Tegan Quin Champions THE CURE FOR DROWNING to a Huge Win at CANADA READS 2026 Day Three of Canada Reads 2026 is usually where things get tense, and this year was no exception. With three books left, there was nowhere to hide and ...

Tegan Quin champions THE CURE FOR DROWNING to a huge win at CANADA READS 2026! Check out our full coverage of the exciting run-in right here!
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Canada Reads Mid-Week Roundup - Which Books Are Still in the Running? Canada Reads is well underway, and this year’s competition brings together a strong and varied group of titles, each offering a distinct perspective ...

It's the annual CBC Books CANADA READS mid-week roundup! Which books are still in the running as the champions continue to battle it out? Check out our coverage here!
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A Short-Lived Community Lingers Long After it is Gone in TEMPORARY PALACES A short-lived community leaves a long afterlife in Temporary Palaces (House of Anansi Press), a debut novel from Jeff Miller that circles back to one ...

A short-lived community lingers long after it is gone in TEMPORARY PALACES (@houseofanansi.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the author of this "punk rock hymn," Jeff Miller, in advance of the April 21st release!
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Open Book Interviews Liz Johnston About Her Exciting Debut Novel, THE FALL-DOWN EFFECT A single act of protest ripples outward through a family in The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug Press), a debut that explores how public actions affect private ...

Open Book interviews Liz Johnston about her exciting debut novel, THE FALL-DOWN EFFECT (@bookhugpress.bsky.social), a few weeks before it hits shelves. Check it out right here, and grab yourself a copy on pre-order now!
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A Classroom Celebration Leads to Important Questions in LITTLE BEE: THE BUZZ ABOUT THE PARTY A class party sounds simple enough, until it starts to raise questions no one expected. In Little Bee: The Buzz About the Party (Annick Press), Bee is ...

A classroom celebration leads to important questions in LITTLE BEE: THE BUZZ ABOUT THE PARTY (Annick Press), the debut picture book from Danny Neville (Illustrated by Colleen McKeown)!
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Playwright Keith Barker Reflects on Love, Loss, and Laughter After a Life RAISED BY WOMEN Memory and family are brought into sharp focus in Raised by Women (Playwrights Canada Press), a new play in which a son looks back after suffering significant ...

Playwright Keith Barker reflects on love, loss, and laughter after a life RAISED BY WOMEN (@playcanpress.bsky.social). Check out our interview with the author in advance of the book's April 7th release!
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Author and Journalist Moira Welsh Explores THE ASTONISHING LIVES OF OLDER WOMEN Growing older brings new freedoms, but also new pressures, especially when financial security is uncertain. The Astonishing Lives of Older Women (ECW ...

In a new work of nonfiction, author and journalist Moira Welsh explores THE ASTONISHING LIVES OF OLDER WOMEN (@ecwpress.bsky.social). Check out our interview and pre-order this title now!
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A Long-Buried Secret Reshapes a Family’s Understanding of Itself in THE BREAKWATER by Leslie Shimotakahara A long-buried secret reshapes a family’s understanding of itself in The Breakwater (Cormorant Books), a multigenerational story that moves between ...

A long-buried secret reshapes a family’s understanding of itself in THE BREAKWATER (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social), the new novel from award-winning author, Leslie Shimotakahara. Check out our Long Story interview!
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Read an Excerpt from SUPERCANUCKS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CANADIAN SMALL-TOWN SUPERHEROES Superheroes step off the usual urban stage and into smaller, stranger corners of the country in SuperCanucks (Latitude 46 Publishing). This collection ...

Read an excerpt from SUPERCANUCKS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CANADIAN SMALL-TOWN SUPERHEROES (@latitude46pub.bsky.social), co-edited by Matthew D. Del Papa and Andy W. Taylor!
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Read an Excerpt from SPRUCE TO CEDAR, the Debut Poetry Collection by Lasänmą One unique life takes shape across northern and coastal landscapes in Spruce to Cedar (Brick Books), a debut collection that follows a young woman from ...

Read an excerpt from SPRUCE TO CEDAR (Brick Books), the captivating debut poetry collection from Lasänmą! We've got a suite of poems featured here on OB!
#AmReading #Indigenous #Poetry #Nature
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Read an Excerpt from MOBILIZING DATA FOR JUSTICE: A GUIDE TO ACTIVISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE Data has become a key site of power, and a growing number of activists are finding ways to use it in the fight for accountability and change. The timely ...

Read an excerpt from MOBILIZING DATA FOR JUSTICE: A GUIDE TO ACTIVISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE (@btlbooks.com) by Chris Hurl, Elena Rowan, Marius Senneville, and Kevin Walby. Find it right here on Open Book!
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Kelsey McIver Explores the Magic of ST. PATRICK'S DAY in a New Nonfiction Book for Young Readers A familiar holiday gets a closer look in this accessible introduction to its origins and meaning. In St. Patrick’s Day (Saunders Book Company) young ...

As part of the Celebration Series (Saunders Book Company), Kelsey McIver explores the magic of ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Check out our interview with the author right here!
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Revenge of the Indie Bookstore In 2014, when I began booking my Crushes and Mountains US book tour with fellow Toronto-based writer Elisha Lim, I Googled “gay bookstore” or “independent ...

Indie bookstores are even more crucial today than they've ever been, and in this blast from the near(ish) past, magical columnist-alumni Vivek Shraya spotlights some of Toronto's finest!
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Ink & Imagination! Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties Interview Each Other About A SALMON STORY The journey of a young fish becomes the heart of A Salmon Story: Protecting the Future (OwlKids Books), a lyrical and informative picture book that traces ...

In this edition of our Ink & Imagination series, Willie Poll & Chantelle Trainor-Matties interview each other about A SALMON STORY (@owlkids.bsky.social). Check it out on Open Book today!
#AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #Nature
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PRECEDENCE by Pujita Verma Makes a Case for the Importance of Being Heard Precedence (Brick Books) begins with a real legal case that brings a young woman back home to face her father in a Canadian courtroom. The experience ...

PRECEDENCE (Brick Books) by acclaimed poet Pujita Verma makes a case for the importance of being heard in the wake of injustice and harm. Read our Line & Lyric interview with the author here!
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KidLit Convos! Jean E. Pendziwol & Risa Hugo Dig Into THE QUIET HUNT: A POEM FOR YOUNG FORAGERS In The Quiet Hunt (Groundwood Books), the search for food doesn't begin in a grocery store, but rather outdoors, where patience and attention matter most. ...

KidLit Convos! Jean E. Pendziwol & Risa Hugo dig into THE QUIET HUNT: A POEM FOR YOUNG FORAGERS (@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social), an exciting new title for young nature lovers!
#AmReading #CanLit #PictureBooks #Nature
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Read an Excerpt of THE DISAPPEARING ACT by Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale) Exile and reinvention take centre-stage in The Disappearing Act (Book*hug Press), a spare and searching novel by Maria Stepanova, the acclaimed author ...

Read an excerpt of THE DISAPPEARING ACT (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) by Maria Stepanova (translated by Sasha Dugdale), and take a closer look at this spellbinding novel-in-translation!
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It's Black History Month and I'm Tired Already A recommendation for a new kind of BHMWhen I was in high school, February was always a busy month. Every January, the black students who were dancers ...

We continue to revisit some of our outstanding contributors over the years with acclaimed author and organizer Jael Richardson, yet another brilliant artist who has graced our digital pages. Check out one of her poignant columns here!
#AmReading #CanLit #Columns #BHM
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Panels & Pencils with Dian Day and Amanda White, author and illustrator of SHY CAT AND THE STUFF-THE-BUS CHALLENGE Friendship, food, and misunderstandings abound in Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge (Second Story Press), a lively graphic novel by Dian Day and ...

Check out this awesome Panels & Pencils Interview with Dian Day and Amanda White, creators of SHY CAT AND THE STUFF-THE-BUS CHALLENGE (@secondstory.bsky.social).
#AmReading #GraphicNovel #Interview #CanLit
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Read an Excerpt from ECHO-MIRROR by Famed Dub Poet Klyde Broox Spoken word and written poetry collide in Echo-Mirror (Wolsak and Wynn), a collection that gathers decades of work from one of Canada’s most respected ...

Read an excerpt from ECHO-MIRROR (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), collected poetry by famed dub poet Klyde Broox! Check out these powerful verses today on Open Book.
#AmReading #Poetry #Dub #Verse
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A Italian Museum Heist and Murder Stir a Seasoned FBI Agent in THIRTY FEET UNDER: A MYSTERY In Thirty Feet Under, Williams Wodhams blends art crime, archaeology, and high-stakes intrigue. Moving between Europe and New York, the novel follows ...

A Italian museum heist and murder stir a seasoned FBI agent in THIRTY FEET UNDER: A MYSTERY (@ecwpress.bsky.social), the new novel from William Wodhams!
#AmReading #Novel #Fiction #Mystery
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Ray Robertson Defends the Act of Independent Thinking in THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG In an era that prizes certainty and punishes dissent, disagreement has begun to feel like a moral failure. Prolific author Ray Robertson's new nonfiction ...

Acclaimed and prolific author Ray Robertson defends the act of independent thinking in THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social). Check out our interview right here!
#AmReading #Nonfiction #PoliticalScience #Politics
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Read these Excerpted Poems from LOCKERS ARE FOR BEARCATS ONLY by Mallory Tater Celebrated author Mallory Tater is back this month with Lockers Are for Bearcats Only (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), a collection shaped by the ...

Read these excerpted poems from LOCKERS ARE FOR BEARCATS ONLY (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), the exciting new collection by Mallory Tater!
#AmReading #Poetry #Excerpts #Lyric
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WOMEN AMONG MONUMENTS Confronts the Enduring Obstacles Women Artists and Writers Face What does it actually mean for a woman to claim the title of artist, let alone genius, in a culture that still hesitates to grant it? Women Among Monuments (Dundurn ...

The engrossing new memoir WOMEN AMONG MONUMENTS (@dundurnpress.bsky.social) by Kasia Van Schaik confronts the enduring obstacles women artists and writers face. We've got a My Story Memoir interview with the author right here!
#AmReading #Memoir #Nonfiction #CanLit
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Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the Crucial Story of a Young Girl's Resilience and Survival At five years old, Shirley is taken from her family and sent to a residential school, a strange place that she does not understand. The long walk up the ...

Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the crucial story of a young girl's resilience and survival in SHIRLEY: AN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL STORY (@secondstory.bsky.social). We interviewed them here!
#AmReading #Indigenous #Nonfiction #YoungReaders
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Speaking Your Story into Existence Over the winter I was part of two separate online writing residencies through the Banff Centre. Each cohort involved wonderfully talented writers from ...

We're posting some of our greatest hits starting with the inspiring column, "Speaking Your Story into Existence," from Waubgeshig Rice (@waub.bsky.social), bestselling author of MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW (@ecwpress.bsky.social) and more!
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Read an Excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS, Edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson Performance takes on new urgency and possibility in Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts (Coach House Books), an anthology that centres disabled and Deaf ...

Read an excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social), edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson. A special preview of an extraordinarily powerful book, in advance of its nearing February release!
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Read an Excerpt from SYNCOPATION, the Extraordinary New Novel-in-Verse from Whitney French In the wildly creative novel-in-verse, Syncopation (Wolsak and Wynn), the future feels both strange and close at hand. After a devastating Memory War, ...

Read an excerpt from SYNCOPATION (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), the extraordinary new novel-in-verse from Whitney French. We've got it right here for all of our Open Book readers!
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Read an Excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE, a Fascinating Work of Cultural Nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson In clubs, basements, and late-night dance floors across Toronto and Montreal, electronic music becomes more than sound. Throughout the pages of Arab ...

Read an excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE (@wlupress.bsky.social), a fascinating work of cultural nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson. Check it out right here!
#AmReading #Nonfiction #Music #Culture
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