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Canisi Lubrin Sarah Polley Jim Balsillie NEW ROLES

Neighbourhood watch

Indigo is bringing a local focus to its bookstores across the country

Falling behind

COVID-19 exacerbates the existing crisis of early literacy

♥ yourself

Be proud to champion your own work on social media

Sex and the CBC

After winning , Joshua Whitehead’s debut novel Jonny Appleseed is a number-one bestseller

Tell me your story

Journalist Susan McClelland has carved a niche for herself co-writing memoirs of trauma and healing

Outside the lines

Cole Pauls’s work is inspired by ’80s and ’90s comic strips, punk rock, and his own Tahltan heritage

Pictures of the future

The founder of Canada Comics Open Library highlights four artists to watch

Quall & Quire Summer Virtual Festival Guide

Seven book festivals bring Canada’s literary landscape to your fingertips

Do not go gentle

A determined elder tries to outwit death in Hiromi Goto’s graphic novel debut 

Thrill ride

Ed O’Loughlin’s complex spy novel is a rollicking adventure and much more 

Unreliable confessions

Memory, lies, and storytelling intertwine in Russell Banks’s latest novel 

War crimes

A demanding look at the horrors of the Bosnian war drives Kim Echlin’s latest 

Tricks of the trade

Erica Fyvie reveals the inner workings of advertising

Express yourself

Christian Allaire’s debut empowers young people to embrace their culture and style

Between you and me

Two new picture books leave third-person narration behind for a more direct approach

Social experiment

A social media collaboration is commemorated in a new collection