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August 09, 2022Jodi Carmichael on Crafting Lou, a Girl with ADHD & Dyslexia Who is the Irresistible Hero of a New Middle Grade Novel
The irresistible protagonist of Jodi Carmichael's The U-nique Lou Fox (Pajama Press), Louisa Elizabeth Fitzhenry-O’Shaughnessy, is going to be a playwright, and nothing can stop her. Not her overlong ...
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September 13, 2022Leslie Kern's New Book Challenges Assumptions about Gentrification & Offers Hope in the Face of Rampant Housing Inequality
Gentrification, and the massive housing affordability crisis to which it is related, is an issue plagued with myths and misunderstandings. As we enter an era where housing has become unaffordable for ...
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March 28, 2023Painting a Story: Danila Botha on Writing and Painting
Since I was a kid, I’ve always painted. I’ve painted through every age of my life, through every possible emotion. I’ve painted when I was ecstatic and needed to share the feeling, I’ve painted ...
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August 06, 2024Greg Cowan Celebrates Canadian Sports and Athletes with the Latest Entry in the Canada's Teams Series
The history of Canadian sport is full of rich and exhilarating stories, both of teams and individual athletes that have strived for greatness and inspired generations of young people to participate in ...
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September 20, 2024Farzana Doctor's New YA Novel is About Surviving Hardship, the Power of Friendship, and Growing Up
Acclaimed author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor has explored the human condition in-depth through her adult fiction and non-fiction, and now her latest novel is a richly woven work for young adult ...
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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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August 19, 2025Read an Excerpt from the Unforgettable NEVER SILENT: A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR'S STORY by Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger
On the heels of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we are honoured to share an excerpt from Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story (Annick Press). In this powerful and deeply ...
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December 01, 2021Read an Excerpt from Cultural Activist & Prolific Writer Rummana Chowdhury's Story Collection, Dusk in the Frog Pond
Rummana Chowdhury has been a voice for the voiceless for decades: in her work advocating for issues surrounding migration, violence against women, and human rights, particularly in relation to the South ...
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December 06, 2017Bestsellers of the Future: Read the Winning Texts from the 2017 Write Across Ontario Student Writing Competition!
We've heard so many of our favourite writers say they fell in love with writing and reading from their earliest days. So we're excited to present what just might be the next crop of great Canadian writers ...
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June 06, 2019Read an Excerpt from Linda Quennec's Fishing for Birds, A Novel of BC and Cuba
In Linda Quennec's Fishing for Birds (Inanna Publications) widow at just 32, leaves her home in Vancouver Island searching for solace. After settling on a tiny island, she meets Ivy, whose stories ...
