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 delighted to be in conversation with Laila Malik, author of archipelago. Malik’s lyrical poems intertwine histories of exile and ecological devastation. Beginning with a coming of age […]
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Today, we’ve invited Kate Cayley to the blog to share thoughts on a poem from Lent. The poem, entitled “Of Rats and Floods,” is aptly inspired by an actual rat […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of Laila Malik’s stunning debut poetry collection, archipelago! A ‘Most Anticipated’ Spring 2023 Poetry pick from CBC Books and 49th Shelf, archipelago meditates on girlhood, loss, and love as they […]
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April is National Poetry Month, and we are delighted to kick things off with the release of Lent by Kate Cayley! Read on to learn all about this wonderful collection, which […]
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Today’s book playlist was made by Laila Malik to complement her debut poetry collection, archipelago. The poems in archipelago intertwine histories of exile and ecological devastation. Beginning with a coming of age […]
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Today, we are celebrating the release of Eden Boudreau’s powerful debut memoir, Crying Wolf. Read on to learn all about this brave new work, and for information about the upcoming […]
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Today’s Spring 2023 Fiction Preview features the latest title in our Literature in Translation Series, The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life by Rune Christiansen, translated by Kari Dickson. Winner of the […]
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Next up in our Spring 2023 Preview Series comes archipelago, Laila Malik’s lyrical debut poetry collection, which traces fragments of family, becoming and unbecoming against the shifting shorelines of loss, multigenerational […]
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Today is International Women’s Day, and we are celebrating with a list of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books featuring strong female voices and protagonists. These books traverse topics as diverse […]
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