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Money talks

Old ways of thinking won’t increase diversity in the publishing industry

Perchance to dream

The process of writing her debut novel forced Sarah Selecky to examine the way she approached her craft

Taken for granted

Canada Council changes mean authors are having to apply for their own writer-in-residence funding

Fantasy team

The magic realism and rich world of Eden Robinson’s Trickster trilogy make it the perfect fit for a TV series adaptation

Behind the zines

Koyama Press gives celebrated Toronto artist Fiona Smyth her first retrospective collection

Hometown heroes

The University of Guelph honours the Bookshelf’s Barb and Doug Minett

Gathering place

Vancouver’s Massy Books is both welcomed and welcoming

War Stories

Collaborating on a young Syrian refugee’s story proved educational for both of us, writes

Eastern promises

As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Halifax’s Nimbus Publishing has ambitious plans for the future

Tricks of the trade

Fernwood Publishing looks to expand its audience beyond academia

On the town

Lexicon Books co-owner Alice Burdick shares insight into running an indie bookstore on Nova Scotia’s stunning South Shore

Salary Survey

The good, the bad, and the hopeful

Same old story

A lack of disabled writers and insufficient industry representation are nothing new,writes

Value proposition

LÉONICKA VALCIUS on reaching non-white audiences within the confines of an old publishing system

Boys to men

Two books confront changing understandings of masculinity.

The destroyer of worlds

Aaron Tucker’s debut novel is a fictionalized biography of the man known as the “father of the atomic bomb”

Unsettling the literary canon

Cherokee scholar and writer Daniel Heath Justice provides an overview of Indigenous literary traditions in Canada

Secrets and lies

New thrillers from Amy Stuart and Catherine McKenzie focus on characters who have quite a bit to hide

To serve and protect

Former Toronto Police Services Board chair Alok Mukherjee delivers a critique of police and politicians who protect their own

Democratic deficits

Nik Nanos and Gwynne Dyer examine current threats to estern liberal democracies

Meet bully b.

In this powerful illustrated story the narrator finds ways to make peace with a schoolyard tormentor

Space matters

New books for budding astronauts look at the past, present, and future of off-earth exploration

The case of the middle-grade mind readers

Strong family relationships are at the heart of two novels about teen clairvoyants

Anger and forgiveness

Monique Gray Smith and Richard Van Camp come together for a flipbook about residential schools, history, and reconciliation

There will be blood

Arthur Slade brings his piano-wire precision to the story of a one-handed fugitive up againsta magical, merciless queen

Highlighting the dark

In adapting the 150-year-old fairy tales of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, Willow Dawson and Shelley Tanaka wanted to emphasize darkness and fears still relevant today