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Dig Deep: The Authors of the 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award Shortlist

May 11, 2023May 25, 2023 - by Katie Underwood

This year’s crop of nominees for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award boldly went where they hadn’t before—narratively speaking

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An illustration of poet Steven Heighton in front of the sea at night.
Books / March/April 2023

Steven Heighton’s Posthumous Book Is a Reckoning with Death

March 6, 2023March 3, 2023 - by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Instructions for the Drowning offers a glimpse of the closure the author may have hoped for

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Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2022

December 16, 2022January 3, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

From historical fiction to arresting poetry, the best books of the year picked by some of the country’s leading writers

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A young child looking out of a window with a raccoon pressed against it.
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Vivek Shraya Proves Kids’ Books Can Help Us Explore Messy Truths

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 - by Angela Misri

Revenge of the Raccoons flips the narrative about the much-despised pests. But it’s also a story for grown-ups

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Novelist John Irving at a desk
Books / December 2022

Will John Irving’s The Last Chairlift Stand the Test of Time?

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 - by Dimitri Nasrallah

For decades, the celebrated author ruled the public’s imagination. But times change—how will he be read now?

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Three siopao dumplings.
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Siopao Is More than the Sum of Its Parts

October 21, 2022January 11, 2023 - by Christina Gonzales

Learning to make the ubiquitous Filipino dumpling taught me about my culture and my family

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Ann-Marie MacDonald.
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Ann-Marie MacDonald on Exile, Imagination, and Her New Gothic Ghost Story

October 12, 2022 - by Michelle Cyca

The writer insists that her books have happy endings—“insofar as there is someone left to tell the tale”

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My Harry Potter Podcast Made Me a Better Scholar

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 - by Hannah McGregor

I was taught to separate my feelings from my work. Making Witch, Please showed me the value of opening up

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Book Cover Confidential: A Roundtable with Designers

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 - by KC Hoard

Three insiders reveal where industry trends are headed

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Books / Health / November 2022

The Death Dilemma: Are Hospitals Overtreating Patients Nearing the End?

October 4, 2022October 7, 2022 - by Blair Bigham

An ER physician on the heavy costs of keeping patients alive when death is inevitable

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