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When We Lost Our Heads
Heather O’Neill’s new novel explores feminine obsession in 19th-century Montreal.
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Explore Heather O’Neill in our collection
Attend Meet the Author event featuring Heather O'Neill at BPL
Read the original story at mcgilltribune.com | Mar 8 2022
2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist
Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English.
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Read the original story at womensprizeforfiction.co.uk | Mar 8 2022
Beyond The Fog of War
Books to help us understand the history and invasion of Ukraine.
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Explore War & Conflict booklist in our collection
Explore How to Make Peace booklist in our collection
Read the original story at theguardian.com | Mar 4 2022
Remembering Duvall Hecht
He was the audiobook pioneer and founder of Books on Tape.
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Read the original story at nytimes.com | Mar 3 2022
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Out of the Sun
Esi Edugyan's latest is an illuminating look at race, art & literature through the centuries.
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Explore Esi Edugyan in our collection
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Mar 2 2022
George Saunders
Author of eleven books on overcoming uncertainty in writing.
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Read the original story at lithub.com | Feb 25 2022
Secrets of the Sprakkar
Author and Icelandic first lady Eliza Reid's idea of perfect happiness is being with family.
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Explore Iceland in our collection
Read/listen to the original interview on cbc.ca | Feb 25 2022
The Swells
Montreal author Will Aitken expertly cruising through satiric waters.
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Explore Will Aitken in our collection
Read the original review on artfuse.org | Feb 22 2022
The Magnolia Palace
Author Fiona Davis transforms New York City’s architectural history into winning fiction.
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Explore Fiona Davis in our collection
Read the original interview on bookpage.com | Feb 2022
Moon Witch, Spider King
Marlon James’ acclaimed series is great because it’s fantasy—not in spite of it.
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Explore Marlon James in our collection
Attend a virtual author talk event featuring Marlon James with Toronto Public Library
Read the original review at slate.com | Feb 22 2022
How a Book Is Made
Following Marlon James’s “Moon Witch, Spider King” through the printing process.
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Attend a virtual author talk event featuring Marlon James with Toronto Public Library
Read the original story at nytimes.com | Feb 19 2022
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Where to start with James Joyce
This month marking the centenary of Ulysses and 140 years since Joyce’s birth.
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Explore James Joyce in our collection
Read the original story at theguardian.com | Feb 18 2022
Pure Colour
Sheila Heti on feeling estranged from the facts of existence.
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Explore Sheila Heti in our collection
Read/listen to the interview at lithub.com | Feb 17 2022
When I Listen to Silence
Jean E. Pendziwol explores the wonders of daydreaming in her new picture book.
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Explore Jean E. Pendziwol in our collection
Read the review at quillandquire.com | Feb 16 2022
From Strength to Strength
Arthur Brooks on cracking the code to happiness in the second half of life.
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Explore Arthur Brooks in our collection
Read the original story at npr.org | Feb 16 2022
Beatrice and Croc Harry
Middle-grade novel by Lawrence Hill is the #1 Canadian kids book this week.
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Explore Lawrence Hill in our collection
Attend BPL Meet the Author event featuring Lawrence Hill | Feb 16
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Feb 15 2022
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning author talks to Rumaan Alam about her theory of unstoppability.
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Explore Rumaan Alam in our collection
The Roughest Draft
The YA author duo's adult debut is a cerebral yet swoony love story.
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Explore Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka in our collection
Read the original review on bookpage.com | Feb 2022
Romance Novels & Attraction
Romance authors are philosophers of love. Here’s how they think about chemistry.
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Explore Talia Hibbert in our collection
Explore romance Staff Picks in our collection
Read the original story at vox.com | Feb 9 2022
Remembering Harold R. Johnson
Celebrated Cree author was an influential voice among Indigenous writers in Canada.
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Read the original story at cbc.ca | Feb 9 2022
The Color of Abolition
Linda Hirshman’s fresh, provocative and engrossing account of the abolition movement.
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Explore Linda Hirshman in our collection
Read the original review at nytimes.com | Feb 8 2022
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Remembering Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar's voice was the soundtrack to hundreds of Indian films.
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Explore Bollywood in our collection
Read the original story at bbc.com | Feb 6 2022
Lawrence Hill
Author makes the leap to children’s literature with his middle-grade debut.
Explore Beatrice and Croc Harry in our collection
Explore Lawrence Hill in our collection
Attend BPL Meet the Author event featuring Lawrence Hill | Feb 16
Read the original story at quillandquire.com | Jan/Feb 2022
Free Love
A woman embraces change in the 1960s in Tessa Hadley's novel.
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Explore Tessa Hadley in our collection
Read the original story at npr.org | Feb 5 2022
2022 Olympic Winter Games
Opening ceremony came less than 6 months after close of pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games.
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Explore Olympian Authors staff picks in our collection
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Feb 4 2022
2022 Evergreen Award
Tomson Highway, Mary Lawson and Rivka Galchen are among the 10 finalists.
Explore past Evergreen Award winners and nominees in our collection
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Feb 3 2022
Groundhog Day 2022
Ontario’s Wiarton Willie claims an early spring is on the way.
Explore Wiarton Willie's Groundhog Day Picks
Read the original story at globalnews.ca | Feb 2 2022
I Am Golden
Instagram fashion director Eva Chen wants to 'celebrate self-love,' combat anti-Asian hate'.
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Explore Celebrating Chinese New Year staff picks
Read the original story at usatoday.com | Feb 1 2022
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson on the secrets that shape our culture.
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Read the original story at goodreads.com | Jan 28 2022
How High We Go in the Dark
Sequoia Nagamatsu's debut novel about a climate change virus in 2030.
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Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 28 2022
Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart’s contribution to the burgeoning genre of the lockdown novel.
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Explore Gary Shteyngart in our collection
Read the original story at theguardian.com | Jan 26 2022
Honor
Thrity Umrigar's new novel contemplates the meaning of dignity in a dehumanizing world.
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Explore Thrity Umrigar in our collection
Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 26 2022
Canada Reads 2022 Contenders
Five Canada Reads champions will bring their diverse perspectives to this year's theme.
Explore Canada Reads 2022 Longlist books in our collection
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Jan 26 2022
Newbery and Caldecott Medals
'Watercress' and 'The Last Cuentista' win top children's book awards.
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Explore current and past Newbery Medal nominees in our collection
Explore current and past Caldecott Medal nominees in our collection
Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 24 2022
It Was Dark There All the Time
Hamilton author Andrew Hunter's new book tells the story of a woman enslaved in Canada.
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Read the original story at cbc.ca | Jan 24 2022
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Rapid-fire book recommendations from the author of The Five Wounds.
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Explore Middlemarch in our collection
Read the original story at lithub.com | Jan 24 2022
‘Joan Is Okay’
Wang raises provocative questions about motherhood, daughterhood, and belonging.
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Explore Weike Wang in our collection
Read the original story at nytimes.com | Jan 23 2022
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Remembering André Leon Talley
The larger-than-life former Vogue editor was a man of grand pronouncements.
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Explore Vogue magazine in our collection
Read the original story at vogue.com | Jan 18 2022
Cornbread & Poppy
Matthew Cordell offers a mouse’s tale that’s perfect for the youngest of readers.
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Explore Matthew Cordell in our collection
Read the original interview at bookpage.com | Jan 2022
Honouring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
About the significance of Dr. King’s extraordinary work and devotion to principle.
Explore Martin Luther King Jr staff picks in our collection
Explore Talking to Kids about Race & Racism staff picks in our collection
Read the original story at newyorker.com | Jan 16 2022
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara's 'To Paradise' packs a staggering amount into its alternate histories.
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Explore Hanya Yanagihara in our collection
Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 12 2022
Canada Reads 2022 Longlist
Inspiring readers to reflect on community and who we are in the world we live in.
Explore Canada Reads 2022 Longlist books in our collection
Read the original story at cbc.ca | Jan 12 2022
Maya Angelou
Writer and poet has become the first Black woman on a quarter.
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Read the original story at nytimes.com | Jan 10 2022
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Wahala
In Nikki May's sharply observed debut novel intimacy at times morphs into enmity.
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Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 10 2022
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel delves into our collective internet consciousness.
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Read the original story at vox.com | Jan 7 2022
Arriving Today
WSJ columnist Christopher Mims takes a close look at the global supply chain.
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Read the original story at npr.org | Jan 5 2022
The Power of Fun
Popular science writer Catherine Price says to stop scrolling, put down your phone and play.
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Explore Catherine Price in our collection
Read the original story at bookpage.com | Jan 4 2022
Increase your EQ
Focusing on emotional intelligence, these titles offer insight for managing emotions.
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Explore Emotional in our collection
Read the original reviews at bookpage.com | Jan 2022
Fiona and Jane
Jean Chen Ho circles sexuality, money and religion with grace.
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Read the original review at nytimes.com | Jan 3 2022
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Alice McDermott
"Connection is at the heart of why we read and write."
Explore What About the Baby? in our collection
Explore Alice McDermott in our collection
Read/listen to the original interview on lithub.com | Jan 3 2022
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