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Global view

APRIL 22 MARKS the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an

Putting up a fight

The protagonist of Sheena Kamal’s first YA novel muscled her way in and forced the author to push everything else aside

In The Club

With book-club membership on the rise, publishers are strategizing to connect with some of the market’s most voracious readers

Loan Stars

EACH MONTH, Canadian library staff vote for their most-anticipated

Note to self

A writer’s notebook isn’t a necessary tool, but it might help you capture precious details

Recent Deals

► ECW Press has acquired world rights to Anne T. Donahue’s

Strength In Numbers – And Pictures

A group of kidlit creators has found a rewarding way to approach marketing and promotion

Spreading The Word

Coach House simultaneously launches six accessible editions of a single title, marking a first for Canadian publishing

It’s easy being green

How indie publishers are responding to the urgency of the climate crisis

Double vision

In a debut collection of poems and a debut no vel, John Elizabeth Stintzi allows the slippery nature of gender and identity to glide into the surr eal

Reverting to type

In her new collection, Dani Spinosa locates visual poetr y at the nexus of analogue and digital tr aditions

Poetry in motion

Three new collections boast movement, linguistic prowess, and technical experimentalism

Figures of speech

Two works in translation use spoken rhythms to address the existential pain of living

Love stories

Marianne Apostolides crafts a genre-bending novel about the philosophical nature of one of our most perilous emotional states

Yippee-Ki-Yay

New novels from Gil Adamson and Tyler Enfield prove that the western genre is alive and well in Canadian literature

Pet Sounds

Buffy Sainte-Marie poeticizes pet adoption and Rachel and Sean Qitsualik- Tinsley hit the right notes in the story of a baby owl

Emotional Roller Coaster

Four new books explore feelings of anxiety at the playground, in the classroom, and at parties – complete with coping strategies

Index

Adamson, Gil, Ridgerunner (House of Anansi Press) $32.95

Background action

A new exhibition celebrates the history of those who work behind the scenes in Canadian publishing