Prolific award-winning poet, writer, playwright, and editor Gary Geddes returns with a new collection,  The Oysters I Bring to Banquets (Guernica Editions). We read two elegiac poems from the collection below, with introductions from the poet himself.

Celebrated Ukrainian writer Ivan Baidak's newest novel,  (In)visible (Guernica Editions), hits particularly close to home: it chronicles the protagonist Adam's tentative steps into public life after years of self-inflicted "invisibility." Diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome ... Read more

In her debut  A Number of Stunning Attacks (Invisible Publishing), Jessi MacEachern delivers a collection of poems about gendered existence and dream that contribute to the ongoing association of fragmented forms and women's writing. Evocative of the styles of Nicole Brossard ... Read more

Love in the Chthulucene (Cthulhucene) (Wolsak and Wynn) is a collection of commanding poems that examine pain, while also exploring a passage of hope. Written by seasoned poet Natalee Caple, the collection grapples with #MeToo, motherhood, climate change and political turmoil, ... Read more

When Sales Manager and ALU Chappy Hour scribe Tan Light read Lisa de Nikolits' latest novel,  No Fury Like That (Inanna Publications), she was sure it'd be perfect for the silver screen. Tan's kickstarted that process, providing a dream cast that fuelled a movie poster ... Read more

I came into Canada from the U.S. for the first time on a student visa without complications, just the mild ugh of paperwork and a typical wait on bureaucracy. I had an easy immigration as a white, English-speaking, cis-gendered, able-bodied, straight woman with neither dependents ... Read more

Middle-Aged Boys & Girls is a collection of short stories about adults stranded in various stages of adolescence. Growing older, but not necessarily growing up, is the central theme of these stories, featuring characters, who through character, circumstance or a combination ... Read more

Adam "Edge" Copeland was the tie-breaker on today's Canada Reads final – yet another day of celebrating the stories and prose of the two finalists. To see which book swayed into victory by Edge's vote – and our followup indie lit recommendations – read on!

It's time to start revealing our Super Secret Festival of Lit mystery titles! We're starting off with a book about our national past time that is written by a man who's been part of the sport in one way or another for over five decades. Plus we suggest four more hockey titles ... Read more