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The trailer for  was narrated by Alex McKenna. Sound design was by Alex Redekop. It was created by Ontario director Celeste Koon with animation and VFX by Abhilasha Dewan and Ian Macdonald.  Koon is a mixed-race writer/director with a wild imagination and a unique and colourful, mixed-media filmmaking style. Celeste fluidly adapts to writing and directing for various ages, genres, and mediums. Her short films have shown in festivals across the globe as well as have been broadcast on Canadian and American television.    Dewan is a Sheridan College animation graduate from New Delhi...

Article content February is a big month for Canadian authors and books and the Brantford Public Library is re-opening just in time to celebrate. The library will open its main branch for browsing and more on Feb. 22. The St. Paul branch will open on Feb. 23. Staff will be happy to help customers looking for books mentioned in this column and beyond. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Library reopening for browsing and more Back to video The annual I Read Canadian Day happened Feb. 17, finalists for a national literary prize were announced and the 2...

comments It's cold outside so bundle up with a good book. Here are 30 great Canadian books to check out. If I Knew Then is a book by Jann Arden.(Random House Canada) Jann Arden is one of Canada's best known singer-songwriters. But when she reached her 50s, her life changed in unexpected ways: she became the caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she became the star of the sitcom  Jann and she realized that getting older doesn't mean she can't grow, change and celebrate.  If I Knew Then is Arden's memoir looking back on this journey, and how she learned to free he...

Canada Reads returns this year for its 20th edition, with the debates taking place March 8-11. This year the theme is “one book to transport us”. It seems very fitting to have such a theme during a year where we could all us a little escape from reality. For those who are unfamiliar with Canada Reads, it is CBC's annual battle of the books where five books go head-to-head in a competition to become the one book all Canadians should read. The books are each defended by a Canadian personality and Ali Hassan returns for the fifth time to host and moderate the debates.

Gary Barwin is the author of the novel Yiddish for Pirates.(Adela Talbot, Vintage Canada) Yiddish for Pirates is a nautical odyssey narrated by a wise-cracking, polyglot parrot. The parrot, who now lives in a nursing home in Florida, tells the story of Moishe, a boy who joins a ship's crew in 1492. There, Moishe meets the parrot, Aaron. The two have an unforgettable adventure, following maps and hunting for treasure. But it's the period of the Spanish Inquisition, and it's a dangerous time to be Jewish. When Jews as expelled from Spain, Moishe ends up travelling to the Caribbean with C...