by Alison Jones

An interior Illustration from Gord Hill's The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book

2021 Best of Fall guide: Nonfiction

NONFICTION Personal stories, rigorous investigations, gorgeous art, and audacious visions of a post-pandemic future “Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power Jody Wilson-Raybould HarperCollins, Oct. Wilson-Raybould, the first Indigenous justice minister and attorney general ... Read More »

August 25, 2021

The cover and an interior page of John Glenn, Mark Kingwell and cartoonist and book designer Seth's The Adventurers Glossary

Joshua Glenn’s language obsession goes  on an adventure

By Alison Jones

For Joshua Glenn, reteaming with Mark Kingwell and Seth on The Adventurer’s Glossary (McGill-Queen’s University Press) meant another chance to bond over a shared love of jargon and slang. Their day jobs make them an ... Read More »

August 11, 2021

A biography of Anne of Green Gables’ first Japanese translator  has Uzma Jalaluddin reminiscing about her childhood hero

By Alison Jones

When I was nine years old, I was given a copy of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic Canadian children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables. It was the TV series tie-in paperback, the cover featuring a solemn-looking ... Read More »

July 21, 2021

Remote book events likely to continue  after the pandemic

By Alison Jones

“It’s hard to imagine being in a room with 100 people again,” says Alana Wilcox as she ponders a return to the live literary event. The editorial director of Coach House Books in Toronto says ... Read More »

July 7, 2021

The founder of Canada Comics Open Library highlights four artists to watch

By Alison Jones

As a librarian, I am lucky to be surrounded by comics. I grew up reading Archie and the weekend comics in the Winnipeg Free Press, spending many afternoons drawing the characters and making paper dolls ... Read More »

April 22, 2021

derek beaulieu and Rhys Douglas Farrell create  visual poetry ablaze in colour

By Alison Jones

“I believe the poets think too small,” derek beaulieu says. He and artist Rhys Douglas Farrell are discussing how to open up visual poetry by using the techniques of visual art, such as collaboration, scale, ... Read More »

April 12, 2021

Kidlit Special: Sarena and Sasha Nanua on their journey from popular  YA bloggers to debut fantasy authors

By Alison Jones

I was like a fish out of water in 2016 when I released Fate of Flames, the first book in my YA fantasy trilogy, the Effigies series. In those early days, having a community of ... Read More »

March 8, 2021

Roundtable: Authors reflect on writing the first draft of COVID-19’s history

By Alison Jones

Written with urgency in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, three recent works of nonfiction serve as vital records of this historic time. In Field Notes from a Pandemic: A Journey through a World ... Read More »

March 5, 2021

Nurjehan Aziz and Mawenzi House celebrate 40 years  of championing diversity

By Alison Jones

In Caryl Phillips’s book of essays, Colour Me English: Reflections on Migration and Belonging, the Kittitian-British novelist writes that the only way up Mount Kilimanjaro is “pole, pole,” which in Swahili means “slowly, slowly.” It ... Read More »

March 1, 2021

Darrel J. McLeod shares his road map  from hardship to an exuberant life

By Alison Jones

The new memoir from Darrel J. McLeod, Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity (Douglas & McIntyre), is rooted in traumas – both systemic and personal – from which the author emerges into a career of remarkable breadth ... Read More »

March 1, 2021

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2021 Best of Fall guide: Nonfiction

Joshua Glenn’s language obsession goes  on an adventure

A biography of Anne of Green Gables’ first Japanese translator  has Uzma Jalaluddin reminiscing about her childhood hero

Remote book events likely to continue  after the pandemic

The founder of Canada Comics Open Library highlights four artists to watch

derek beaulieu and Rhys Douglas Farrell create  visual poetry ablaze in colour

Kidlit Special: Sarena and Sasha Nanua on their journey from popular  YA bloggers to debut fantasy authors

Roundtable: Authors reflect on writing the first draft of COVID-19’s history

Nurjehan Aziz and Mawenzi House celebrate 40 years  of championing diversity

Darrel J. McLeod shares his road map  from hardship to an exuberant life

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