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The East Side Story Book List

by Nick Marino

A recommended reading list by the author of the new memoir East Side Story: Growing Up at the PNE.

Most Anticipated: Our 2023 Fall Nonfiction Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

The nonfiction we're looking forward to in the second half of 2023!

8 Books to Read While Paddling Down the River Tweed in the Morning Light with but a Whisper of Rain Falling

by Sam Shelstad

A recommended reading list by the author of Citizens of Light, one of our July summer books picks!

Animals of CanLit

by Amy Jones

A recommended reading list by the author of the new novel Pebble & Dove.

Summer Books: Are We There Yet?

by Ali Bryan

Summer books to read when your flight’s been cancelled, you dropped your phone in the pool, your air mattress has a leak or the potato salad’s gone …

Summer Eats: Zesty Potato Salad

by Karen Anderson

An excerpt from Eat Alberta First: A Year of Local Recipes from Where the Prairies Meet the Mountains.

Quick Hits for Summer 2023

by Kiley Turner

In Quick Hits, we look through our stacks to bring you books that, when they were published, elicited a lot of reaction and praise. Our selections include …

Most Anticipated: Our 2023 Fall Fiction Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

All the fiction you'll be falling in love with in the second half of 2023!

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Musical Biographies

by Julie Booker

A powerful message runs through all these texts: find the thing you’re passionate about and spend your life doing it.

The Writers Who Showed Me What a Novel Could Be

by Beth Ryan

A recommended reading list by the author of our July summer book pick, If We Caught Fire.

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