Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Writer’s Block: Sharon Butala
Today for our Writer’s Block series we catch up with award-winning author Sharon Butala about when she first started writing, and what is the most surprising thing about being a writer. With multiple books published since 1984 Butala gives us insight into her experiences of being a writer. Make sure to check out her newest…
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15 Books for Dad
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’ve rounded up some book gift suggestions for your pop that will, well, pop. Keep scrolling for recommendations for angler dads, jokester dads, crying-at-commercial dads, literary dads (obviously), and more.
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Queer Coded: Interview with Lindsay Bradford
For our second round of interviews for Queer Coded: Pride Edition we got the chance to chat with Lindsay Bradford about the queerness in their sci-fi poetry collection The Cyborg Anthology (Brick Books). They also share some of their favourite LGBTQ2S+ reads.
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Quoted: The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life
In this Quoted column, award-winning Norwegian writer Rune Christiansen provides the twin events, travelling through Jämtland, where the character of Lydia Erneman – from the new release of The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life in English (Book*hug Press) – came to be. He shares those moments, and how they’re connected to the book’s epigraph from an Edith Södergran poem,…
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Top 10: Criminally-Good Reads
June is Crime Reading Month, so we’re hopping-to with 10 great crime picks. From award-winning true crime to historical crime fiction, police procedurals to amateur investigators, there’s something for everyone on this list.
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Pride Must Reads 2023
Enjoy this comprehensive list for Pride Month. Including a mix of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s and young adult fiction, and drama, it’ll be hard not to find something to love.
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Welcome to Bookville!
Bookville is an exciting collection of over 100 Canadian books for book lovers all across the country. Learn more about Bookville and meet our five Bookville communities below.
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Queer Coded: Interview with Keith Maillard
Happy Pride Month! For all of June we will be interviewing queer authors about their work and inspiration. Today we interview Keith Mailard, author of In Defense of Liberty (Freehand Books), and he explains that although his writing is not overtly “queer” his work has always questioned the gender binary. Follow along each week for…
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Asian Heritage Month: Kids Spotlight
It’s the final day of May and of Asian Heritage Month: this one is for the kids! These picture books, graphic novels, and middle-grade novels are sure to delight the young readers in your life.
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Collected Collections: The Anthologized
So far this Short Story Month we’ve featured single-author short story collections; a great way to see a writer grapple with different themes and forms in their craft. As May winds to a close, we’re all about anthologies: multi-author collections that serve up a little bit of everything.
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Under the Cover: A slice of life in The Glint of Light
Storied and award-winning, poet, writer, and professor Clarence Major and his publisher, Matt Joudrey of At Bay Press, share some thoughts about Major’s latest work, The Glint of Light, and its place in the African-American literary canon.
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Poetry in Motion: knee deep in high water
Bronwyn Preece reads from her latest collection knee deep in high water (Caitlin Press). The collection is divided into two-week horse expeditions in the far Northern remote Rocky Mountains. Hear the poem in full by watching the video below.
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Asian Heritage Month: Nonfiction Spotlight
This week for Asian Heritage Month we are sharing six nonfiction titles that provide a deep historical landscape across multiple cultures. Including stories of immigration and resilience, as well as some photographs of historical events.
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Asian Heritage Month: Nonfiction Spotlight
This week for Asian Heritage Month we’re sharing six nonfiction titles that provide a deep historical landscape across multiple cultures. Including stories of immigration and resilience, as well as some photographs of historical events.
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Collected Collections: (Even More) Debuts
There are so many great debut short story collections we couldn’t help but to share more for our Collected Collections series. With imaginative range these authors introduce us to spins on reality that consider loneliness, loss, and resilience.
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