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Playwright Keith Barker Reflects on Love, Loss, and Laughter After a Life RAISED BY WOMEN

Memory and family are brought into sharp focus in Raised by Women (Playwrights Canada Press), a new play in which a son looks back after suffering significant loss and finds that the story he needs to ...

Author and Journalist Moira Welsh Explores THE ASTONISHING LIVES OF OLDER WOMEN

Growing older brings new freedoms, but also new pressures, especially when financial security is uncertain. The Astonishing Lives of Older Women (ECW Press) looks closely at what many women face later ...

Ten Books, Ten Poets: The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist Is Here

The international Griffin Poetry Prize has unveiled its 2026 longlist, highlighting ten poetry collections from around the world that reflect the breadth and vitality of contemporary verse. Judges Andrea ...

Read an Excerpt from MOBILIZING DATA FOR JUSTICE: A GUIDE TO ACTIVISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Data has become a key site of power, and a growing number of activists are finding ways to use it in the fight for accountability and change. The timely new nonfiction title, Mobilizing Data for Justice (Between ...

Ink & Imagination! Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties Interview Each Other About A SALMON STORY

The journey of a young fish becomes the heart of A Salmon Story: Protecting the Future (OwlKids Books), a lyrical and informative picture book that traces the life cycle of wild salmon while asking readers ...

KidLit Convos! Jean E. Pendziwol & Risa Hugo Dig Into THE QUIET HUNT: A POEM FOR YOUNG FORAGERS

In The Quiet Hunt (Groundwood Books), the search for food doesn't begin in a grocery store, but rather outdoors, where patience and attention matter most. The story invites young readers to notice what ...

A Young Girl Faces Her Fears to Reconnect with Sound in WHEN BRYN'S EAR WENT QUIET

Open Book will be publishing a few special previews of upcoming titles this season, and today we're featuring When Bryn's Ear Went Quiet (Owlkids Books), an evocative new picture book from celebrated ...

Dani Netherclift Tries to Capture the Shape of Absent Bodies in VESSEL

Our featured title today, Vessel: The Shape of Absent Bodies (Assembly Press), is a unique, genre-bending work of memoir, literature, history, and translation by a very exciting author who writes ...

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 CAN POSTERS KILL? by Jerry Faivish (with Kathryn Cole)

Propaganda shapes people’s beliefs in ways that are often hard to see until long after the damage is done. The featured book today, Can Posters Kill? (Second Story Press), looks at how hateful messages ...