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Character Study: The Union of Synchronized Swimmers
We teamed up with author Cristina Sandu to dream up a film adaptation of her new novel The Union of Synchronized Swimmers (Book*hug Press), featuring a cast of six women who grow up in a small town behind the Iron Curtain and later become a self-made synchro team. Read on for more about the book and our…
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In House with Bookland Press for Indigenous History Month
As we close our week of publisher highlights for Indigenous History Month, we recognize Bookland Press, an independent publisher with a strong commitment to publishing and promoting books written or translated by emerging and established Indigenous authors, with a focus on preserving Indigenous languages, literature and culture.The books highlighted below share lived experiences of trauma,…
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In House with Nightwood Editions for Indigenous History Month
Our Indigenous History Month celebration continues with Nightwood Editions, a BC-based press known for their exceptional roster of authors including some of Canada’s emerging and seasoned Indigenous writers. Learn more about Nightwood and check out some of their recently published Indigenous-authored books.
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In House with ARP Books for Indigenous History Month
Our celebration of Indigenous-authored books and the people behind them continues today in recognizing ARP Books. As a Canadian independent publisher, ARP amplifies some of the most exciting writings on Indigenous issues—an integral part of its mandate to publish an innovative mix of books with an emphasis on progressive political analysis. Learn more about ARP Books and check out a sampling…
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In House with Kegedonce Press for Indigenous History Month
BEST OF THE BLOG 2021For Indigenous History Month we’re featuring books written by Indigenous authors and the people behind them. Today we celebrate Kegedonce Press, an Indigenous-owned and -operated publisher based on the traditional territory of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation publishing beautifully crafted books that involve Indigenous Peoples at all levels of production. Learn more…
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My Indian: An Interview with Chief Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill
In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of Sylvester Joe, a Mi’kmaw guide who led him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island and whom he referred to only as “My Indian” in his journals. Now, Chief Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill reclaim Sylvester Joe’s identity in My Indian (Breakwater Books),…
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Quoted: Permanent Revolution
In her newest book Permanent Revolution (Book*hug Press), prolific feminist writer Gail Scott collects new essays alongside revisited work from her groundbreaking text, Spaces Like Stairs. Engaging writers who contribute to current queer/feminist avant-garde spaces, this collection meditates on feminist art and provides a snapshot of Scott’s ongoing prose experiment that hinges the matter of writing to ongoing…
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Read This, Then That: An Italian Getaway with a Newfoundland Twist
If you Eat, Pray Love(d) along with Elizabeth Gilbert, you’ll go head over heels for Bernardine Ann Teraz Stapleton’s love, life (Breakwater Books), about one woman’s self-exploratory romp in Italy with a Newfoundland twist and whole lotta pasta.
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Test Kitchen: A Sip With a Twist + The List of Last Chances
Caitlin Press and DOSC restaurant’s bar manager Xavier recently teamed up to develop A Sip With a Twist, a gin-based cocktail inspired by Christina Myers’s The List of Last Chances (Caitlin Press) that follows a pair of reluctant travel companions across the country into an unexpected friendship and new adventures. We obviously had to try it for ourselves: this literary…
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Lit Locale: And Then Is Heard No More
Winnipeg’s Forks Market, a central location in Raye Anderson’s And Then Is Heard No More (Signature Editions), becomes a perfect real-life setting for reading this, the second in the Roxanne Calloway Mystery series. Let the sparkling waters of the Assiniboine River and the sounds of the local buskers deliver you into the thick of a…
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Poetry in Motion: Who We Thought We Were As We Fell
Michael Lithgow’s second collection of poetry Who We Thought We Were As We Fell (Cormorant Books) drifts in the tension between a pleasing suburban life simply lived and unsettling moments that pull against it, intrusions of the surreal. Read on for more about the book and hear Michael read a poem from his new collection.
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Cooking with Off/Kilter Volume 2
We’re back in the Off/Kilter kitchen, cooking up a batch of recommendations for those with discerning tastes that lean towards the slightly strange. But first, an amuse bouche! Today’s ingredients include death goddess rituals, dystopian cities, water walking, people who give birth to cocoons, radium-induced superpowers and more. Hungry yet? Dig in!Stay weird and stay…
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Do-Lit-Yourself: Spring Nails Edition
We’re bringing back our favourite Do-Lit-Yourself activity to celebrate spring: nail art! Find out which new covers inspired our literary manis this season.
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Two Poems: I will be more myself in the next world
Matsuki Masutani’s debut book of poetry is a minimalist bounty of gentle insight and quiet humour: I will be more myself in the next world (Mother Tongue Publishing) reflects on aging, marriage, family, dreams, the poet’s Japanese roots, self-acceptance, and effects of immigration. Below, we share two poems from the collection.
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Read With Pride: Six Books for Pride Month
Poet and editor Conyer Clayton—whose debut collection We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Guernica Editions) was named a finalist for the 2021 ReLit Award for Poetry—shares some of her favourite books by queer and trans writers and those reflecting on queer experiences for Pride Month. Read on for six choice titles from Conyer, including some stand-out…