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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, …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
"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."
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 …
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 …
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.