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Two Poems: Moldovan Hotel
Leah Horlick’sMoldovan Hotel (Brick Books) explores the intergenerational trauma of the Holocaust in Romania through a queer Jewish voice in the Diaspora. Below we share two poems from her collection!
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First Fiction Friday: The Liquor Vicar
Fans of British comedy-adventure movies, Albatross by Terry Fallis, or Will Ferguson’s The Shoe on the Roof will enjoy this new novel by Vince R. Ditrich.The Liquor Vicar (Dundurn Press) is a witty, laugh-out-loud debut that will have you holding your sides.
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Where In Canada: Okanagan Women’s Voices
Okanagan Women’s Voices: Syilx and Settler Writing and Relations 1870s-1960 (Theytus) focuses on the writing and relations between Syilx women and settler women, who came to inhabit the British Columbia southern interior. In this week’s edition of Where in Canada, we get a direct window into the lives of settler and Indigenous Okanagan women as they respond to…
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Women Crush Wednesday: Drama Edition
In this week’s edition of Women Crush Wednesday, discover our amazing playwrights published by Playwrights Canada Press, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, and Breakwater Books.
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Writer’s Block: Cora Siré
In this week’s edition of Writer’s Block, we are joined by author Cora Siré, whose recently published a collection of short stories titled Fear the Mirror (Véhicule Press). She shares in our Q&A the most surprising thing about being a writer, what made her become a writer, and her most rewarding moment as a writer.
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Happy World Poetry Day
Happy World Poetry Day! Here are 9 amazing poetry books to add to your poetry collection!
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St. Patrick’s Day Reads
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! What pot-of-gold books would you want to find at the end of the rainbow? See our titles below!
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First Fiction Friday: Personal Attention Roleplay
Fans of Sour Heart and Barrelling Forward will love this brilliant short story collection in Personal Attention Roleplay (Metonymy Press) by Helen Chau Bradley. These stories are propelled by queer loneliness, mixed-race confusion, late capitalist despondency, and the pitfalls of intimacy.
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Women Crush Wednesday: Non-Fiction Edition
In this week’s edition of Women Crush Wednesday, discover non-fiction titles by awe-inspiring women authors.
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Under the Cover: Léa
Léa (Linda Leith Publishing) by Ariela Freedman is a novel that brings Léa Roback to life — an activist who spent nearly a century fighting for women’s rights, labour rights, and social justice. In this week’s edition of Under the Cover, Freedman shares how she got to know Roback through her archives and legacy.
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Women Crush Wednesday: Poetry Authors
In celebration of International Women’s Month, each Wednesday we will be highlighting a few amazing women authors and their books in our new Women Crush Wednesday blog column. Keep your eye on these poets.
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Uphold Your Values, Break the Silence
We are joined today with the author of Sister Seen, Sister Heard (Fernwood Publishing) Kimia Eslah, who shares her experiences of speaking out against injustice and trusting her own interpretation of events. She knows that while retaliation can be frightening, silence can also have a devastating effect on the lives of queer women of colour.
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Where in Canada: Reminders on the Path
Reminders on the Path (Mawenzi House) is Sheniz Janmohamed’s third poetry collection. In this week’s edition of Where in Canada, Sheniz shares how she questioned her relationship with nature during the pandemic, and how she hopes her new collection will encourage readers to look beyond their front door and see beauty and complexity in even the simplest of…
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Character Study: Don’t Ask
This week Gina Roitman joins us for this edition of Character Study to dream up her casting choices for her thriller movie based on her latest novel Don’t Ask (Guernica Editions). Featuring an award-winning cast and directed by Michael Douglas. Read on for more about the book and our casting choices!
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Writer’s Block: Emily Osborne