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  • Interview with Mylène Goupil, banner with text over red background and author photo
    Interview with Mylène Goupil, banner with text over red background and author photo
    March 26, 2024

    Mylène Goupil Explores the Difficulties that Come With Change in Taming Papa

    What does a young girl do when a parent comes into her life suddenly, and everything changes?This question is at the heart of Taming Papa (Groundwood Books) by Mylène Goupil (translated from French ...

  • Banner image with rosy pink watercolour background and text reading Excerpt Nights too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais. Open Book logo bottom left, book cover for Nights too Short to Dance on the right
    Banner image with rosy pink watercolour background and text reading Excerpt Nights too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais. Open Book logo bottom left, book cover for Nights too Short to Dance on the right
    November 21, 2023

    Excerpt from Nights Too Short to Dance by the Late French Canadian Literary Icon Marie-Claire Blais

    Marie-Claire Blais was known for her fiery writing, her passionate representation of the French Canadian experience, and her fearless literary voice. Over 70 years, she became an icon of Quebec, Canadian, ...

  • Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy
    Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy
    June 26, 2018

    Read an Excerpt from David Goudreault's Raw, Powerful, Darkly Funny Mama's Boy

    Content warning: suicide, self-harmIn its original French edition, Mama's Boy (Book*hug) by David Goudreault (translated by JC Sutcliffe) was a smash hit - a bestseller, winner of the 2016 Grand Prix ...

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