Monique Polak, a prolific author with 33 books tailored for young readers, holds the prestigious Quebec Writers’ Federation Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and YA Literature three times. Retired after an illustrious 35-year career […]
It is a reassuring thing, picking up the debut book of the latest Canadian novelist and discovering familiar themes with a passionate conviction that illuminates the truth that we cravenly seek in art. Colleen René […]
It’s 1981, one year after the shock of John Lennon’s murder. Disco is dead, punk is making its smashing entrance, and it is the big bang of bands like: The Talking Heads, R.E.M, Television, and […]
The latest novel of Sarah Gilbert, Our Lady of Mile End, is a collection of seventeen interlinked stories that speak to the fabled and romantic neighbourhood of Mile End, Montreal, and Canada. The warm-hearted and […]
The highly anticipated novel by David Connor, titled “Oh God the Sun Goes,” fearlessly defies all conventions for debut books. It possesses a profound absurdity, an emotionally resonating quality, and a distinct sense of originality. […]
Maybe the back of a book can also describe the inside of a person. If you pick up and turn over Mark Abley’s nonfiction book Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages, you’ll see the publisher’s […]
8-years of age separate my younger brother Russell Brooks and me. This age gap likely contributed to him choosing different interests and paths. At an early age, he always showed determination to achieve any goal […]
Judith Woodsworth has always had a way with words and she has always been in love with language and languages, trying to make her way in the many countries we have visited, from China to […]
Gabriel Cholette fascinates by his atypical background. In addition to being an author and professor of creative writing at the University of Montreal, he has a Doctorate in Medieval Literature. Writing the bio of this […]
Tamar Glouberman is a graduate of the Creative Writing MFA program at UBC. Tamar has spent much of her life working as an outdoor guide. That career has given her opportunities to work and travel […]
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