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Read an Excerpt from Edisson and Jeremiah by Michael Carin

The latest novel from renowned author and political theorist Michael Carin is a dazzling story of reinvention, faith, and illusion. Edisson and Jeremiah (Guernica Editions) takes readers on a journey ...

Creating a Writing Space That Inspires Your Imagination

I’m not one for a set writing routine, but finding other ways to be consistent has helped me feel more connected to my practice and my creativity. My writing space is key to this. It’s not the biggest ...

Emily A. Weedon's New Novel is a Tantalizing, Bloodthirsty Thriller

In award-winning author Emily A. Weedon's thrilling new novel, readers are pulled into a sleek and unsettling world where desire, danger, and the supernatural intersect. Detective Luke Stockton is preparing ...

Grant Writing 101: The New Canada Council Portal

The Canada Council for the Arts has a new portal and truth be told, it’s going to take us all a while to get used to it, but I’ve gathered up all the questions and frustrations I’ve been hearing ...

Open Book Takes in TIFA 2025 at Victoria College in the University of Toronto

From October 29th to November 2nd, the Toronto International Festival of Authors took place with an adjusted format and a brand new location at University of Toronto's majestic Victoria College. Long ...

Read an Excerpt from HAPPINESS HAS A SLIPPERY TAIL by Abla Farhoud (translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth)

In Happiness Has a Slippery Tail, celebrated Lebanese-Canadian writer Abla Farhoud offers a moving portrait of migration, memory, and resilience through the unforgettable voice of Dounia, a seventy-five-year-old ...

Melanie Dennis Unrau Excavates History and Language in the Poetics of GOOSE

In the exciting new collection, Goose, poet and researcher Melanie Dennis Unrau reimagines the language of industry as poetry, unearthing new meanings from the pages of Northland Trails by S. C. Ells, ...

Katie Welch Explores How We Rise from the Ashes in the New Novel, LADDER TO HEAVEN

In Ladder to Heaven, acclaimed author Katie Welch takes readers into a wondrous and perilous near future. The year is 2045, and an earthquake has shattered the Pacific Coast, upending not only cities ...

Read an Excerpt from THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS, the Highly Anticipated New Novel from Antanas Sileika

In his brilliantly comic and deeply human new novel The Seaside Café Metropolis (Cormorant Books), widely celebrated author Antanas Sileika invites readers into the absurd, tender, and truth-filled ...

Assembly Press and Brick Books Embark on an Exciting Merger

Assembly Press and Brick Books Join Forces to Shape a Stronger Future for Canadian PublishingTwo remarkable independent publishers—Assembly Press and Brick Books—have announced that they are joining ...