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April 03, 2024"Try to Enjoy the Small Moments of Magic" - Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti Talk About a Writing Life and Their New Mystery Novel, Bury the Lead
In Bury the Lead (House of Anansi Press), mystery abounds when big city journalist Cat Conway moves to a small town in cottage country, and begins to uncover secrets lurking below the surface in the ...
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April 30, 2024Building a Writing Routine When You’re Bad at Routines
I’ve written before about my bad luck in developing a structured writing routine. I’m happy to report that in the time since I wrote that, I still haven’t developed a structured writing routine—but ...
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May 09, 2024Jess Taylor Confronts and Then Says Goodbye to the Past in her Compelling Debut Novel
Memories of childhood, and the realities of what remains in the here and now, are twin prospects that everyone must face and contend with in their lives. Flights of imagination and acts of play often ...
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July 31, 2024Margaret 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 ...
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November 12, 2024A Small Ontario Town is Filled With Mystery and Danger in As We Forgive Others
Cobourg-based author Shane Peacock has been widely read for years now. His work has won the Junior Library Guild of America Selection seven times, the Arthur Ellis Award twice, and he has been shortlisted ...
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January 14, 2025Read an Excerpt from Grandfather of the Treaties by Daniel Coleman
A longstanding academic and scholar, Daniel Coleman arrive at his office at McMaster University one morning to find the place full of police officers. He soon found out that they had been offered lodging ...
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March 28, 2025Internationally-Acclaimed Poet stephanie roberts Returns with the Breathtaking Collection, UNMET
On the heels of critical praise for her first poetry collection, stephanie roberts returns with another complex and stunning work that looks at both the seen and unseen, and explores social issues through ...
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June 30, 2025Read an Excerpt From Shane Neilson's Moving Collection of Essays, What to Feel, How to Feel
Today we're featuring a fascinating collection of lyric essays from poet and physician Shane Neilson, a neurodivergent artist and academic whose unique work has been published widely, and to great acclaim. In What ...
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July 04, 2025A High-School Teacher Goes into Labour During a Fraught Lockdown in Heather Birrell's Debut Novel
Acclaimed short story author Heather Birrell has made a name for herself in the CanLit scene with a raft of short fiction published in journals far and wide, and her first two impressive collections ...
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August 18, 2025The Irrepressible Maggie Lou Returns in a New Chapter Book from Arnolda Dufour Bowes
Today, we’re delighted to feature an exciting new chapter book in Maggie Lou Meets Her Match (Groundwood Books), the lively sequel to Maggie Lou, Firefox by Arnolda Dufour Bowes. As we kick off this ...
