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"The scarlet tunic! What a story!”: Daniel Francis on how the Mounties became a national symbol
"To read the history of the Mounties' roots is to ignore the force’s modern origins as a domestic spy agency working clandestinely to stamp out legal, …
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Win 1 of 5 Copies of Your First Home: A Buyer's Kit by Kimberley Marr. #realestate #homebuyers #givecdn
Rent or buy? Build your own home or fix one up? RE/MAX broker Kimberley Marr—Your First Home: A Buyer's Kit—talks about the choices facing new home …
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Is social ostracism what it takes to be a writer? Guest post by writer/artist/designer Chris von Szombathy
"If Mr. Wilson was correct that unpopularity creates writers out of people then I am sure that we all have enough tools to all become writers. Pain, whether …
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Great Picture Books Recommended by Author/Illustrator Patricia Storms
From flocks of shoes to purple worlds, Patricia Storms recommends a load of excellent Canadian picture books.
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In Conversation: Kate Inglis discusses her novel The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods
The hilarious Kate Inglis discusses her The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods, juvenile fiction from Nimbus Publishing.
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"Free fall beneath the carpet": David Rotenberg on setting The Placebo Effect in Toronto
"Toronto is in motion – it’s in the swirling, anarchic process of becoming."
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Celebrate Family Literacy Day
Family Literacy Day is January 27th, but you can enhance your family literacy experiences all year around with our excellent kids book recommendations. …
In Conversation With: Liz Strange on crime fiction and developing her protagonist over a series
Liz Strange talks about her switch from horror genre to crime fiction, developing a character over a series and using Toronto as the setting for her recent …
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The Fertility Closet: Guest Post by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
"I wanted to replace the stereotypes of (in)fertility as some type of clinical, sterile experience, with a real woman’s body, full of sex, desire, vulnerability …
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A Shelf of Small Press Books: a list by Theresa Kishkan
Word travels by mouth, by the passing of these volumes from one hand to another. These books are worth the search.