Writing The World Posts

11 Books that Write the World
These books take their readers beyond Canadian borders to portray the rich lands, cultures, and adventures that can be discovered in other parts of the …

Writing the World
Books about travel, migration and immigration that show us what we can learn by going to find ourselves—as readers and people—in places where we don't …

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Deborah Ellis
Julie Booker explains how she became a convert of The Breadwinner series.

Books With Global Themes to Read This Spring
A cross-genre selection with a balance of heavy and light.

Intrepid Travellers: Canadian Women in the World

Notes From a Children's Librarian: Fostering World-Mindfulness
Any of these books would inspire a young reader to look outside themselves, mindful of a world where children’s lives are very different from their …

10 Books With Global Themes to Read This Spring

Pamela Mordecai: Novels of the Caribbean

Thai Rainy Season: How to Catch a Fish With Your Hands
In Chicken in the Mango Tree, bestselling food writer Jeffrey Alford gives unique view of rural Thai food culture.

Pamela Mordecai: Novels of the Caribbean
Mordecai, whose new book is Red Jacket, shares 9 novels by Canadian-Caribbean women.