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  • Image of the five panellists for CBC Canada Reads 2024 holding their chosen books. Left to right: Heather O'Neill, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Dallas Soonias, Mirian Njoh, Naheed Nenshi
    Image of the five panellists for CBC Canada Reads 2024 holding their chosen books. Left to right: Heather O'Neill, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Dallas Soonias, Mirian Njoh, Naheed Nenshi
    March 05, 2024

    Canada Reads 2024 Midweek Recap - Which Will be the One Book to Carry us Forward?

    CBC's Canada Reads kicked off yesterday, and there has already been some stirring discussion and debate about the competing titles. There are three books that remain in the running to be crowned the ...

  • May 19, 2022

    The Stories I Shelve, Part II

    In Part I of this blog post, I looked at the importance of physical books in my life, how the books represent more than just the stories within them, that they also hold the stories of their acquisition, ...

  • May 15, 2022

    The Stories I Shelve, Part I

    With the advent of the Kindle, the refrain among publishing analysts was that the book’s days were numbered; the e-book would change accessibility for stories as the printing press had all those centuries ...

  • Beating the Burnout
    Beating the Burnout
    October 14, 2021

    Beating the Burnout

    For those who were lucky enough to know someone in the book publishing industry before entering themselves, they might’ve heard the warnings: Don’t expect to be rich. In fact, don’t expect much ...

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