In Review: The Week of September 18th

On the Blog

~ Straight from the owners of indie bookstore Queen Books in Toronto: “we’ve found that our customers are really engaged with whatever is new in Canlit and from small Canadian presses.” Check out the full interview.~ We served a New York Sour with a side of Jamie Reid’s A Temporary Stranger (Anvil Press) in this edition of Chappy Hour.~ We’ve got your reading list for World Alzheimer’s Day here.~ Our First Fiction Friday profile featured Annette Lapointe’s first collection of short fiction, You Are Not Needed Now, rich, character-driven pieces. 

Around the Web

~ Celebrities are getting bookish on social media and reading is SO IN again.~ Emojis are not just for teens anymore via TLS~ We always knew Anne of Green Gables would get its own Heritage Minute via CBC

What Else We’re Reading

This week we’re reading (and re-reading some of) these Giller Prize longlisted books: Boundary from Biblioasis, I Am A Truck from Invisible Publishing, and Tumbleweed from Véhicule Press!