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February 21-27 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada!
Vancouver SpecialBy Charles DemersExcerpted in the Vancouver Sun Vancouver is at a crossroads in its history―host to the 2010 Winter Olympics and home to the poorest neighbourhood in Canada; a young, multicultural city ...more
How It All Vegan! 10th Anniversary EditionIrresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free DietBy Sarah Kramer and Tanya BarnardAs seen on "Canada A.M." Since it was first published in 1999, How It All Vegan! has become a bible for vegan cooks, both diehard and newly converted; its basic introduction ...more
American HunksThe Muscular Male Body in Popular Culture, 1860-1970By David L. Chapman and Brett Josef GrubisicExcerpted on out.com The "American hunk" is a cultural icon: the image of the chiseled, well-built male body has been promoted and exploited for commercial use for over 125 years, whether ...more
Yarn BombingThe Art of Crochet and Knit GraffitiBy Mandy Moore and Leanne PrainExcerpted in The National Post and Geist magazine Featured on The New Yorker's book blog On city street corners, around telephone posts, through barbed wire fences, and over abandoned cars, a quiet ...more
A Little Distillery in NowgongBy Ashok MathurThis fantastical historical novel, narrated by a child yet to be born, traces the lives of three generations of a Parsi family in India from the late 1800s to present ...more
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