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Read an Excerpt from TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN, the Fascinating New Essay Collection by Alex Boyd

Art has a way of turning up in unexpected places, and Take this for the Pain (Palimpsest Press) follows those moments wherever they lead. Drawing on twenty-five years of essays, reviews, and criticism, ...

Read an Excerpt from Valerie Sherrard's Heartwarming ABSOLUTELY NO BODY PARTS

Cleaning out an old building shouldn't pull at the threads of a mystery, but that's exactly what happens in Absolutely No Body Parts (Cormorant/DCB Books), where one messy job quickly turns into something ...

Read an Excerpt from THE BODY RIDDLE, the Spellbinding Debut Novel by Sam K MacKinnon

Change doesn't follow a straight line in The Body Riddle (House of Anansi Press), the impressive debut novel by Sam K MacKinnon. Instead, it creates new questions, reshapes old relationships, and challenges ...

Read an Excerpt from SELDOM SEEN ROAD, the First Title in the New Burnt River Mystery Series from John Degen

A murder on a riverbank pulls an unlikely detective out of retirement in Seldom Seen Road (Latitude 46),l the first instalment in John Degen’s Burnt River mystery series.When the body of a local environmental ...

Read an Excerpt from KARAIKHOLA FLOWS, the Exciting Debut Poetry Collection by Saraswoti Lamichhane

In Karaikhola Flows (Mawenzi House), Saraswoti Lamichhane intimately explores Himalayan village life, tracing how education, migration, and tradition reshape what is possible, especially for women.The ...

Read an Excerpt from DOUBLES, the New Novella by Nora Gold

In the new novella, Doubles (Guernica Editions), prize-winning author Nora Gold centres the voice of a twelve-year-old girl navigating life inside a 1968 institution for troubled youth, where intelligence ...

Read 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 ...

Read 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, ...

Read 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 ...

Read an Excerpt from the New Short Story Collection by Celebrated Author Elise Levine

The latest collection of short fiction by Elise Levine is a masterclass from an author that has few equals in the form. Across nine unforgettable stories in Big of You (Biblioasis), Levine captures ...