In Review: The Week of July 27th

On the Blog

~ We rounded up five books for art lovers that explore what it means to be an artist, how we assign value to art, and the complex practice of curation.~ Author Morgan Murray and designer (and wife) Kate Beaton chat à la FB-Messenger about designing the cover of his book Dirty Birds (Breakwater Books): “I saw you sweating over these covers in the living room and I thought, I must save him from himself.”~ Watch This, Read That: because we know quarantine life consists mostly of books and screens, we’re bringing you the best of both with three literary pairings to classic flicks and adaptations.~ Tlicho Dene author Richard Van Camp talks Fort Smith and the 20th anniversary edition of Angel Wing Splash Pattern (Kegedonce Press): Angel Wing Splash Pattern

Around the Web

~ CBC Books shares this list of 24 Canadian writers to watch for in 2020.~ Black-led book clubs, like Noname Book Club, are continuing global conversation about anti-Black racism in the midst of an alienating pandemic.~ The Columbia Journalism Review releases this literary etymology of cake, further proving that everyone has quarantine desserts on the brain.

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ICYMI (last week)

ALU Book Club: Follow-up Reads After Polar Vortex

If you loved Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex (Book*hug Press), we bring you four perfect indie followup reads from Pedlar Press, Inanna Publications, Mawenzi House, and another from Book*hug!