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a few seconds agoRead an Excerpt of THE DISAPPEARING ACT by Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale)
Exile and reinvention take centre-stage in The Disappearing Act (Book*hug Press), a spare and searching novel by Maria Stepanova, the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory. The story follows a writer ...
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February 25, 2026Read an Excerpt from ECHO-MIRROR by Famed Dub Poet Klyde Broox
Spoken word and written poetry collide in Echo-Mirror (Wolsak & Wynn), a collection that gathers decades of work from one of Canada’s most respected dub poets. These poems carry rhythm in each ...
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February 18, 2026Read these Excerpted Poems from LOCKERS ARE FOR BEARCATS ONLY by Mallory Tater
Celebrated author Mallory Tater is back this month with Lockers Are for Bearcats Only (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), a collection shaped by the steady rhythm of swimming laps. After the death ...
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February 05, 2026Read an Excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS, Edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson
Performance takes on new urgency and possibility in Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts (Coach House Books), an anthology that centres disabled and Deaf artists working at the forefront of contemporary ...
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February 03, 2026Read an Excerpt from SYNCOPATION, the Extraordinary New Novel-in-Verse from Whitney French
In the wildly creative novel-in-verse, Syncopation (Wolsak & Wynn), the future feels both strange and close at hand. After a devastating Memory War, the world has split into unfamiliar cultures and ...
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January 28, 2026Read an Excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE, a Fascinating Work of Cultural Nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson
In clubs, basements, and late-night dance floors across Toronto and Montreal, electronic music becomes more than sound. Throughout the pages of Arab Techno for the People: Sonic Responses to Orientalism ...
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January 27, 2026Read an Excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA by Marie-Claire Blais (Translated by Katia Grubisic)
The tenth and final instalment of the Soifs cycle comes to its close in Together by the Sea (House of Anansi Press), a novel that brings a long-running literary vision to a powerful close.Written by Marie-Claire ...
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January 22, 2026Read an Excerpt from NIGHT TERMINUS, the Debut Novel From Ellis Scott
Acclaimed short story writer Ellis Scott has arrived with a haunting debut novel that traces queer survival, memory, and love across borders and decades in the shadow of the AIDS crisis.Night Terminus (Dundurn ...
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December 17, 2025Read an Excerpt from HIDE AND SIKH, the New Memoir from Sunny Dhillon
After leaving his job at The Globe and Mail in 2018, Sunny Dhillon published a blog post explaining his decision. It struck a nerve, circulating widely and inspiring conversation about race, belonging, ...
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December 16, 2025Read an Excerpt from THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS, the Exciting New Poetry Collection from Sabyasachi Nag
The exciting new collection of prose poems from Sabyasachi Nag moves through the unsettled spaces of migration, belonging, and in-between states. Drawing on lived experience as well as imagination, the ...
