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Poetry Friday: "Tell Me How" by Daniel Scott Tysdal

Poetry Friday: "Tell Me How" by Daniel Scott Tysdal

For Poetry Friday, instead of an Easter-themed poem (as you might expect), we're going with a different occasion. A fauxccasion, actually. In his collection Fauxccasional Poems, Daniel...

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THE ENDLESS BATTLE Author Andy Flanagan Shortlisted for the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing

The Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the shortlist for the twelve different book prizes comprising the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards. Among the nominated titles, New...

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Jan Wong’s APRON STRINGS Shortlisted for the 2018 New Brunswick Book Awards

Jan Wong’s APRON STRINGS Shortlisted for the 2018 New Brunswick Book Awards

The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the third annual New Brunswick Book Awards. Among the shortlisted...

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Canadian Author Michael Kaan Selected for Walter Scott Prize Academy’s 2018 ‘Recommended’ List

Canadian Author Michael Kaan Selected for Walter Scott Prize Academy’s 2018 ‘Recommended’ List

Winnipeg author Michael Kaan has been selected for the Walter Scott Prize Academy’s list of twenty recommended historical novels published in the last year across...

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Poetry Friday: "The Bad News" by S.P. Zitner

Poetry Friday: "The Bad News" by S.P. Zitner

We don't like to dwell on it, but let's be honest; some days it seems like the world is made up of nothing but bad news....

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Emily Nilsen's "Otolith" Longlisted for the Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards

Emily Nilsen's "Otolith" Longlisted for the Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards

This morning, on World Poetry Day and the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the League of Canadian Poets announced finalists for the 2018 Book...

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Poetry Friday: "Astrocottage" by Katherine Leyton

Poetry Friday: "Astrocottage" by Katherine Leyton

Today's poem "Astrocottage" comes to the Interwebs courtesy of Katherine Leyton (from All the Gold Hurts My Mouth). Leyton's collection explores the subtle effects of the...

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Interview with Andrew Battershill, author of MARRY, BANG, KILL!

Interview with Andrew Battershill, author of MARRY, BANG, KILL!

Out in stores now: MARRY, BANG, KILL, the new book by Giller-longlisted author Andrew Battershill!  Don't miss out on reading the novel Publishers Weekly calls "a surprisingly heartfelt story...

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An excerpt from Andrew Battershill's MARRY, BANG, KILL, in bookstores now!

An excerpt from Andrew Battershill's MARRY, BANG, KILL, in bookstores now!

Out in stores now: MARRY, BANG, KILL, the new book by Giller-longlistied author Andrew Battershill!  Don't miss out on reading the novel Publishers Weekly calls "a surprisingly heartfelt story...

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