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🎨📚 Children’s author & illustrator Bridget George brought The Inquisitive Raven to life with her beautiful artwork! She shared what it was like to work on the book, written by Richard Wagamese, in a chat with London Morning—tune in to hear her creative journey!

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How To Start A Book Club - Chatelaine Plus six books guaranteed to start great conversations.

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Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese is included in this how-to-book-club-like-a-boss! We agree this award-winning, CBC Canada Reads selection, which chronicles the troubled life of Saul Indian Horse, will have readers talking about love, family and the power of spirit.

Richard Van Camp on his novel, The Lesser Blessed I remember the day I held my author’s copy of The Lesser Blessed in my hands. 1996. Victoria student housing. Rain. There were 117 pages of Larry Sole’s confession. There were the last five years of m...

One of the novels on Alberta's banned book list is The Lesser Blessed by @richardvancamp.bsky.social. We've shared some of Richard's words about what this book has meant to him, and we hope that they will be cause for reflection about what is going on in the province.

From refreshing novels on love and life, to short stories full of dark humour and strange tales, these BC books definitely deserve a spot in your bag on your next trip to the beach.

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Gurjinder Basran is the author of four novels, including The Wedding and Help! I’m Alive. She recommends Rohinton Mistry's novel A Fine Balance.

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Drawing Motherhood: Four Graphic Memoirists Discuss Their Books on Parenting Life Rachel Deutsch (The Mother) is in conversation with Teresa Wong (Dear Scarlet, All Our Ordinary Stories), Becky Barnicoat (Cry When the Baby Cries) and Mary Catherine Starr (Mama Needs a Minute!) a…

Check out Montreal author and illustrator Rachel Deutsch's conversation with Teresa Wong, Becky Barnicoat and Mary Catherine Starr about their graphic memoirs. #TheMother #parenthoodcomics #graphicmemoir
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@bcferries.bsky.social trip coming up? Find these BC books and more in the Passages on-board store on your next sailing (Part 1)! 🚢🌊

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Fantastic summer reading list from @thetyee.ca! Featuring @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social, @greystonebooks.bsky.social, @orcabook.bsky.social, Rocky Mountain Books, and @talonbooks.bsky.social 🔖 #BCBooks

10 Canadian poetry books to expand your mind. Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers! (Although I have certainly written about beavers.) Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., …

Got a chance to curate a list of 10 Canadian poetry books for Lithub!

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books on table: 'Reconciling History: A Story of Canada' by Jody Wilson-Raybould & Roshan Danesh & 'Beast' by Richard Van Camp. Canadian Maple Leaf symbol. Tidewater books bookmark.

This evening's Featured #CanLit in-store are 'Reconciling History: A Story of Canada' by Jody Wilson-Raybould & Roshan Danesh & 'Beast' by @richardvancamp.bsky.social 💕🇨🇦📚

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The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, Illustrated by Bridget George Reviewed by Christina Barber

The Animal People Choose a Leader, written by Richard Wagamese and beautifully illustrated by Anishinaabe author-illustrator Bridget George, "is an exceptional book that serves as a touchstone in these challenging times." www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-animal...

Motherhood Is a Weird, Wild Trip. Dive In! | The Tyee Rachel Deutsch’s graphic memoir speaks truth to a surreal season of massive change.

Check out Harrison Mooney's interview with Rachel Deutsch, the author-illustrator of The Mother: A Graphic Memoir! thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Book cover for The Mother, a graphic memoir by Rachel Deutsch (Douglas & McIntyre), with a cartoon woman on a circus swing dropping a baby bottle and pacifier. A raw and honest, harrowing and humorous journey into the dualities of modern motherhood in graphic memoir form. New Yorker cartoonist Rachel Deutsch desperately wanted a baby, yet she was fearful of actually being pregnant and having one. She lurched into a new identity and then missed her old one. She loved her new baby fiercely, but yearned for her previous relationship with her partner, as sleepless nights revealed the cracks below the surface of their relationship. Funny, provocative, visually striking and unabashedly candid, The Mother offers empathy and laughs to new and seasoned parents, encouraging readers to embrace the unexpected depths of feeling, wildness, weirdness and love that come with the territory. https://douglas-mcintyre.com/collections/new-releases/products/9781771624329

Book cover for Inuit Inngiusingit: A Collection of Inuit Choral Music II by Dr. Mary Piercey-Lewis, illustrated by Sydney Barnes (Inhabit Media), with two Inuit women facing each other. Inuit Inngiusingit: A Collection of Inuit Choral Music II is a practical music educational tool centred around choral singing in Inuktitut. This performance-based songbook is perfect for classroom students (ages eight and above) and the teachers who guide them. Through active participation, students develop as expressive musicians and experience the thrill of musical and cultural discovery through artistic performance. This songbook includes contemporary and traditional Inuit music from Canada’s Arctic region. Inuit popular music from Susan Aglukark and The Jerry Cans, Inuit folk music from Looee Arreak and The Uvagut Band, and traditional Inuit a-ja-ja songs and throat songs are part of this collection. https://inhabitmedia.com/2022/06/07/inuit-inngiusingit-a-collection-of-inuit-choral-music-ii/

Daily #SmallPress #books #DSPBposts: Inuit Inngiusingit by Dr. Mary Piercey-Lewis, illustrated by Sydney Barnes (Inhabit Media) inhabitmedia.com/2022/06/07/i...
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Congratulations to Anh Duong and @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social for being shortlisted for the Rakuten Kobo 2025 Emerging Writer Prize within the non-fiction category! What an excellent book and a deserving achievement! 🥳

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On Our Radar: Ballot Boxes, Chinese Restaurants, Menopause Symptoms, and Difficult Conversations · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Every month, our editor enthuses about the books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand.

Whats on our radar this month? Ballot Boxes, Chinese Restaurants, Menopause Symptoms & Difficult Conversations! Curious much? Check out these titles from @nimbuspub.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/04... #CanLit

Memoir a delectable rumination on food, family and acceptance

Memoir a delectable rumination on food, family and acceptance www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif... "Rollicking and thought-provoking"! Thanks Bill Rambo and Winnipeg Free Press!

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Oh no, there were some important publishers missing who we think are great, including Arsenal Pulp Press and Strong Nations Publishing. Huge apologies for the error! New list here!

List of Canadian-owned publishers

This list makes us realize how lucky we are to be part of the publishing community in Canada, bringing out stories and lifting up voices from coast to coast to coast.

Check out my latest review of Richard Wagamese’s “The Animal People Choose a Leader.”

If you’re a parent or teacher, this is a great book to help kids understand politics.

Beautiful illustrations by Bridget George.

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Love the Toronto Star's " 'Canada Strong' applies to our literature, too" story on Saturday! YES to Wayson Choy's "Jade Peony" and Ann Hui's "Chop Suey Nation" as immigration stories worth including in curriculum, over the traditional American offerings. #Canadianstories #readCanadian

Cover of Fall-osophy: My Trip through Life with MS, a memoir by Ardra Sheppard. Below the title there is a drawing of a woman in a black dress. She is shown from shoulders down as though she has fallen with her feet in the air. One foot is wearing heels. The other foot is bare and the shoe has fallen off. Above the title is a drawing of a cane. Background of cover is pink, orange and green. Quote in the top corner “Bright, and spilling over with insight” -Rebecca Taussig author of Sitting Pretty

Thank you @ms-trippingonair.bsky.social and @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social for the opportunity to read this excellent book! I was diagnosed with MS around the same time as Ardra and I loved learning more about her life through her funny and engaging writing style.

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Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Nonfiction Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Nonfiction we're looking forward to in the first half of 2025.

Spring is around the corner! Here are some non-fiction titles we're looking forward to this coming season. @bookhugpress.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02... #CanLit

Fallosophy: My Trip through Life with MS by Ardra Shephard Reviewed by Selena Mercuri

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"Shephard’s memoir is a searing critique that dares to be both serious and fun. With equal parts wit and fury, Fallosophy is both a call to action and a celebration of self—bold, unfiltered, and impossible to forget.”

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Shadows of Tyranny : Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship DescriptionBestselling historian and author Ken McGoogan delves into dictatorships of the twentieth century to sound this crucial alarm about the possibility of democratic collapse in the US and its i...

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