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Books for International Women's Day

by Kerry Clare

Great books telling the stories of amazing women.

Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2022 Poetry Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

All the poetry you're going to love in the first half of 2022.

The Joys of a Wild Collaboration

by Deborah Hodge

The continuing adventures of Deborah Hodge and Karen Reczuch, creators of West Coast Wild at Low Tide

Six New Kids' Books with LGBTQ+ Characters & Themes

by Spencer Miller

Studying LGBTQ+ characters and themes should begin in the earliest grades and continue through high school. Teach from books that combat stereotypes, …

You Can Find a Chinese Restaurant Everywhere You Go

by Cheuk Kwan

"Madagascar is one of the last places on Earth I would expect to find Chinese settlement. And now I find out that wonton soup and rickshaws have contributed …

Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2022 Nonfiction Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

All the best of memoir, food writing, biography, history, the environment, science, politics, and so much more.

Notes From a Children's Librarian: Valentine’s Day Picture Books

by Julie Booker

Special picks for Kindergarten and Grade One.

The Chat with Mary Fairhurst Breen

by Trevor Corkum

This week, we chat with Mary Fairhurst Breen. With fierce honesty and leavening humour, her debut memoir Any Kind of Luck At All (Second Story Press) explores …

Shelf Talkers: Books to Keep the Light Streaming In

Six great picks from Canada's independent booksellers.

Books for Black History Month—And All Year Long

by Kerry Clare

New books telling the stories of Black Canadians.

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