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A Young Girl Faces Her Fears to Reconnect with Sound in WHEN BRYN'S EAR WENT QUIET

Open Book will be publishing a few special previews of upcoming titles this season, and today we're featuring When Bryn's Ear Went Quiet (Owlkids Books), an evocative new picture book from celebrated ...

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Dani Netherclift Tries to Capture the Shape of Absent Bodies in VESSEL

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Read an Excerpt from HIDE AND SIKH, the New Memoir from Sunny Dhillon

After leaving his job at The Globe and Mail in 2018, Sunny Dhillon published a blog post explaining his decision. It struck a nerve, circulating widely and inspiring conversation about race, belonging, ...

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Read an Excerpt from THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS, the Exciting New Poetry Collection from Sabyasachi Nag

The exciting new collection of prose poems from Sabyasachi Nag moves through the unsettled spaces of migration, belonging, and in-between states. Drawing on lived experience as well as imagination, the ...

December 16, 2025

Christine Quintana's AS ABOVE Finds Connection in Unexpected Places

In our featured title today, As Above (Playwrights Canada Press) A woman in recovery tries to rebuild a life shaped by loss, regret, and long-held silence. Jo is in her sixties, newly sober, and far ...

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