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Kaile Shilling Chelene Knight Esi Edugya n NEW

Behind the rising cost of paper

Pressure on the pulp-and-paper industry affects independent publishers’ bottom lines 

Lending a hand

Now more than ever, Canadian libraries are supporting their communities’ health and wellness 

A quick peak

Comparison is the thief of joy – even when it’s to yourself

Youth in revolt

Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff address the generation that is going to change the world 

Poetic justice

Rita Wong used her poetry to call for environmental action. But as the situation grew more dire, she put poetry aside 

The more things change

Mass protests for racial justice prompted a reevaluation of publishing’s racist systems. A year later, a handful of organizations have made demonstrable change

The zombie slayer

While others wail about the irrelevance of the novel, Rachel Cusk has been quietly remaking the form

“I’m not the nice gay guy”

Playwright Brad Fraser’s new memoir fans the flames of his provocative legacy 

In the driver’s seat

Marcello Di Cintio’s latest is a nuanced, empathetic profile of the often-ignored people behind the wheel 

The Unconventional Nancy Ruth

NANCY RUTH WAS 40 when she learned that

The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice

Jamie Swift and Elaine Power 

In Praise of Retreat: Finding Sanctuary in the Modern World

KIRSTEEN MACLEOD went to the woods because, like Thoreau,

His life as a man

Ira Nadel offers a comprehensive, if inconsistent, appraisal of the controversial American author 

Astral projections

The perceptions of others create the enigmatic figure at the centre of Cedar Bowers’s debut 

★ Day for Night

ECW Press  

The Son of the House

THE DEBUT NOVEL by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe- Onuobia, who

Cosmic road trip

James Gladstone unravels the mystery of Halley’s comet

Peggy’s Impossible Tale

Roy Miki and Slavia Miki; Mariko Ando, ill. 

Rite of passage

Liselle Sambury’s young adult debut mixes the fantastical with the familiar 

Poem in My Pocket

Chris Tougas and Josée Bisaillon, ill. 

Thanks a Lot, Universe

Chad Lucas  Amulet Books, Ages 10–14

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend

Dawn Quigley and Tara Audibert, ill

The Street Belongs to Us

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Gabriela Godoy, ill.  Arsenal Pulp Press, Ages 8–12

Wordless wonders

Two new illustrated picture books encourage curiosity and reflection

Creature comforts

Illustrated fantasy press Eye of Newt Books channels forgotten mythology and the childhood library of its co-publishers