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Quick Hits: Dirt, Time Travel, Love, and Gossip
In Quick Hits, we look through our stacks to bring you books that, when they were published, elicited a lot of reaction and praise. Our selections will …
Denis Sampson: On the Paucity of Irish-Canadian Memoir
"My contribution from my small world of Montreal and Ireland is part of that work of imagining the integration and cohabitation of people of diverse cultural …
Pamela Mordecai: Novels of the Caribbean
Mordecai, whose new book is Red Jacket, shares 9 novels by Canadian-Caribbean women.
Shelf Talkers: March 2015
Drip, drip, drip ... Canada is beginning to thaw, and with a new season bursting out, we need new books to celebrate. Thankfully, independent bookstores …
Rosalind Chan: Around the World in Cake
The wonders of the world have never been so sweet.
The Interruption With Peter Darbyshire
Sean Cranbury chats with Peter Darbyshire—aka Peter Roman—about his new spec fiction book, The Dead Hamlets.
10 Books With Global Themes to Read This Spring
Writing on food cultures, activism, biography, history, conservation, travel ... and oh yes, cake.
Angela Sterritt: The Legacy of Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
For many Indigenous people, the vicious slaying of Tina Fontaine was just one more tragedy among the close to 1200 women documented as murdered or missing …
Shameless: Marilyn Churley on Finding her Son and Reforming Adoption Disclosure
Both a personal and political story, Shameless is a powerful book about a mother's struggle with loss, love, secrets, and lies—and an adoption system …
Cover Reveal! Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra
We are ridiculously excited to to reveal the cover of this forthcoming novel.