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17 for 2017: John Greyson recommends Citizen: An American Lyric

11. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine recommended by John GreysonThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...

17 for 2017: Sarah Joynt recommends The Hour of the Star

10. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector recommended by Sarah JoyntThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...

On Writing, with Tim McCaskell

Tim McCaskell drew on decades of experience as an activist to write Queer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism (Between the Lines Books), which explores both the progress of LGBTQ activism and ...

The Proust Questionnaire, with Jane Ozkowski

Jane Ozkowski was the winner of House of Anansi’s Broken Social Scene Story Contest, which invited writers to submit works inspired by the band's iconic You Forgot It In People album. The contest ...

The Dirty Dozen, with Jen Sookfong Lee

Author and broadcaster Jen Sookfong Lee's newest novel The Conjoined (ECW Press) is being praised as both gorgeously written and compulsively readable. It opens with an unforgettable premise when Jessica ...

CBC Canada Reads Announces Ali Hassan as Host + Theme and Longlist for 2017

The 2017 iteration of CBC's popular battle of the books, Canada Reads, will be hosted by actor ad comedian Ali Hassan, and will tackle the question "What is the one book Canadians need now?” Last year's ...

17 for 2017: Chase Strangio recommends Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation

8. Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation by Eli Clare recommended by Chase StrangioThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...

17 for 2017: Lauren Berlant recommends Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

7. Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon recommended by Lauren BerlantThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list ...

The In Character Interview, with Philippa Dowding

Philippa Dowding's wildly creative, wonderfully strange stories are the kind of books that turn young readers into book lovers. With pages full of lovable misfits and regular kids caught up in otherworldly ...

5 Ways to Show Some Love to the Little Known Author in Your Life

Chances are you probably know an author. Maybe they published a book a few years ago or maybe their book is quite recent. Unless they won a major award this year (and even if they did) they’re probably ...