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  • Read an Excerpt from Fred Groves' 'Elect Her: Still Struggling to Be Recognized as Equals'
    Read an Excerpt from Fred Groves' 'Elect Her: Still Struggling to Be Recognized as Equals'
    December 04, 2019

    Read an Excerpt from Fred Groves' 'Elect Her: Still Struggling to Be Recognized as Equals'

    In his new book, Elect Her: Still Struggling to Be Recognized as Equals (Crossfield Publishing), author and journalist Fred Groves tackles gender disparity in Canadian politics. Highlighting women who ...

  • Acknowledgements: Gillian Fizet & Jolise Beaton, Rights
    Acknowledgements: Gillian Fizet & Jolise Beaton, Rights
    May 06, 2014

    Acknowledgements: Gillian Fizet & Jolise Beaton, Rights

    Book publishing, as an industry, is not unlike a Jenga tower held together by sheer force of will. If the industry works at all, it's only because many dedicated and diligent people work or little reward ...

  • Read an Excerpt from Chelsea Wakelyn's Darkly Funny, Deeply Moving Story of Grief, What Remains of Elsie Jane
    Read an Excerpt from Chelsea Wakelyn's Darkly Funny, Deeply Moving Story of Grief, What Remains of Elsie Jane
    January 10, 2023

    Read an Excerpt from Chelsea Wakelyn's Darkly Funny, Deeply Moving Story of Grief, What Remains of Elsie Jane

    Grief comes with a lot of "supposed to" attached to it. You're not supposed to be a mess. You're not supposed to ever laugh. And you're definitely not supposed to solicit a space-time wizard on Craigslist ...

  • Faded banner image with text reading Excerpt The Marvels of Youth by Tim Bowling. Image of the book cover on the right, Open Book logo on the left.
    Faded banner image with text reading Excerpt The Marvels of Youth by Tim Bowling. Image of the book cover on the right, Open Book logo on the left.
    December 11, 2023

    Read an Excerpt from Tim Bowling's Raw & Atmospheric Return to the 1970s, The Marvels of Youth

    The Vietnam War, hippies, Watergate. The mid-to-late 70s were a time of turmoil and change, and the last days of a pre-Reaganomics, tech-boom world that was lurking around the corner, with Star Wars: ...

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