Valentine’s Sale: Books to Fall in Love With
Let’s talk about love. Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your book-loving beloved? It’s our opinion that a good book is a better gift than chocolate or flowers […]
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Sheung-King Longlisted for #CanadaReads 2021!
Happy New Year! CBC Books has revealed the #CanadaReads 2021 longlist and we are thrilled that Sheung-King’s stunning debut novel, You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked., is on […]
Continue readingThe Scotiabank Giller Gala Live with Artist Shani Mootoo at Oeno Gallery
Oeno Gallery Oenogallery.com 613-393-2216 FOR RELEASE October 12, 2020 The Scotiabank Giller Gala Live with Artist Shani Mootoo at Oeno Gallery Oeno Gallery is proud to announce that multidisciplinary artist […]
Continue readingPride Month Reading List
June is Pride Month. It is important to remember that the first Pride started as a protest that was largely led by the activism of trans women of colour. The […]
Continue readingBlack Lives Matter: Silence is Not an Option
Over the past week, people in cities around the world have organized and come together amid the pandemic to march in protest against anti-black racism, systemic racism, and police violence […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Hasan Namir
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues with ‘Khusrah’, a poem from War/Torn by Hasan Namir. War/Torn, is a brazen and lyrical interrogation of religion and masculinity. Award-winning poet Jordan Scott […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Marie-Andrée Gill, translated by Kristen Renee Miller
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues. Today’s poem is an untitled selection from Spawn by Marie-Andrée Gill, translated by Kristen Renee Miller. Celebrated poet Kaveh Akbar writes that “Spawn is […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month Celebration: Tanis MacDonald
Our National Poetry Month Celebration continues. Next up is ‘No Exit’, a poem from Mobile by Tanis MacDonald. Mobile is many things. It is an uncivil feminist reboot of Dennis […]
Continue readingFerocious Fearlessness: In Conversation with Catherine Lalonde and Oana Avasilichioaei, author and translator of The Faerie Devouring
The Faerie Devouring is a modern-day fable and feminist bildungsroman by Quebecois author Catherine Lalonde and reimagined by the award-winning poet and translator Oana Avasilichioaei. The Faerie Devouring tells the story of the sprite, […]
Continue readingA Nomadic Consciousness: In Conversation with D. Nandi Odhiambo
Nandi Odhiambo’s new book, Smells Like Stars, draws attention to what is hidden in plain sight, what cruelties life presents, and what struggles we face in our search for meaning. Journalist Kerstin […]
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