Today marks the final release of our Spring 2023 Season: a wonderful translation by Kari Dickson of Rune Christiansen’s The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life! We are overjoyed to be […]
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The last two entries in our Short Story Month series are actually anthologies! The Unpublished City, Volume 1, Edited by Dionne Brand, and Write Across Canada: An Anthology of Emerging […]
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The next entry in our Short Story Month series hails the rare find written by a celebrated author. A prolific writer between the years 1911-1961, H.D.—a.k.a. Hilda Doolittle—was primarily known […]
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The next two collections in our Short Story Month series remind us that “women are powerful and dangerous” (Lorde). Written about the everyday issues women face – from sexual identity […]
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Our Short Story Month continues with two highly immersive, darkly humorous collections that exist in the eye of the storm: Anecdotes by Kathryn Mockler and The Lightning of Possible Storms […]
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Today, we’re delighted to be in conversation with Marta Balcewicz, author of Big Shadow. An affecting novel of psychological nuance and dark humour, Big Shadow explores the costs of self-deceit, fandom, and […]
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Today, we are so excited to celebrate the publication of Marta Balcewicz’s debut novel, Big Shadow! A ‘Most Anticipated’ Spring 2023 release from 49th Shelf, Big Shadow is an affecting […]
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The next collection in our Short Story Month series is a generational narrative so epic it had to have a post of its own. Coconut Dreams by Derek Mascarenhas is […]
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Today’s book playlist is by Marta Balcewicz, to pair with her debut novel Big Shadow, an affecting coming-of-age novel of psychological nuance and dark humour. In an unnamed town in the summer of […]
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Have you ever read something that hit you so hard that you needed to immediately seek out and get your hands on anything else written by that author? Same. And […]
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