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Di Brandt in Waterloo Today
Award-winning poet Di Brandt joins us in Waterloo today to celebrate the publication of her latest scholarly publication, Wider Boundaries of Daring: The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women’s Poetry, co-edited with Barbara Godard. Wider Boundaries of Daring: The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women’s

Global Food Crisis Goes Global
The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities has (appropriately) been making its way around the globe recently. Earlier in the month, a book launch was held at Oxfam in Washington that included discussion about various topics addressed in the books. You can read more about the event on the b

Depicting Canada’s Children
Today at Concordia University in Montreal, a launch was held for Depicting Canada’s Children, a gorgeous new hardcover book edited by Loren Lerner, a critical analysis of the visual representation of Canadian children from the seventeenth century to the present. Below I have embedded a slide show that features the table of contents and some of the many colour images of the book. This slideshow gives a sneak peek into a book that is a must-have for every library. Why not suggest it to your librarian today? ——————————-

Tis the Season
Okay, not quite, but you wouldn’t know it if you visit any large department or grocery store these days. A huge waft of cinnamon hits me as soon as the doors slide open at my neighbourhood Superstore. It’s enough to knock me back on my heels. And just as we start planning for the holiday season and hope that people will remember our books in their gift-giving, the weather has other ideas. Ah, autumn in Ontario. Snow one week and balmy as summer the next. I’ll take some more of this weather, please, before we go back to the other. Here’s a book you may want to consider for someone on your gift list. It is due mid-December. Order it now from your local bookst

New Release: From Civil Strife to Peace Building
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest co-publication with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Part of our International Governance series, From Civil Strife to Peace Building: Examing Private Sector Involvement in West African Reconst