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Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming September titles

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their most-anticipated upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi ... Read More »

August 13, 2019

Edmonton’s Audreys Books and the city’s newest indie, Glass Bookshop, share a passion for serving local readers

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Changes are afloat in Edmonton’s bookselling landscape as a long-time shop owner retires, and a new bookstore prepares to open its doors. Sharon Budnarchuk, one of the owners of Audreys Books, retired at the end ... Read More »

August 12, 2019

Fall preview 2019: Non-fiction, graphica, and fiction in translation

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SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal Naomi Klein Knopf Canada, Sept. Naomi Klein’s critical call to action pairs a decade’s worth of her writing and lectures on ... Read More »

July 25, 2019

Fall preview 2019: Poetry, literature, and cultural studies

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POETRY NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field Billy-Ray Belcourt House of Anansi Press, Sept. Billy-Ray Belcourt’s previous collection of poetry, 2017’s This Wound Is a World, won the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize and was ... Read More »

July 22, 2019

In conversation: Alicia Elliott shares personal insights into her new essay collection

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Alicia Elliott’s A Mind Spread Out on the Ground (Doubleday Canada) connects her personal experiences as a Tuscarora author living in Brantford, Ontario, to a broader critical analysis of the treatment and representation of Indigenous ... Read More »

March 28, 2019

Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees Deborah Ellis and Isabelle Arsenault on genre, process, and fostering curiosity

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In this Q&Q guest feature, Rob Bittner and Lesley Clement, co-chairs of IBBY Canada’s Hans Christian Andersen Award nominating committee, write about the prestigious award, their reasons for putting forward Deborah Ellis (Writing) and Isabelle ... Read More »

March 8, 2019

Itah Sadu, co-owner of A Different Booklist, sees continued vitality despite a neighbourhood’s ongoing change

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“Maybe we were crazy to buy a bookstore when bookstores were clearly going out of the marketplace,” says Itah Sadu, co-owner of Toronto’s A Different Booklist. Sadu and her partner, Miguel San Vicente, took over ... Read More »

February 21, 2019

Publishers report a rise in European demand for Canadian titles

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Canadian publishers are hoping European appetite for this country’s domestically published titles remains strong as they prepare to hit the London Book Fair in March and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April. Canadian titles ... Read More »

February 4, 2019

Diversity in crime writing: five Canadian titles to add to your to-be-read pile

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Crime writer Sam Wiebe believes Canadian crime-writing needs more diverse voices. These five titles chosen by Wiebe are a great place to start. Montreal Noir (Akashic Press) Edited by Jacques Filippi and John McFetridge As ... Read More »

December 19, 2018

Diversity in crime writing: Sam Wiebe urges his genre to reckon with inclusion

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Genre is a dirty word in Canadian fiction. Festivals and conferences don’t know what to do with us; though often included on the basis of popularity, our work is rarely treated as being capable of ... Read More »

December 19, 2018

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Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite upcoming September titles

Edmonton’s Audreys Books and the city’s newest indie, Glass Bookshop, share a passion for serving local readers

Fall preview 2019: Non-fiction, graphica, and fiction in translation

Fall preview 2019: Poetry, literature, and cultural studies

In conversation: Alicia Elliott shares personal insights into her new essay collection

Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees Deborah Ellis and Isabelle Arsenault on genre, process, and fostering curiosity

Itah Sadu, co-owner of A Different Booklist, sees continued vitality despite a neighbourhood’s ongoing change

Publishers report a rise in European demand for Canadian titles

Diversity in crime writing: five Canadian titles to add to your to-be-read pile

Diversity in crime writing: Sam Wiebe urges his genre to reckon with inclusion

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