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Radiant Voices
Storytelling that is about displacement and finding belonging, and of course, some Radiant Voices.
The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Don Gillmor
The winner of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction is Don Gillmor for his memoir To The River: Losing My Brother.
Journeys to Exile
In Little Fortress, Rosnau bases her fiction on real-life figures, Italian nobility escaping fascism in the 1930s and finding exile in Vernon, BC. With …
The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Gwen Benaway
Next up in our special 2019 Governor General’s Award edition of The Chat is our conversation with Gwen Benaway. Her collection Holy Wild won this year’s …
The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Linda Gaboriau
Over the next month, we’ll be interviewing all seven English-language winners of this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards. We begin with renowned …
Books for Remembrance Day
On the occasion of Remembrance Day, we're sharing these 14 recent books approaching war and remembrance from a variety of perspectives.
The Power of One Story: Using Picture Books to Teach the Lessons of the Holocaust
Six million is a number most adults cannot comprehend. Yet, when we reduce that number to one, to one single story, we may find ourselves beginning to …
From the Page to the Screen
A recommended reading list by award-winning filmmaker and author of the novel Claremont.
History of the Everyday
A recommended books like by the author of new book, The Clean Body: A Modern History.
Butterscotch Squash Coffee Cake
"There are many reasons to hop on the orange vegetable cake bandwagon, including the high fibre and antioxidant content, but ultimately this cake is just …