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April 04, 2024Ellen Chang-Richardson Confronts the Past and Perseveres in Their Debut Poetry Collection
While an author may carry scars from the past, and from wrongs done to their family and ancestors, they are not always visible or clear. Sometimes, they even become so familiar that the author finds them ...
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April 30, 2024Acclaimed Poet Cassidy McFadzean Explores Multiplicity of Meaning in Crying Dress
Already established as one of Canada's most promising young poets, Cassidy McFadzean has built a stellar early catalogue while studying at some of the most prestigious writing schools in North America. In ...
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September 13, 2024A Young Girl Looks to Family Stories and a Very Powerful Poem to Find her Place in I, Too, Am Here
A true sense of belonging may be taken for granted by some, but there are many who do not find it as easily. Whether due to social and cultural issues that marginalize immigrants and people of colour, ...
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January 10, 2025Mary Maliszewski Celebrates International Women's Day in a New Nonfiction Book
As young readers learn more about some of the important causes of our time, and those that were undertaken by previous generations, they will be eager to find out more about women's right movements and ...
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October 02, 2025The Music in SOUNDTRACK Chronicles the True Joys and Looming Dangers of an Important Cultural Era
Michael V. Smith has long been celebrated for his fearless and generous writing, and his newest work, Soundtrack (Book*hug Press), is no exception. This poetic memoir captures the spirit of an era when ...
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March 20, 2025Canada Reads Wrap-Up! Shayla Stonechild Wins with Ma-Nee Chacaby's A Two Spirit Journey
With the final day of debates behind us, CBC Canada Reads 2025 has come to a close, and the winner of the competition is A Two Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby! The book was championed enthusiastically ...
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October 04, 2024Undaunted Ursula Franklin Honours and Celebrates a Truly Remarkable Scholar, Scientist, and Activist
“Peace is not the absence of war, peace is the absence of fear.” The above quote comes from Ursula Franklin, the titular character in a new book for young people that explores the life of this fascinating, ...
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September 25, 2021Read an Excerpt from Mahtab Narsimhan's Valley of the Rats, the Story of a Father and Son Lost in a Mysterious Bamboo Forest
Krish has no interest in getting dragged around outside, camping and exploring and muddling in who-knows-what kind of germs. He's much rather stay inside with a good book, but his photographer father ...
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July 01, 2024Spencer Gordon Bends Form to a Wondrous Breaking in A Horse at the Window
As an author who has been part of the CanLit scene for over a decade, Spencer Gordon has experienced and observed a world in flux through the sometimes hopeful, and sometimes necessarily disillusioned ...
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February 17, 2020Blogpost #5: I READ CANADIAN x BLACK HISTORY MONTH = #BlackCanadianAuthor Celebration
On February 19, 2020, thousands of schools and libraries across Canada will be reading books by Canadian authors. I Read Canadian Day started off as an idea by author Eric Walters in response ...
