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Lynn Scurfield is a freelance illustrator based just outside of

Cozying up to the idea

YOU DIDN’T NEED to be Nate Silver to predict that

Multiple choices

Zoey Leigh Peterson’s debut novel examines polyamory and the complicated world of modern relationships

Best of times, Worst of times

Nathan Whitlock on great and terrible news from the book world

White-hot mess

Check your ego before writing from a cultural viewpoint that isn’t your own

Defining Findley

CanLit legend Timothy Findley is finally recognized with his first comprehensive biography

Childish ways

From its castle-like exterior to its puppet theatre, Toronto’s Lillian H. Smith library is built for kids

Out of the attic

The potential of digital technology offers a chance at entirely new immersive literary experiences, writes

Keys to action

How three indigenous authors cut through the noise of social media to become online activists

Elise Gravel

Long a household name in Quebec, the author and illustrator is gaining notice in English Canada, one quirky character at a time

It takes two

Q&Q asked authors Robin Stevenson and Sarah N. Harvey about collaborating on Blood on the Beach, a YA thriller out with Orca Book Publishers in March. In the novel, a group of teen “delinquents” is sent to a wilderness camp on an island to work through their problems. Then one of the girls disappears, and it quickly becomes clear foul play was involved

Raising the stakes

Adrienne Kress brings dramatic flair and humour to her newest book for middle-graders

Windows onto the world

Publishers and authors are answering the need for books that shed light on the refugee experience

Triple threat

A trio of picture books offer different but equally satisfying takes on overcoming one’s fears

Practical magic

Two titles from Cary Fagan bear the author’s signature skill and whimsy

Fierce female

In the complicated world of Shane Arbuthnott’s novel, one thing is clear: being a girl is not a disadvantage

Kidding around

Anne Fleming’s loopy premise and endearing characters make for a touching kidlit debut

Epiphanies and paradoxes

Two collections from Hamish Hamilton show the short-story form to be alive and well

Hard liquor

Emily Schultz’s fourth novel aims at being a grimy yet widescreen look at the Prohibition era

Bitter refuge

Steven Heighton’s fourth novel is marred mainly by its handling of plot

Haunted house

Jean McNeil’s new novel addresses political and emotional violence in a fictional African country

Myth and magic

Janie Chang combines historical fact and fantastical elements in a beguiling new novel

Gold rush

David Carpenter’s sprawling novel is too episodic to entirely satisfy

Exposing the past

Talonbooks revisits iconic 1967 Montreal imagery for its reissue of Michel Tremblay’s Notebook series