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Shamim Sarif’s new YA queer female spy hero saves women and children
In her thriller, The Athena Protocol, the novelist and film director acknowledges the consequences of violence, even when it’s for a good cause
Personnel changes: Firefly Books
Kidlit Special: How Bologna Prize-winning Comme des géants stands out
Varennes, Quebec, children’s publisher Comme des géants has distinguished itself on the world stage in just five years.
Kidlit Special: Turtle Island team continue to reframe the history of North America
Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger, the duo behind Turtle Island: The Story of North America’s First History, return with What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal.
Kidlit Special: Miss Lou and Rita Joe celebrated in new picture books
This fall, two influential poets are being celebrated in picture books: Louise Bennett Coverley in Nadia L. Hohn’s A Likkle Miss Lou and Rita Joe in I’m Finding My Talk, a response poem by Rebecca Thomas.
Mariko Tamaki’s plans for her new imprint, Surely Books
Tamiko plans to publish fiction and non-fiction graphic novels for an adult audience with a focus on queer creators
Amanda Parris, Gwen Benaway, and Erin Bow among crop of first-time Governor General’s Literary Award winners
The winners will be celebrated at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Dec. 12 to be hosted by Governor General Julie Payette.
TPL’s refusal to reverse decision on room booking for controversial speaker continues to provoke backlash
A group of trans writers has floated the idea of holding a teach-in while others are calling for an outright boycott in the wake of the Toronto Public Library’s decision to allow a controversial appearance by radical feminist Meghan Murphy on Tuesday night.
How Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking was adapted for the stage
Director Orla O’Loughlin talks about developing Women Talking as a one-hour stage performance.
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