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This past weekend, my husband and I played tourist in our own province. Not only was it fun to...

Truth-telling. It’s a concept so elusive these days that it has almost become an abstract image,...

Just the other day, someone saw me reading this book as I was waiting for an appointment. They...

There's something about the prairies that lends itself to writing. Perhaps it's the expansive sky...

This story was first shared and discussed on the podcast Bookish Flights: Books That Have...

When this collection of short stories was recommended to me, the writing was described as gritty...

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is one of those novels that will stay with me for a long time....

In the past few years, I’ve started to read more and more historical fiction, especially about...

There are many ways to describe a novel. Page-turner. Cozy. Provocative. Heartfelt....

When I reached out for book recommendations, I was happy to learn about this historical fiction...

The other day, as I pulled lids off bins marked Tree Only and Family Room and rummaged...

I’ve not been a big memoir reader over the years, but when this one was recommended to me, I was...

Sonder: the realization that each random passerby has a life as vivid as complex as your own.  ...

I was raised in Widow Town. That wasn't the actual name of the town, of course, but that was...

Diva watched a row of dentures pop into place on her phone screen. Her father was usually...

When life gives you a metaphor, it's time to take notice. I was working in my backyard a...

I recently discovered Jessica Strawser through Tall Poppy Writers, a woman's author collective...

  No one called Adula strong. They sometimes said she was nice, or crafty, or shy. They...

her worries were splattered across her kitchen floor splotches and blobs of hazy colours that...

She charged two hundred dollars per commission. Most were easy, photographs of children inside a...