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Vancouver Cop/Novelist Sean Slater on the Scariest Stuff He's Seen
Give me the option of facing a hit-man with a sniper rifle versus the possible diagnosis of a mental illness disorder, and I will take the assassin every …
Melanie Schnell on Volunteering During The Second Sudanese Civil War
In 2002, Melanie Schnell joined an aid organization in South Sudan, where she researched her debut novel.
Kateri Lanthier on The Magpie Reader: Reading for the Shiny Bits
"Every time I open a favourite book, I’m reminded of verbal fireworks I’d like to rival."
The Best Book Trailers We've Seen Lately
We love Katrina Onstad's list Books With a Sense of Place, and her new novel Everybody Has Everything has a place of its own: Toronto. The city is evoked …
Megan Ogilvie Dishes on the Hidden Horrors in Fast Food and How to Combat Them
Toronto Star columnist Megan Ogilvie reveals the tiny terrors hiding in fast food, and how to combat them.
Deryn Collier: Set Your Mystery in Canada
What does it mean for our culture, when our writers are told to set their books somewhere, anywhere, else?
If You’re Going to Read Just One Book This Summer, Why Not Read Two?
As for fostering a vibrant literary culture, the one-book-per-summer approach is having us come up seriously short.
Tricia Dower: True Confessions of a Clandestine Summer Reader
"Through my clandestine summer reading I was beginning to see that love and pain sat next to each other."
Alice Petersen's Short Story Playlist
"Individual short stories should be as honoured as novels, in my opinion."
Julie Booker's Oh Canada Picture Book List
Not only is Julie Booker an author, but she is also a teacher-librarian for primary grades. Her picture book list is perfect Canada Day fare.