Spring 2020 Posts
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2020 Manitoba Book Awards Winners
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2020 Trillium Book Awards
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5 Debut Authors in Search of a Book Launch
Five books that Natalie Jennifer—whose debut is the much buzzed-about The Jane Austen Society—thinks you need to know about.
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Launchpad: The Kissing Fence, by B.A. Thomas-Peter
"A compelling story of faith and loyalty, abuse and adversity, and the hope for a better tomorrow." —Genevieve Graham
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Launchpad: Polar Vortex, by Shani Mootoo
A novel that's gorgeously wrought and excruciatingly (in the best way!) unputdownable.
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Launchpad: The Union of Smokers, by Paddy Scott
"An entirely new kind of story told by a gutter-mouthed, chain-smoking twelve year old, who announces in the opening paragraph that he’s going to die …
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Launchpad: Junebat, by John Elizabeth Stintzi
"To the poetics of the queer everyday Stintzi adds their ‘Junebat,’ a multitudinous concept of such explanatory power I’m certain it’ll endure …
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Your 2020 Spring Festival Guide
A round-up of literary festivals taking place this spring near you and across the country.
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Books for the Polar Vortex
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Most Anticipated: Spring 2020 Books for Young Readers Preview
We're excited to be looking ahead to books for young readers, including picture books, middle grade, and YA titles.