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For its 24th edition, Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 8, Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival returns to enriching, in-person programming (May 5 to 8) coupled with virtual encounters (April

Montreal and other Quebec settings have played prominent roles in books by Louise Penny, Kaie Kellough and others.

8 New Spring Books That Explore The Intricacies Of Motherhood Including a delightful memoir from Korean-American writer, Michelle Zauner. Amil Niazi Updated May 14, 2021 This is a particularly gruelling time for mothers, who are juggling domestic concerns and paid work while managing the isolation and anxiety of a raging virus. One silver lining (if we can call it that) has been a new kind of radical transparency about what it takes to be a parent. These books challenge our no...

The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend) The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace — where she must also reckon with her past. When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021 Andrew Wedderburn is a ...

Biblioasis, Jan. Vancouver writer Keath Fraser is one of this country’s most robust and individual literary voices; though despite a career that includes winning the Chapters/ Books in Canada First Novel Award for 1995’s Popular Anatomy and being nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for the story collection Foreign Affairs a decade earlier, he is generally consigned to cult status at best in Canada. With luck, all that will change in spring, when Biblioasis releases not one...