Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Where in Canada: Dancing in Small Spaces
In her heart-wrenching memoir Dancing in Small Spaces, Leslie A. Davidson discusses how she and her husband Lincoln went from ardent outdoor enthusiasts to the shock of a devastating double-diagnosis. In this essay Leslie shares how their community of Grand Forks, BC, became Lincoln’s final resting place.
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (October 10)
We’ve picked some of the highlights and best of the fall season and recently released with weekly batches of fresh new books. Equally stoked to spotlight some of the Canadian indie publishers we know and love—all with their own unique identities—we’ve chosen one exciting book each from over 40 indies. In this penultimate Homegrown feature,…
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First Fiction Friday: Untethered
In her debut novel Untethered, Ruth Rakoff offers a heart-wrenching look into the relationship between two sisters as they enter their adulthoods. Read more about it (and which emotionally devastating novel it brings to mind) in our feature below.
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (October 5)
We’ve picked some of the highlights and best of the fall season and recently released with weekly batches of fresh new books. Equally stoked to spotlight some of the Canadian indie publishers we know and love—all with their own unique identities—we’ve chosen one exciting book each from over 40 indies. What’s on today? A gripping…
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Two Poems: North of Middle Island
From Lenape poet D.A. Lockhart, North of Middle Island (Kegedonce Press) is a collection with a fascinating structure: the first half contains poems about the landscape, history, and culture in and around Pelee Island where the author lives part time; and the second half is an epic poem inspired by the format and style of…
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (October 3)
We’re back this week with an all-new batch of fall releases from your favourite independent Canadian literary presses. Today’s books include much-anticipated literary fiction, a Stranger-Things-esque YA novel, magical realism, and short stories.
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My Body is Distant: An Interview with Paige Maylott
In her gripping memoir My Body Is Distant (ECW Press) Paige Maylott invites readers into a world of digital and physical selves, gender, and belonging. Today, Paige talks to us about her new memoir, what it was like writing such deeply personal things, and how digital drag was a safe way to explore her gender.
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (September 28)
We’re back with an all-new batch of Fall releases from your favourite independent Canadian literary presses. Today’s books include fiction-in-translation, a poetry collection from a covert CanLit lover, and a beautifully-illustrated children’s book. Read on to learn more about all of our picks.
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Writer’s Block: Nina Dunic
Two-time winner of the Toronto Star Short Story Contest, Nina Dunic—whose debut novel The Clarion (Invisible Publishing) is longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize—shares with us how she came to writing on a dare, why her pen is a protective instinct, and some of her writing rituals.
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (September 26)
We’ve picked some of the highlights and best of the fall season and recently released with weekly batches of fresh new books. Equally stoked to spotlight some of the Canadian indie publishers we know and love—all with their own unique identities—we’ve chosen one exciting book each from over 40 indies. Today’s picks include a Giller-nominated…
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Where in Canada: The Sum of One Man’s Pleasure
In his new novel bridging past and present, The Sum of One Man’s Pleasure (NeWest Press), Danial Neil sets his story of sixties homophobia on the luscious and somewhat out-of-time Vancouver Island. Danial walks us through the Island of his book below.
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Two Poems: Rebellion Box
A debut collection from multi-genre writer Hollay Ghadery, Rebellion Box (Radiant Press) considers big subjects: parenthood, gender roles, race and otherness, and our cosmic insignificance. Thoughtful and tender, many of the poems are rooted hyper-locally in small town Ontario but their connections are expansive and universal. Read two poems from the collection, below.
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Homegrown: Locally Produced Reads (September 21)
We’ve picked some of the highlights and best of the fall season and recently released with weekly batches of fresh new books. Equally stoked to spotlight some of the Canadian indie publishers we know and love—all with their own unique identities—we’ve chosen one exciting book each from over 40 indies. Today’s picks include literary thrillers,…
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Remedies for Chiron: Interview with m. patchwork monoceros
Poet and interdisciplinary artist m. patchwork monoceros’s debut Remedies for Chiron (Radiant Press) is a collection of poems about finding a place to exist in the intersections of young, queer, Black, and disabled. We had the opportunity to chat with the poet about their new book, the interplay between one’s history and artmaking, and how…
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Beautiful Books: Bottom Rail on Top
In his collection Bottom Rail on Top (Brick Books), poet D.M. Bradford splinters Black North American histories and recomposes them, trailed by their historical contexts. D.M. talks about how the poetics of the collection informed the design process, and why he was drawn to what would become the cover’s artwork, Hugo McCloud’s consumption stacks -…
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