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Most Anticipated: Our 2024 Spring Fiction Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

All the best fiction coming your way in the first half of 2024!

Childhood in British Columbia

by Lesley Krueger

A recommended reading list from the author of Far Creek Road.

The Chat with Erum Shazia Hasan

by Trevor Corkum

Erum Shazia Hasan’s debut novel, We Meant Well (ECW Press) was longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize last fall. This week, she joins us on …

10 Canadian Books for Black History Month

by Spencer Miller

I highly recommend teachers read children’s and young adult books on the topics of Black history and anti-racism. These books give us the language to …

Surrealism Here and Now

by Beatriz Hausner

A recommended reading list by the author of She Who Lies Above.

The Chat with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

by Trevor Corkum

Today we're in conversation with author Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, whose novel Wait Softly Brother (Wolsak & Wynn) was longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller …

Experimental Approaches, or How to Find a Poem

by Michael V. Smith

A recommended reading list by the author of Queers Like Me.

To Tenderly Toe the Line Between the Grime and the Beauty

by Hana Shafi

A recommended reading list by the author of People You Know, Places You've Been.

Notes From a Children's Librarian: No Name Calling

by Julie Booker

January is host to No Name Calling Week for many school boards. Here are a few titles to get you started. 

Darrell J. McLeod's Reading List

by Darrel J. McLeod

A recommended reading list by the author of the new book A Season in Chezgh'un

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