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July 18, 2017Julia McCarthy on Duality, Elegy, and Overlap in Her Third Poetry Collection
Julia McCarthy's All the Names Between (Bricks Books) has been praised for its "incomparable eloquence" (Clarise Foster, editor of Contemporary Verse 2) and called "a book of meditations for even those ...
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July 17, 2017Contest! Win All-Natural Non-Fiction from Fitzhenry & Whiteside!
The natural world is full of wonders. From strange animals to weather phenomena and much more, nature is and endlessly fascinating subject for readers young and old. Now, thanks to Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ...
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July 17, 2017Melinda Vandenbeld Giles's Clara Awake Brings Together Anthropology, Ancient Female Magic, & Exploration
In her novel, Clara Awake (Inanna Publications), Melinda Vandenbeld Giles takes her background as an anthropologist as a foundation, then lets her imagination run wild. Delving into big questions of ...
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July 14, 2017Daniel Coleman on the Complexities, Labour, and Reward of a Connection to the Land
Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place (Wolsak & Wynn) by Daniel Coleman examines a theme that is both timely and timeless - the question of place and belonging. How do newcomers relate to an existing ...
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July 11, 2017Debut novelist Kimberley Tait on Gretzky, Michael Jackson & Virgin Ears
London (the one across the pond) based author Kimberley Tait had an unusual path to publishing. After moving from her native Toronto to the U.S., she earned an MBA from Columbia University and began ...
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July 07, 2017Here’s to Summer! - A Reading List
Usually when the warmer months of the year are upon us, our minds turn to all of that fun, relaxing reading we’ve been putting off. There’s just something about summer that makes us fantasize about ...
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July 06, 2017Anita Miettunen on Her Journey of Discovery with a Rare Blue Whale
When the remains of a blue whale were found on a remote PEI beach, environmentalists had a unique opportunity not only to learn more about the biggest animal in the world, but to share the whale that ...
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July 05, 2017Rebecca Rosenblum on the long path to her acclaimed novel So Much Love
Rebecca Rosenblum was already acclaimed for her short fiction when she released her debut novel, So Much Love (McClelland & Stewart) this past spring. So Much Love has shown that Rosenblum is ...
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June 28, 2017Wattpad Superstar Lindsey Summers on Launching with KidsCan New YA Imprint
How many authors dream of having millions and millions of readers? For Lindsey Summers, that dream is real. One of the most popular authors on Wattpad, the internet hotspot for sharing original stories, ...
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June 28, 2017Writing for the Public, Writing for the Self
“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once, and they require separate techniques.”I’m still on about the long-gone British critic ...
