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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Cozy Fest: Catherine Hunter + Seeing You Home
Catherine Hunter’s Seeing You Home (Signature Editions) navigates love, grief, relationships, and how they change shape in the wake of great loss. Today, Catherine reads an excerpt from her book of interconnected short stories, which follows a squirrel investigating an unfamiliar environment for the first time.
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Cozy Fest: Coltrane Seesequasis + The Threads of Time
In Coltrane Seesequasis’s The Threads of Time (Kegedonce Press), the second book of his YA fantasy tetralogy, wolf Silversong must use his newfound powers to unite the Four Territories against two opposing forces in a high-stakes battle for the future of wolfkind. Today, Coltrane reads a passage of unlikely friendship between two wolves from different…
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Cozy Fest: James Cairns + In Crisis, On Crisis
James Cairns examines our collective understanding of crisis in his essay collection In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times (Wolsak & Wynn), and while that may not seem like the coziest topic, James’s thoughtful, clear-eyed reflections offer a surprising sense of hope for readers looking to make sense of the world. Listen to James…
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Cozy Fest: Dina Del Bucchia + You’re Gonna Love This
In Dina Del Bucchia’s characteristically sharp and energetic style, You’re Gonna Love This (Talonbooks) explores how constant media saturation shapes the way we relate to our lives and the world around us. Listen to Dina read a passage about friendships, group texts, and perfect days.
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Cozy Fest 2025: The Comfiest Literary Festival
Grab your favourite jammies and a mug of hot tea and tune in to this year’s Cozy Fest, the comfiest on-demand book festival you’ll ever attend. Seventeen authors join us in their snuggliest apparel to read selections from their books: binge the readings all at once on our YouTube channel, or check back in each…
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Gift Guide Week with Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Toronto-based author Lindsay Zier-Vogel shares four perfect picks for the readers on your holiday list. In our final Gift Guide instalment, you’ll find essays, short stories, nonfiction, and more. Each of these recommendations offer something for everyone: laughs, cooking tips, insight, and heartfelt perspectives.
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Gift Guide Week with Greg Rhyno
Novelist Greg Rhyno offers five book recommendations that deliver on the festive trifecta: a little break, a little chaos, and a good laugh. Whether it’s mystery, microfiction, poetry, or a story about a very complicated cat, Greg’s book picks will appeal to all kinds of readers.
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Gift Guide Week with Kirti Bhadresa
Calgary-based short story writer Kirti Bhadresa recommends four thoughtful reads that give a glimpse of the world from the wide-open perspective of the Prairies, capturing the depth and reach of Canadian storytelling.
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Gift Guide Week with Selena Mercuri
Writer and book reviewer Selena Mercuri shares six standout book recommendations in this year’s Gift Guide. From poetry to savour, to personal essays that spark conversation, to a coming-of-age novel and a thought-provoking short story collection, Selena recommends the perfect book for every readerly appetite.
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Excerpted: How About This…?
How About This…? (At Bay Press) is the latest novel from award-winning author Michael Mirolla. Taking place a little after the middle of the 21st century, the book follows loving couple Elspeth and Marybeth as they navigate tumultuous trials and tribulations after stumbling across an abandoned stroller with identical twins and a recorded message that…
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: In House with Assembly Press x Brick Books
It’s been a month since independent publishers Assembly Press and Brick Books announced they’d be teaming up. Publishers Leigh Nash, who launched Assembly Press in 2023, and Alayna Munce, who’s been at Brick’s helm since 2020, tell us why they chose to merge their presses and what these first few weeks have looked like for…
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Two Poems: An Orange, A Syllable
Winner of this year’s A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, Gillian Sze’s collection of prose poems An Orange, A Syllable (ECW Press) focuses on motherhood, language, and art as its central speaker bears witness to her child’s first words. Read two untitled poems from the book, below.
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Excerpted: Revolution Songs
Carissa Halton’s debut novel Revolution Songs (NeWest Press) is a gripping telling of the dangerous edges of loyalty and the politics that divide us. The story follows Annie Jalmer, who finds herself caught between clashing Communist and Fascist forces in her 1930s Rocky Mountain town. Inspired by the little-known story of a Communist union and…
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“It was poetry that had its way with me”: An Interview with Whitney French
Whitney French’s Syncopation (Wolsak & Wynn) imagines a world reshaped by the aftermath of a “Memory War,” where memories themselves hold value. Written in verse, the novel blends poetry and speculative ideas to explore how memory shapes identity and community. We spoke with Whitney about what sparked the idea for her novel and how Black…
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