Claire Wilkshire's writing chops are on full display in her short story collection  The Love Olympics (Breakwater Books), a finalist for both the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Fiction and the BMO Winterset Award. Together with Claire, we cast two of the stories in the book, ... Read more

Looking to add a little Province-based pedigree to your TBR, or just read more from your own backyard? We've rounded up the independently-published winners and nominees from literary awards all across Canada to make it easier than ever.

This week, we (blue-)steeled ourselves for the Giller announcement, tried matching our library to Lisa Simpson's, and made a whole lotta warming soup.

Not only did the 1970s small press movement see the creation of our parent organization, the Literary Press Group of Canada, but also Saskatchewan publisher Thistledown Press. 2015 marks the 40^th anniversary for both companies.

A good publisher doesn’t just take your manuscript, get your book into bookstores, and leech off your booksales. If that were the case, they’d be useless in the face of self-publishing. A proper publishing house is interconnected with Canadian media, book awards, and the ... Read more

The short story has been increasing in popularity for awhile now, especially with the Nobel win for Canada's very own Ms. Munro, and so we turn to short story writer Rosemary Nixon for some insight into her writing life. Her first book was published by NeWest Press back in 1991, ... Read more

Today's poem highlights our most Eastern province, the last stop in our cross-country tour, Newfoundland. Pulled from The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Poetry (Breakwater Books, 2013), edited by Mark Callanan and James Langer, we're featuring Mary Dalton's poem ... Read more