notes from a Children's Librarian 398: On Storytelling
Our new Children's Librarian columnist Julie Booker shares the magic of the oral tale.
The Tombstone Ghost by Mark Leslie: An Excerpt from Haunted Hamilton
What was the connection between the ghost and the tombstone in the wall? Was there really some other explanation?