Big Shadow: The Playlist
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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archipelago: The Playlist
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 […]
Continue readingVox Humana: The Playlist
Today’s book playlist is by Adebe DeRango-Adem, to pair with her new poetry collection, Vox Humana! Vox Humana (Latin for “human voice”) is driven by a sense of political urgency to […]
Continue readingThe Animals: The Playlist
Today’s book playlist was made by Cary Fagan to compliment his new novel, The Animals. A realist work with the air of a fairy tale, The Animals is a surprising, funny, and […]
Continue readingLearned: The Official Playlist
Next up in our book playlist series, we are joined by Carellin Brooks with with tunes for her poetry collection Learned! Set in the 90s, alternating between the storied quads of […]
Continue readingImminent Domains: The Playlist
Today’s book playlist was crafted by Alessandra Naccarato for her essay collection, Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene. Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene invites readers to join a contemplation of […]
Continue readingtend: The Playlist
Next up in our official book playlist series, we welcome Kate Hargreaves’s tend! Visceral and playful, tend reflects the intimate awkwardness of modern life. It explores feelings of being distanced from loved […]
Continue readingJunie: The Playlist
This week in our official book playlist series, we welcome Chelene Knight’s Junie! 1930s, Hogan’s Alley—a thriving Black and immigrant community located in Vancouver’s East End. Junie is a creative, […]
Continue readingA Convergence of Solitudes: the Playlist
Next up in our official book playlist series, we welcome Anita Anand’s A Convergence of Solitudes—a novel with music at its very heart. Needless to say, we were excited for […]
Continue readingBystander: The Playlist
For the next instalment of our Book Playlist series, we welcome Mike Steeves to the blog with a collection of songs to accompany his novel Bystander. Narrated by a professionally […]
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