What began as a means of personal artistic expression has turned into a second career for cut-paper collage artist Thao Lam, whose debut picture book, Skunk on a String, is out with Owlkids Books in ... Read More »
February 24, 2016
When asked about the genesis of my novel-in-stories, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, about a woman struggling with body-image issues, two seemingly incongruous memories most persistently come to mind: listening, as an ... Read More »
February 17, 2016 | Filed under: Authors
As a novelist, I’ve often felt a kind of indirect pressure to toe a certain authorial line when it comes to popular culture – an attitude somewhere on a continuum between long-suffering tolerance and outright ... Read More »
February 1, 2016
A distinct or specific lexicon can help make the reading experience vivid and real, writes Alexis von Koningslow Sometimes, the thoughts that populate my head feel vastly different from those around me. I remember sitting ... Read More »
January 18, 2016 | Filed under: Authors
For more than a decade, author Helen Humphreys has owned a property on Ontario’s picturesque Napanee River. Her latest book, The River (ECW Press), is a meditation on the landscape, mixing archival and contemporary photos, ... Read More »
January 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture
A 19th-century hayloft today acts as the home of Coach House Books, one of Canada’s most important labs of sentence structure In 1890, the brick coach house located on what is now known as bpNichol ... Read More »
January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture
When I look at my daughter, Nahanni, I see everything that is beautiful. Infinite love, endless possibilities. I have called her “my baby bear” since the day she was born. Just being around her brings ... Read More »
January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Authors
Former lawyer and self-proclaimed bibliophile Natalie Jenner has fulfilled a longtime dream of opening a bookstore with the launch of Archetype Books in Oakville, Ontario. Since opening its doors in mid-December, the bookstore has been ... Read More »
December 16, 2015
Designers choose four books that made a visual mark in 2015 Debris Kevin Hardcastle (Biblioasis) Designed by Kate Hargreaves This accomplished cover is literary and restrained, while simultaneously kicking ass six ways from Sunday. The ... Read More »
December 9, 2015
Thirteen more titles that made a mark in 2015 ’Membering Austin Clarke (Dundurn Press) Now 81, Austin Clarke recalls a life lived fully, including forays into the American civil rights movement and a career as ... Read More »
December 3, 2015
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