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John Thurston Takes Us Under the Big Top in Carnie King: The Story of Patty Conklin and Conklin Shows

While some authors research unique jobs and callings for their work, there are those that have lived-in experience that can bring the reader into a world that the author knows intimately. In these books, ...

Margaret Nowaczyk Explores the Unexpected Beauty of Being Human in Marrow Memories: Essays of Discovery

In Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery (Wolsak & Wynn) Margaret Nowaczyk looks deeply at her own life, and the memories and experiences that she has had. Whether those are of a childhood in Communist ...

Read an Excerpt from The Education of Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Alex Pugsley has reached the middle of his recent trilogy of novels, with the author bringing the reader back into the world of Aubrey Mckee, who is winding his way ...

Abbie Saunders Defines an Era for Young Readers in the Nonfiction Book, Generation Z

If the goal of good non-fiction is to build a bridge between the author and the reader, and to shuttle important information over it, then it makes perfect sense that the best way to explain different ...

Read an Excerpt From McCurdle's Arm, the New Novella From Baseball-Lit Slugger Andrew Forbes

Acclaimed author Andrew Forbes has worked in a variety of forms, being lauded already for his short fiction, he's also written some of the most definitive non-fiction tomes in Baseball Literature, always ...

Meet the Detective at the Heart of a Gripping Noir Mystery by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

As the winner of the 2023 Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novella Award, author Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson knows how to grip a reader and draw them into a mystery with a deft literary hand. He moves ...

The Writers' Trust Announces Their Rising Stars of 2024

Yesterday, The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced its 2024 Writers’ Trust Rising Stars, which is awarded to emerging Canadian authors who show exceptional promise and potential, many of whom ...

Read an Excerpt from Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine

Reconnection and rediscovery are at the heart of the newly translated novel by Innu author, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, and her poetry and essays have already left an imprint on the literary world in the ...

The Magic of Letter Writing

Summer challenge: Write a letter to your favourite authorWhen I was in Grade 3, I loved Jean Little’s books. So I did what I always do: I wrote her a letter. I told her all of my favourite things about ...

Promoting Your Book Online: Avoiding Burnout

Does anyone else remember back in the mists of time when you didn’t know your favourite writer had a book coming out until you saw it on the shelf? You may have attended a reading or read an interview ...