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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CANADA READS Mid-Week Roundup - Which Books Are Still in the Running?

Canada Reads is well underway, and this year’s competition brings together a strong and varied group of titles, each offering a distinct perspective on the theme of connection and understanding. Together, ...

A Short-Lived Community Lingers Long After it is Gone in TEMPORARY PALACES

A short-lived community leaves a long afterlife in Temporary Palaces (House of Anansi Press), a debut novel from Jeff Miller that circles back to one summer and ponders what, exactly, remains from that ...

Open Book Interviews Liz Johnston About Her Exciting Debut Novel, THE FALL-DOWN EFFECT

A single act of protest ripples outward through a family in The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug Press), a debut that explores how public actions affect private lives. Set against a backdrop of environmental ...

A Classroom Celebration Leads to Important Questions in LITTLE BEE: THE BUZZ ABOUT THE PARTY

A class party sounds simple enough, until it starts to raise questions no one expected. In Little Bee: The Buzz About the Party (Annick Press), Bee is excited to plan a celebration with her friends, ...

Playwright Keith Barker Reflects on Love, Loss, and Laughter After a Life RAISED BY WOMEN

Memory and family are brought into sharp focus in Raised by Women (Playwrights Canada Press), a new play in which a son looks back after suffering significant loss and finds that the story he needs to ...

Author and Journalist Moira Welsh Explores THE ASTONISHING LIVES OF OLDER WOMEN

Growing older brings new freedoms, but also new pressures, especially when financial security is uncertain. The Astonishing Lives of Older Women (ECW Press) looks closely at what many women face later ...