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Shelf Talkers: January 2015
Girls, gangs, murder, elephants, Billy the Kid, and environmental disaster feature in this month's Shelf Talkers from Canada's indie booksellers.
Family Literacy Day: 8 Great Books for Boys
You don't have to settle for less in literary quality if you want to match a boy to a book.
Most Anticipated: Spring 2015 Poetry Preview
This spring, Canadian poets are better than ever.
Ann Douglas: A Short History of Parental Guilt
Today’s parenting experts are less likely to point the finger of blame than parenting pundits of yesteryear.
Kristi Charish: Canadian Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The author of Owl and the Japanese Circus on the Canadian sci-fi/fantasy scene.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Newfoundland Books
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Most Anticipated: 2015 Non-Fiction Spring Preview
Some amazing non-fiction books are coming your way in Spring 2015.
Susan Philpott: New Beginnings and Radical Change
A list of harrowing and inspirational reads selected by the author of the new novel, Blown Red.
Quick Hits: Funny, Moving, and Everything In Between
In Quick Hits, a new 49th Shelf series, we look through our stacks to bring you books that, when they were published, elicited a lot of reaction and praise. …
Most Anticipated: 2015 Fiction Spring Preview
January is a fine time for looking ahead, and for scoping out the scene on the forthcoming reading year. Spoiler: it's going to be a good one.