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Promotional banner for Children of Fire. A deep red panel on the left features the text “Interview with Shahrzad Arshadi & Anna Chatterton” in large yellow lettering, with the Open Book logo below. On the right is the book cover, showing the back of a person with long dark hair in front of mountains, set against a faded mountain landscape background.

Shahrzad Arshadi and Anna Chatterton on Building CHILDREN OF FIRE from Profound Voices of Resistance

Our featured non-fiction title today, Children of Fire: Kurdish Female Fighters and the Struggle for Woman, Life, Freedom (Book*hug Press), brings together theatre, memoir, interviews, poetry, photography, ...

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Anne Baldo Explores the Lives That Shape Us in ONE DAY, HARD AND CLEAR

Growing up often means discovering that the people we love can't always become the people we need them to be. In One Day, Hard and Clear (Dundurn Press), that realization unfolds through the friendship ...

July 24, 2026

Story Sparks & Surprises with Anna Lazowski, Author of I BUILT A ROCKET SHIP

Sometimes children find their own language for grief. In I Built a Rocket Ship, that language takes the shape of a backyard project, as one child quietly sets out to build a rocket capable of reaching ...

July 22, 2026

A Note to Open Book Readers

Dear Readers,After nearly two decades of celebrating Ontario books, authors, and publishers, Open Book will cease operations on August 31, 2026.This is not an announcement we ever wanted to make. We feel ...

July 20, 2026

Read an Excerpt from TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN, the Fascinating New Essay Collection by Alex Boyd

Art has a way of turning up in unexpected places, and Take this for the Pain (Palimpsest Press) follows those moments wherever they lead. Drawing on twenty-five years of essays, reviews, and criticism, ...

July 13, 2026