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How I'm Adjusting My Writing Routine For Spring and Summer

A few months ago I wrote about how I’m adjusting my writing routine for autumn & winter. Now that we’re well into spring where I live, I’ve been strategizing for the warmer months ahead. My ...

Saad Omar Khan Delicately Illuminates the Arcs of Two Haunted Lives in Drinking the Ocean

Having already built a reputation for his short fiction, Saad Omar Khan is another new voice with a depth of experience and knowledge that finds its way into his storytelling. The author has now arrived ...

A Missing, Celebrity Feline is at the Centre of Another Case in Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping

Our featured title today is the second book in the ongoing, acclaimed Mystery at the Biltmore series (Pajama Press), which has been enticingly billed as "Only Murders in the Building meets Harriet ...

Griffin Prize Giveaway! Win Two Tickets to this Year's Readings, and a Poetry Prize Pack!

The Griffin Prize awards ceremony is right around the corner, and lucky poetry fans can hear all of the shortlisted authors at the upcoming Griffin Prize Poetry Readings right before the announcement ...

Scholar Cheryl Thompson Unpacks a Crucial Part of our National History in Canada and the Blackface Atlantic

While most Canadians tend to think that the legacy of racism and slavery that forms so much of United States history is separate from ours, there is a far deeper connection that is often ignored. From ...

Read an Excerpt From The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel

Lindsay Zier-Vogel has shown her valuable insights about writing life each month as an Open Book columnist, and she's been an integral part of the CanLit community for years now. So, it comes as no surprise ...

A Young Camp Counselor Fights to Protect the Integrity of a Beloved Summer Tradition in Lake Burntshore

With his poetry appearing on a number of prestigious shortlists, including the Governor General's Literary Award, the Vine Awards, and the ReLit Awards, Aaron Kreuter has built a steller reputation for ...

Read an Excerpt from Commonwealth, a New Poetry Collection by D.A. Lockhart

The poetry of D.A. Lockhart has filled over a half-dozen collections and has been published widely in some of the finest journals. Now the author returns with another series of poems that are sure to ...

Chidori Tells the Story of a Young Person's Resilience in the Face of a Devastating Tsunami

Trying to honestly explore serious topics with young readers can be a challenge, so it is no surprise the Jennifer Maruno leans on her experience as a teacher to broach certain subjects with the respect ...

The Pros and Cons of Beta Readers

I just finished an early draft of a new middle grade novel and realized as pressed “save” that even though it was nowhere near done, I’d taken it as far as I could.It was officially time for a beta ...