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Read an Excerpt from ECHO-MIRROR by Famed Dub Poet Klyde Broox

Spoken word and written poetry collide in Echo-Mirror (Wolsak & Wynn), a collection that gathers decades of work from one of Canada’s most respected dub poets. These poems carry rhythm in each ...

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A Italian Museum Heist and Murder Stir a Seasoned FBI Agent in THIRTY FEET UNDER: A MYSTERY

In Thirty Feet Under, Williams Wodhams blends art crime, archaeology, and high-stakes intrigue. Moving between Europe and New York, the novel follows parallel ambitions and moral compromises, offering ...

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Ray Robertson Defends the Act of Independent Thinking in THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG

In an era that prizes certainty and punishes dissent, disagreement has begun to feel like a moral failure. Prolific author Ray Robertson's new nonfiction title, The Right to Be Wrong (Cormorant Books), ...

February 20, 2026

Read these Excerpted Poems from LOCKERS ARE FOR BEARCATS ONLY by Mallory Tater

Celebrated author Mallory Tater is back this month with Lockers Are for Bearcats Only (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), a collection shaped by the steady rhythm of swimming laps. After the death ...

February 18, 2026

WOMEN AMONG MONUMENTS Confronts the Enduring Obstacles Women Artists and Writers Face

What does it actually mean for a woman to claim the title of artist, let alone genius, in a culture that still hesitates to grant it? Women Among Monuments (Dundurn Press) approaches that question without ...

February 10, 2026