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Fall Books: New Releases, Author Exclusives, and More

September 27, 2022September 8, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

A curated guide to fall 2022’s buzziest fiction and nonfiction reads

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September/October 2022 / Society

No Place to Live

September 21, 2022March 10, 2023 - by Julia-Simone Rutgers

One person’s search for a place to call home shows a public housing system stretched to its limits

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Fiction / July/August 2022 / Poetry

Summer Reading 2022

August 5, 2022July 24, 2024 - by The Walrus

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Teen Walrus: Young People on What Matters Now

July 20, 2022February 25, 2025 - by The Walrus Staff

Young writers and artists from across Canada share the conversations, problems, and ideas that are critical to them

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Youth Podcast Host Call-Out

July 8, 2022August 17, 2022 - by The Walrus Lab

The Walrus Lab is seeking young hosts for a special upcoming podcast series. We’re excited to announce that we have a special new podcast series in the works, and it’s …

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

The Surprising Appeal of Winnipeg’s Garbage Hill

June 21, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Jonathan Dyck

How I developed an appreciation for a green space with a past life as a municipal dump

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Pik-Shuen Fung Wins 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

May 20, 2022April 19, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

The author of Ghost Forest (Strange Light) is the winner of the forty-sixth annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award

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Environment / May 2022

Burning Up: The Controversial Biofuel Threatening BC’s Last Inland Rainforests

March 28, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Brian J. Barth

The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?

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Hooked-up Culture

March 10, 2022June 23, 2023 - by Katie Underwood

Edged out of the city by ever-inflating housing prices—and freed up by flexible working parameters, courtesy of COVID-19—Canadian millennials might finally have a shot at financial stability. If the Wi-Fi’s good, that is.