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July 07, 2026Story Sparks & Surprises with Anita Yasuda, Author of BOLLYWOOD BEAT!
A dance recital is exciting enough on its own, but Bollywood Beat! (Kids Can Press) captures everything that happens around it too, from the nervous energy backstage to the thrill of stepping into the ...
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July 02, 2026Read 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 ...
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July 01, 2026Canada Day Special! Celebrate Canadian Stories with CBC's Bookends Reading List
There's never a bad day to read Canadian books, but Canada Day feels like an especially good excuse to fill your TBR with homegrown voices that are all writing all around Turtle Island!Fortunately, there's ...
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June 30, 2026Read an Excerpt from KOH-I-NOOR, the Adventurous Debut Novel by Michael Eddy
Trying to build a better world is one thing. Figuring out how to live in it is another. Koh-i-Noor (Book*hug Press) follows a young man whose search for purpose becomes increasingly complicated as his ...
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June 26, 2026Read 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 ...
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June 25, 2026Read 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 ...
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June 18, 2026Highly Acclaimed Poet Derek Beaulieu Passionately Explores His Craft, and Implores Other Scribes to DO IT WRONG
Poetry handbooks often focus on rules, technique, and best practices. Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press) starts from a different place, asking what happens when ...
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May 28, 2026Sometimes Saving the World Means Breaking the Rules in LYING, STEALING, AND OTHER WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET
Teen activism gets messy fast in Lying, Stealing, and Other Ways to Save the Planet (Annick Press), a sharp, funny YA novel that throws environmental politics, revenge, and high school grudges into the ...
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May 27, 2026Griffin Prize Giveaway! Win Two Tickets to the 2026 Readings, and a Poetry Prize Pack!
The Griffin Prize awards ceremony is right around the corner, and lucky poetry fans can hear all of the shortlisted authors at the upcoming Griffin Prize Poetry Readings right before the announcement ...
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May 12, 2026Collected Thoughts: The Editors of MUM'S THE WORD Discuss This Surprising New Anthology
Motherhood looks very different depending on who is telling the story in the new anthology, Mum's the Word (Guernica Editions), a collection that reaches far beyond sentimental clichés and simple narratives.The ...
