Latest news and interviews

Banner for "Reading With My Grandmother" by Lindsay Diehl. Dark brown background with Chinese calligraphy pattern. Left side displays white and tan text reading "Excerpt from Reading With My Grandmother by Lindsay Diehl" with subtitle "Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family" and the Open Book publisher logo. Right side shows the book cover featuring a sepia-toned portrait of a young Chinese woman against Chinese calligraphy.

Read an Excerpt from Some Fascinating New Nonfiction in READING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER

Personal archive and literary study dovetail in Reading with My Grandmother (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), a new nonfiction title from author and academic Lindsay Diehl that shifts gears deftly ...

7 hours ago
View all

More News

The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Has Been Announced

The international Griffin Poetry Prize has revealed its 2026 shortlist, narrowing a vast global field down to five collections.After reading 461 books submitted by publishers in 42 countries, judges Andrea ...

April 27, 2026

Ella Northcott's New Book Takes the Reader into the Everyday Life of a Wheelchair User

A simple, matter-of-fact approach shapes I Am a Wheelchair User (Saunders Book Company), which introduces young readers to mobility and accessibility through everyday experience.The book follows a wheelchair ...

April 24, 2026

Pippa Mackie Brings the Climate Fight Home in HURRICANE MONA

A climate protester is forced to take the fight back to her childhood home in Hurricane Mona, a comedy that builds its tension in close quarters. In this captivating work, Mona, newly sentenced to house ...

April 23, 2026

Tegan Quin Champions THE CURE FOR DROWNING to a Huge Win at CANADA READS 2026

Day Three of Canada Reads 2026 is usually where things get tense, and this year was no exception. With three books left, there was nowhere to hide and no easy consensus, just sharper arguments and a clearer ...

April 16, 2026