Books

The author’s ethereal bison populate Edmonton’s River Valley and our imaginations.

Calgary’s Little Free Libraries are voluminous

Award-winning Calgary author Suzette Mayr shares what sparked her passion for writing and how inspiration finds her

A new romance-only bookstore provides pages of escape and builds community.

There’s something very New York about Patrick deWitt. Or maybe Manhattany. Sure, the writer is a known and proud Canadian, but his stories, his style of writing — there’s something that speaks to a somewhat more polished side of the Big Apple.

The Circle, the third and latest novel by Métis/Michif author katherena vermette, begins simply, telling the story of a person living with other students during their post-secondary journeys, but quickly surprises, becoming so textured — without abandoning that gorgeous simplicity — that the reader stays up well past bedtime promising “just one more page.”

Writer. Screenwriter. Playwright. Historian. Seuss. Hell, let’s just make it simple for all of us idiots in the back: she’s a wordsmith. A wonderful one.