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The Chat: 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize Roundtable
We’re thrilled to once again work in partnership with our friends at the Griffin Poetry Prize to bring you a special roundtable edition of The Chat …
Summer Gone: Amazing Reads from Past Years
While looking ahead to summer is a delightful experience, there is something in the nature of summer itself that invites nostalgia, and not just for …
The Short Story Has No Limits
For Short Story Month, we show that there is a collection for every kind of reader with these twelve amazing titles.
Everyone's Welcome: Blueberry Vanilla Cake
A delicious recipe excerpted from Amanda Orlando's new cookbook Everyone’s Welcome:The Art of Living and Eating Allergen Free
Downton Abbey, ABBA's Greatest Hits, Lena Dunham's Girls, and More
There's nothing like a great hook or review, in which a book is compared to a popular movie or bestselling novel, to instantly make readers know that …
Resilience, Social Justice, and Race: Reviewing Jael Ealey Richardson's The Stone Thrower
It can be very difficult to tell two stories in one book, especially in a work of nonfiction, but this is something that Jael Richardson does quite masterfully …
7 Books on Politics that Matter
Has there ever been a more vital moment for Canadians to be thoughtful and critical about our democratic institutions? As we head into toward the second …
11 Books that Write the World
Travel to Spain, New Mexico, Mozambique, Vietnam, Italy, India, Goa, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Nepal through the pages of these remarkable works …
The Chat with Megan Gail Coles
Today we're in conversation with Megan Gail Coles, whose debut novel Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club (Anansi) packs a powerful punch. …
Stories of Second Chances
Katherine Koller, who follows her award-winning Art Lessons with Winning Chance, shares other story collections about second chances, and the even …