Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Maude BarlowTag

  • Excerpt Month: Battle the Darkness with Maude Barlow's Still Hopeful, a Memoir of Activism & Inspiration
    Excerpt Month: Battle the Darkness with Maude Barlow's Still Hopeful, a Memoir of Activism & Inspiration
    February 15, 2022

    Excerpt Month: Battle the Darkness with Maude Barlow's Still Hopeful, a Memoir of Activism & Inspiration

    If asked to find a word to describe our current point in history, few would immediately land on "hopeful". But for Maude Barlow, former senior water advisor to the UN General Assembly, lifelong activist, ...

  • Contest: For Valentine's, Find Your Passion - Win Inspiring Books About What People Love Most From ECW
    Contest: For Valentine's, Find Your Passion - Win Inspiring Books About What People Love Most From ECW
    February 14, 2022

    Contest: For Valentine's, Find Your Passion - Win Inspiring Books About What People Love Most From ECW

    Today is Valentine's Day, the day of red hearts, chocolates, and roses. But if we're celebrating love, we want to celebrate all kinds of love, including the passion we can feel for a cause, a hobby, or ...

Related tags

  • Activism (2)
  • Contests (1)
  • ECW Press (2)
  • Environment & Climate (1)
  • Excerpt (1)
  • Feminism (1)
  • Helen Humphreys (1)
  • Memoir (1)
  • Nonfiction (1)
  • Valentine's Day (1)
Image features an ad for Second Story Press's Do You Know My Name series. It reads, 'Collections of biographies for middle-grade readers that profile activists from around the world who you may never have heard of." It also features the cover images of "She's a Mench" by Anne Dublin and "World Shaker" by Helen Wolfe.

Upcoming events

June 06

Daniel Allen Cox launches I Felt the End Before It Came at Toronto Public Library

June 06, 2023 @ 6:30pm - 7:30pm
View all

More events

June 12, 2023 @ 7:30pm - 11:00pm

Book*hug Press Spring 2023 Launch and Party

June 13, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm

The Writing Life: Richard Van Camp

Image features an ad for Second Story Press's Do You Know My Name series. It reads, 'Collections of biographies for middle-grade readers that profile activists from around the world who you may never have heard of." It also features the cover images of "She's a Mench" by Anne Dublin and "World Shaker" by Helen Wolfe.
Image features an ad from Annick Press for Walking Together by Elder Albert D. Marshall and Louise Zimanyi, illustrated by Emily Kewageshig. It includes a cover image and a starred review from Booklist: "This important, gorgeous book has something for readers of all ages."
Features an add from Playwrights Canada Press for Body So Flourescent by Amanda Cordner and David di Giovanni.
An ad from Coach House Books for Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison. The ad says, "Read the acclaimed debut novel from Open Book's Writer in Residence." It also featured a quote from Brett Josef Grubisic from a Vancouver Sun review: "The perks and pleasures are innumerable in this, the memories of the disgruntled protagonist on a single, lonely day."
Open Book
  • Events
  • News
  • Columnists
  • Writer in Residence
  • About
Powered by
49th shelf
Generously supported by
  • Ontario Creates
  • Canada
  • Canada Council for the Arts
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Toronto Arts Council | Funded by the City of Toronto

Join Our Mailing List

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

© 2023 Open Book. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us