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Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionThe Writers’ Trust of Canada has unveiled the shortlist for the 2025 edition of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust ...

SALMA SPEAKS UP in the Anticipated New Instalment of Danny Ramadan's Lauded Picture Book Series

The fourth book in the award-winning Salma series, Salma Speaks Up, invites readers back into the lively, heartfelt world of this truly unforgettable character. Written by acclaimed author Danny Ramadan, ...

A Grieving Mother Tries to Undo Death with Her Words and Stories in Susanna Crossman's THE ORANGE NOTEBOOKS

In her latest novel The Orange Notebooks (Assembly Press), award-winning writer Susanna Crossman delves into the raw terrain of grief, memory, and myth. Told through the journals of Anna, a mother confined ...

Read an Excerpt from ACCIDENTS AFTER HAPPENING, the New Poetry Collection by Robert Priest

Robert Priest returns with Accidents After Happening (ECW Press), a bold and expansive new poetry collection that explores the complicated beauty of what it means to feel, fully and completely. With ...

Read an Excerpt from A SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW, the Story of the Canada World Youth Movement

In A School for Tomorrow: The Story of Canada World Youth, author Mark Dickinson thoughtfully explores a bold experiment in global education launched by Jacques Hébert in 1971. Rooted in the idea that ...

I AM AN IMMIGRANT by Sujivany R. Sujan is a Celebration of Identity and Resilience

Every journey has a story, and every story matters. I Am an Immigrant (Saunders Book Company/Beech Street Books) invites young readers to discover the courage, strength, and pride that comes with being ...

How to Receive Useful Writing Feedback

For many writers, giving and receiving feedback can feel like the most difficult part. It engages a part of our writerly brains that exists a bit outside the work, much like the editing process.  In ...

The Mysteries at the Biltmore Continue in Book 3 of the Popular Picturebook Series

The LaRue Detective Agency has a spotless track record, and they’re not about to let one flaky mystery ruin it. In Mystery at the Biltmore #3: A Recipe for Robbery, celebrated picture book author Colleen ...

Three Finalists Announced for the Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has revealed the finalists for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers, a $12,000 award that shines a spotlight on powerful debut voices from across the ...

The Insightful and Empathetic Essays in JESUSLAND Explore the Draw and Danger of the Christian Pop Culture Movement

The new collection of non-fiction essays, Jesusland: Stories from the Upside Down World of Christian Pop Culture, is not your typical coming-of-age memoir. Set against the backdrop of early 2000s evangelical ...