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  • Book Therapy: Favourites From My Favourites
    Book Therapy: Favourites From My Favourites
    December 29, 2022

    Book Therapy: Favourites From My Favourites

    “It was the book I was always meant to read. It spoke directly to me, braiding so many currents of my own life—messy motherhood, literary research, poetry—into a rich river of language and rhythm ...

  • Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves Hits Another Massive Milestone
    Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves Hits Another Massive Milestone
    August 12, 2021

    Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves Hits Another Massive Milestone

    To say that Cherie Dimaline's debut young adult novel, The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat), was a smash success upon its publication in 2017 is an understatement: the beloved novel swept awards in Canada ...

  • Book Therapy: The books that helped us through 2020
    Book Therapy: The books that helped us through 2020
    December 09, 2020

    Book Therapy: The books that helped us through 2020

     “I wanted to start making things that made me and others feel hopeful—even when it felt like there isn’t much to hold onto, and even when we just didn’t feel good.”—Hana Shafi, Small, Broke, ...

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