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In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading.

Winner, Commonwealth Book Prize, Canada and the Caribbean, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and Frye Academy AwardShortlisted, CLA Young Adult Book Award, Red Maple Award, and University

An affair. A marriage. Accidental encounters. A secret spying mission masquerading as research for a short story on desire.

In 1943, Northrop Frye wrote a paper, left unfinished, on "the state of the world." His ideas of what to expect after the end of the war and the role that literature might play in a time

If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it?

Knitting is a booming pastime, enjoying a resurgence of interest, spawning books, movies, a brisk online trade in wool and knitted goods — even trade fairs.

Shortlisted, Amazon.ca First Novel Award, Ottawa Book Award, and Jim Connors Dartmouth Book AwardIn the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a man has decided to slowly simplify his life and withdraw his pres

Giller Prize-winner Lynn Coady's unforgettable Christmas story "The Three Marys," is adapted from her award-winning debut novel, Strange Heaven, published in 1993.

Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard believes his charismatic father is infallible.

Ailsa Kay lays out the literary equivalent of a jigsaw puzzle in Under Budapest, bringing into stark relief the triumphs, calamities, and desperation of two North American Hungarian families and th

Her weakest moment spawned a crusade for change. Julie Devaney takes us on a journey through the health care system as she is diagnosed and treated for ulcerative colitis.

Shortlisted, Dorothy Livesay Poetry PrizePart roving eye, part devotion, you wander hotel corridors, entering rooms not quite yours, trying on clothes, blankets, skins.

The extraordinary "Knife Party" is from a new collection of stories by Mark Anthony Jarman titled Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, published in the spring of 2015.Published on the occasio

Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Best Non-Fiction Crime Book AwardIn 1869, in the woods just outside of the bustling port city of Saint John, a group of teenaged berry pickers discovered several badly dec

“One could do worse than to grow up on a river.” In his new collection of essays, Wayne Curtis voyages back through the tributaries of his past, throwing a pastoral net over the backwaters of his c