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2 hours agoInk & Imagination! Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties Interview Each Other About A SALMON STORY
The journey of a young fish becomes the heart of A Salmon Story: Protecting the Future (OwlKids Books), a lyrical and informative picture book that traces the life cycle of wild salmon while asking readers ...
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one day agoPRECEDENCE by Pujita Verma Makes a Case for the Importance of Being Heard
Precedence (Brick Books) begins with a real legal case that brings a young woman back home to face her father in a Canadian courtroom. The experience is shaped by distance, family history, and the limits ...
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March 05, 2026KidLit Convos! Jean E. Pendziwol & Risa Hugo Dig Into THE QUIET HUNT: A POEM FOR YOUNG FORAGERS
In The Quiet Hunt (Groundwood Books), the search for food doesn't begin in a grocery store, but rather outdoors, where patience and attention matter most. The story invites young readers to notice what ...
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March 04, 2026Read an Excerpt from THE DISAPPEARING ACT by Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale)
Exile and reinvention take centre-stage in The Disappearing Act (Book*hug Press), a spare and searching novel by Maria Stepanova, the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory. The story follows a writer ...
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February 26, 2026Panels & Pencils with Dian Day and Amanda White, Creators of SHY CAT AND THE STUFF-THE-BUS CHALLENGE
Friendship, food, and misunderstandings abound in Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge (Second Story Press), a lively graphic novel by Dian Day and Amanda White about two kids learning to see each ...
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February 25, 2026Read 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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February 24, 2026An 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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February 20, 2026Ray 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), ...
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February 18, 2026Read 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 ...
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February 10, 2026WOMEN 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 ...
