Whether you’re looking for a thrill-seeking expedition or a relaxing daytrip, you won’t have to travel far once you know where to look. Get to know some of your local trails, canoe routes, waterfalls, and more in this month’s curated collection.

Poetry Month is drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean we should stop enjoying and highlighting our favourite poetry and poets! Coming up May 13, 2021, at 8 PM (ADT), we will be hosting the virtual book launch of Alyda Faber’s latest poetry collection Poisonous If Eaten Raw. This event will feature a reading by the poet, a conversation with Jody Clarke, and a Q&A.

To tide you over until the big day, we wanted to share a few bonus readings by the poet herself.

Next on our poetry pile is Jessie Jones’s debut poetry collection The Fool: a cutting, often dark, assessment of contemporary womanhood. This collection might have popped onto your newsfeed recently because just last week it made the shortlist for the 2021 Raymond Souster Award! In celebration, we wanted to share some readings by the poet herself.

Mother’s Day is a few weeks away, which means preparations are in order. And what could go better with breakfast in bed than a new book? Our curated Mother’s Day collection is brimming with a variety of bookish treats that are all 20% off with the code MOM20 from now until May 9th. 

Take a moment and choose a book or two to share with the special someone you’ll be appreciating this Mother’s Day. 

This month, we suggested perusing our complete list of poetry, and we just had to take our own advice. First on our pile of poetry rereads is Matthew Walsh’s These are not the potatoes of my youth, a collection described as “equal parts heart-tingling and hilarious” by Canadian Literature. Anyone else suddenly remember seeing potatoes all over their Twitter feed? If not — and this collection somehow flew under your radar — now’s the time to add it to the TBR pile. But don’t wait for us to convince you; enjoy this reading of “Moonshot” by the poet themself first.