An author photo of Brad Smith with the "Under the Cover" series logo in the upper left corner. In the bottom left corner, and cover of BILLY CRAWFORD'S DOUBLE PLAY has been superimposed.

In the latest edition of #UndertheCover, award-winning author Brad Smith reflects on BILLY CRAWFORD’S DOUBLE PLAY (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) where baseball meets politics in a character-driven story about passion, ambition & the love of the game.

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A black-and-white photo of author Ann Cavlovic. She is a light-skin-toned woman with dark hair that is pulled back into a ponytail. She has her head propped up by one hand and looks into the camera. There is an inset photo of her book Count On Me in the left corner.

"Any strength, in excess, becomes a weakness."

@anncavlovic.bsky.social shares her personal and painful journey to publishing her novel COUNT ON ME (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social) in #UndertheCover:

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A photo of writer Caroline Pignat at Newgrange, Ireland. She has her grey hair pulled back into a ponytail and is seen wearing a turquoise zip jacket in the centre of the frame, talking to a man. In the foreground is a massive stone, etched with intricate spirals. In the background are tall stone-bricked walls, and dark entrances to places unknown.

In today's #underthecover, award-winning Irish-Canadian author Caroline Pignat takes us on a tour of the Irish locations and lore that feature into her new book for middle-grade readers, THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE (@thistledownpress.bsky.social).

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The cover of The Ignis Psalter by Danny Jacobs. The cover is a burnt orange, with a lit match taking up most of the vertical space of the cover. The background behind the cover is an archival photograph of the aftermath of one of the fires in Petitcodiac, NB.

"So: an arsonist in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick. For decades. Maybe?" Danny Jacobs tells us how a kernel – or was it an ember? – of truth discovered in a Petitcodiac history book grew into his debut novel THE IGNIS PSALTER (Porcupine's Quill) in today's #underthecover.

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The cover of The Very Good Best Friend by Taryn Hubbard. A woman's face in silhouetted profile is set against a dappling of leaves, with the title and author's name running vertically down the cover.

Writer Taryn Hubbard takes us over the security fence of an abandoned mall; the setting for her debut thriller THE VERY GOOD BEST FRIEND (Now or Never Publishing). Read her #underthecover piece here:

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