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Celebrated Poet Robyn Sarah Returns After a Decade with a Brand New Collection, WE'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW

Today on Open Book, we're featuring the new poetry collection, We’re Somewhere Else Now: Poems 2016–2024 (Biblioasis). This is a triumphant return from Robyn Sarah, and her first book of new poems ...

Celebrating Indigenous Feminism: Carol Rose GoldenEagle on her Powerful New Novel

After three decades as a journalist, Carol Rose GoldenEagle turned her talents to fiction, poetry, and visual art, and she hasn't slowed down since. Since publishing her first novel, Bearskin Diary, ...

Celebrating Indigenous Feminist Poets

Celebrating Sarah Selecky's Triumphant Return to CanLit

Sarah Selecky's first book, the stylish, wise, and subtly funny story collection This Cake is for the Party, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2010. Since then, Selecky has been busy founding ...

Celebrating Works by Indigenous Authors in Ontario and Throughout Turtle Island

Modern Indigenous literature published in Ontario and throughout Turtle Island is alive with innovation, resistance, lyricism, and urgency. And the authors we're highlighting. today carry forward traditions, ...

Chadwick Ginther on Writing a Necromancer Who Longs for a Normal Life & Discovering His Themes

Corrupt morticians. Dead twins. Animated skeletons. And a necromancer named Winter who protects the city. This ain't your grandfather's Winnipeg. Instead, it's Chadwick Ginther's wonderfully dark and ...

Characters like family

One of my favourite parts of the writing process is creating and developing characters. I’ve always believed a story is only as strongly crafted as the people in it. Characters are the pillars of and ...

Charlie Petch's INFINITE AUDITION is an Unpredictable, Theatrical Poetic Tour de Force

Our featured title today comes from Charlie Petch, a celebrated artist who explores transmasculine and disabled perspectives in their writing. Their work invites readers to engage with art that refuses ...

Chatting With Editors Who Make It Happen - Part One

Welcome to autumn and the return of my Kid Can lit blog! Because to me, September is a time to look forward to new beginnings, especially new writing projects, I decided to chat with some of the amazing ...

Chatting With Editors Who Make It Happen - Part Two

Welcome back! In this, the second part of my autumn blog, I continue my chat with some of the amazing editors which help make it all happen in the publishing world of children’s books. So please say ...