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Read an Excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS, Edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson

Performance takes on new urgency and possibility in Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts (Coach House Books), an anthology that centres disabled and Deaf artists working at the forefront of contemporary ...

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Read an Excerpt from SYNCOPATION, the Extraordinary New Novel-in-Verse from Whitney French

In the wildly creative novel-in-verse, Syncopation (Wolsak & Wynn), the future feels both strange and close at hand. After a devastating Memory War, the world has split into unfamiliar cultures and ...

February 03, 2026

Read an Excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE, a Fascinating Work of Cultural Nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson

In clubs, basements, and late-night dance floors across Toronto and Montreal, electronic music becomes more than sound. Throughout the pages of Arab Techno for the People: Sonic Responses to Orientalism ...

January 28, 2026

Read an Excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA by Marie-Claire Blais (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

The tenth and final instalment of the Soifs cycle comes to its close in Together by the Sea (House of Anansi Press), a novel that brings a long-running literary vision to a powerful close.Written by Marie-Claire ...

January 27, 2026

Read an Excerpt from NIGHT TERMINUS, the Debut Novel From Ellis Scott

Acclaimed short story writer Ellis Scott has arrived with a haunting debut novel that traces queer survival, memory, and love across borders and decades in the shadow of the AIDS crisis.Night Terminus (Dundurn ...

January 22, 2026