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Spring 2020 Posts

10 books

2020 Manitoba Book Awards Winners

list by Kerry Clare

6 books

2020 Trillium Book Awards

list by Kerry Clare

5 Debut Authors in Search of a Book Launch

by Natalie Jenner

Five books that Natalie Jennifer—whose debut is the much buzzed-about The Jane Austen Society—thinks you need to know about.

Launchpad: The Kissing Fence, by B.A. Thomas-Peter

by Kerry Clare

"A compelling story of faith and loyalty, abuse and adversity, and the hope for a better tomorrow." —Genevieve Graham

Launchpad: Polar Vortex, by Shani Mootoo

by Kerry Clare

A novel that's gorgeously wrought and excruciatingly (in the best way!) unputdownable. 

Launchpad: The Union of Smokers, by Paddy Scott

by Kerry Clare

"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 …

Launchpad: Junebat, by John Elizabeth Stintzi

by Kerry Clare

"To the poetics of the queer everyday Stintzi adds their ‘Junebat,’ a multitudinous concept of such explanatory power I’m certain it’ll endure …

Your 2020 Spring Festival Guide

by Kerry Clare

A round-up of literary festivals taking place this spring near you and across the country.

16 books

Books for the Polar Vortex

list by Kerry Clare

Most Anticipated: Spring 2020 Books for Young Readers Preview

by 49thShelf Staff

We're excited to be looking ahead to books for young readers, including picture books, middle grade, and YA titles.

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