The Newfoundland-based, award-winning author Bridget Canning (most recently of the story collection No One Knows About Us, Breakwater Books) closes out our Gift Guide week with recommendations to suit a wide variety of book-lovers - a novel, story collection, kids' book, ... Read more

For National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo, we rounded up 22 tips and tricks from established writers, including a two-time winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest, to encourage and unlock your creativity. 

BEST OF THE BLOG 2021

Because cats rule the internet, we asked for your favourite felines with their favourite books for International Cat Day on August 8. Stay tuned for more litterate cats + books tomorrow!

For the CanCon-only giftee on your list who's worn out the catchphrase "Ew, David" and grew up reading Anne of Green Gables, our Bingemas selections are the double-double they're craving.

This week in the Indie Reading Room is Newfoundland-based author Heidi Wicks whose debut novel Melt (Breakwater Books) is one our top picks this year for anyone looking for a story about friendship growing pains and the ups and downs of being an adult. In the novel, we ... Read more

THIS WEEK: literary follow-ups to give your Netflix queue a break, author chats and inside scoops, tips to finding a book without its title, and more. 

Bridget Canning, author of  The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes and the more recently published Some People's Children (Breakwater Books), chats with us about bike riding to discover new perspectives, getting out of the house on a perfect writing day, finding out what ... Read more

Influential social activist Gemma Hickey is a force for change and tireless advocate for the LGBTQ2+ community: in 2005 they co-led the movement that legalized same-sex marriage in Canada, and in 2017 their request for a gender-neutral birth certificate spurred Newfoundland ... Read more

In his collection DIG (Breakwater Books), NLCU Fresh Fish Award-finalist Terry Doyle crafts twelve page-turning short stories about an assortment of characters—from a young social activist whose work is constrained by selling puppies on the internet to a blue-collar worker ... Read more

We started off the week with our annual literary awards hangover, brought you our Gift Guide for holiday book-buying, and learned some rare words (we hope this In Review ensorcells you).