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8 Books to Read While Paddling Down the River Tweed in the Morning Light with but a Whisper of Rain Falling

by Sam Shelstad

A recommended reading list by the author of Citizens of Light, one of our July summer books picks!

Animals of CanLit

by Amy Jones

A recommended reading list by the author of the new novel Pebble & Dove.

Summer Books: Are We There Yet?

by Ali Bryan

Summer books to read when your flight’s been cancelled, you dropped your phone in the pool, your air mattress has a leak or the potato salad’s gone …

Summer Eats: Zesty Potato Salad

by Karen Anderson

An excerpt from Eat Alberta First: A Year of Local Recipes from Where the Prairies Meet the Mountains.

Quick Hits for Summer 2023

by Kiley Turner

In Quick Hits, we look through our stacks to bring you books that, when they were published, elicited a lot of reaction and praise. Our selections include …

Most Anticipated: Our 2023 Fall Fiction Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

All the fiction you'll be falling in love with in the second half of 2023!

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Musical Biographies

by Julie Booker

A powerful message runs through all these texts: find the thing you’re passionate about and spend your life doing it.

The Writers Who Showed Me What a Novel Could Be

by Beth Ryan

A recommended reading list by the author of our July summer book pick, If We Caught Fire.

Summer Reading Starts Here: July Picks

by 49th Shelf Staff

Perfect picks to get your summer reading on, and even better? Every title is up for giveaway!

The Chat with Lucian Childs

by Trevor Corkum

Lucian Childs’ Dreaming Home (Biblioasis) superb debut, a novel-in-stories, is a tender and powerful queer coming-of-age that spans forty years and multiple …

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