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It’s hard to say goodbye to something you love. For 16 years, I have loved writing Whatever After,…
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The Walter E. Washington Convention Center located in downtown D.C. was alive with excited chatter and rustling pages…
Head of Zeus appoints Vicki Mellor as publishing director for fiction
NewsSep 26, 2025by Maia Snow Vicki Mellor Head of Zeus has appointed Vicki Mellor as publishing director for fiction…
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Patriotic Pride Takes Hold Above the 49th Parallel
President Donald Trump’s anti-Canadian jingoism has elicited a strong reaction on the other side of the 49th parallel,…
The 100-year-old books salvaged from Venice’s floods
Wearing rubber boots, Zelano waded from the train station through Strada Nova, which was still about 40cm (1ft…
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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of…
22 Canadian books for tweens & teens to read this fall
(CBC) As the leaves change this season, so does our reading! Fall is a great time for tweens…
Grief, grit and Fiordland truths
Queenstown author Peta Carey has one piece of advice for anyone sitting down to read her fourth book, The…
‘The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park’ by Michiko Aoyama – Book Review
Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children’s playground, Hinode Park. Key points: If…
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I’ve spent a lifetime cracking what I like to call parental puns, starting far before I was a…