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February 09, 2026Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the Crucial Story of a Young Girl's Resilience and Survival
At five years old, Shirley is taken from her family and sent to a residential school, a strange place that she does not understand. The long walk up the school’s stone steps marks the beginning of a ...
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March 03, 2020Read an Excerpt From Dayle Furlong's Powerful New Collection, Lake Effect
Set in the Great Lakes region, the stories of Toronto-based author Dayle Furlong's new collection Lake Effect (Cormorant Books) follows those on both sides of the border as they struggle with love, fear, ...
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January 10, 2020“It Happened to a Friend of a Friend of Mine:” What I Learned from Serialized Horror
You’ve heard this tale before. It’s the one about the hook hand, a lone accessory on the car door of an unsuspecting couple. Or better yet, it’s the call that the babysitter finds out is coming ...
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December 04, 2017"What's Your Story?" Final Instalment of the 2017 Obpo Writing Contest Winners: Etobicoke
Today we're proud to present the winners from the final instalment of the Ontario Book Publishers Organization's and Arts Etobicoke's What's Your Story? writing contest. Our final region this year, ...
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February 10, 2020
Blogpost #3: START TO FINISH, The Story Behind the Story 1- Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighter
(All photo credits: Nadia L. Hohn) I think my journey to becoming a published author is the combination of five things— luck, need, hustle, talent, and grit. I have traditionally published ...
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August 13, 2018Go Long! Win a Collection of Incredible Long Poem Collections from Brick Books
Short may be sweet, but long can be even better - and the long poem is one of the toughest, most moving, most powerful forms out there. So we're especially excited to bring you a barnburner of a giveaway ...
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May 28, 2021Jack Wang Awarded Writers' Union Danuta Gleed Literary Award for His Stunning Story Collection We Two Alone
Jack Wang's debut story collection We Two Alone (House of Anansi Press) made waves as soon as it was published, with Wang widely praised for his authentic, gripping, and finely rendered depictions of ...
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July 28, 2021Claudine Crangle's Fantastic, Wes Anderson-esque Artwork is a Perfect Backdrop to Her Story of How to Welcome Change
The more closely you look at the artwork Claudine Crangle creates for her children's books, the more amazed you will be. Her newest offering is The House Next Door (Groundwood Books), a gentle, witty ...
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January 10, 2025Breaking Book News: Ownership of Second Story Press Transferred by Margie Wolfe
Today, long-serving publisher Margie Wolfe announced that she would be transferring the ownership of Second Story Press to general manager Phuong Truong, who has been with the press for twenty years. ...
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August 04, 2021Caroline Adderson's Smart New Story Collection Views the Pandemic from the Perspective of Kids Stuck at Home
Caroline Adderson is one of a few writers who is able to move seamlessly between writing acclaimed books for adults and writing beloved books for young readers, and her newest collection of short stories ...
