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That Trying Genre: Guest Post by Susan Olding
"In an unstable world, we want to know what we’re getting, and with an essay, we can never be sure."
Excerpts from The Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2011, guest editor Priscila Uppal, series editor Molly Peacock
"This anthology, so astutely and lovingly selected by Priscila Uppal, provides poetry—or, simply put, 'patterned language'—with fifty electric definitions." …
The Best Book Trailers We've Seen Lately
There really is no formula when it comes to making a book trailer great, although it seems the great ones have no truck with formula in the first place. …
Hockey Bums and Hockey Novels: Guest Post by Jamie Fitzpatrick
The best hockey stories opt for story and character over fable, and they aren’t shy about facing up to the absurdity and even banality of sport.
Dear Toronto Readers: Hit the Road
Book Madam, Julie Wilson, hits the rural roads to visit regional literary festivals.
The Critical Mind by Ray Robertson
In this excerpt from Why Not: Fifteen Reasons to Live, Ray Robertson applies his critical reading skills to history.
Virtual Voyages: A Reading List by Charlotte Gill
"...all these stories took me on journeys. When I closed the covers I felt as if I’d been transported."
Owling: Guest Post by Kristen den Hartog
"But there is something special about stories that are told rather than read, because they’re different each time."
"A triumph of imagination..."
Best books for kids celebrated at the 2011 Canadian Children's Book Awards
Malcolm Mills on the youth appeal of his YA novel Beyond the Shickshock Mountains
Malcolm Mills discusses how war, conflict and change pique the interest of young adult readers.