A reading by Rishi Midha to celebrate the release of his new book, We Are Busy Being Alive, joined by Kirti Bhadresa. The Book: Set in a North American milieu of detachment and alienation, the stories...

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Join us for the launch of Do It Wrong: How to Be A Poet in the Twenty-First Century by Derek Beaulieu. Derek will be joined by Kyle Flemmer and Kevin Stebner. The evening will be moderated by Iheoma U...

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At a ceremony last night, Aspen Words announced the winner of their annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue a…

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Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.

Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.

Alberta’s municipal affairs minister says new rules will require public libraries to move any material with graphic sexual content so it can't be accessed by children or young teens.

Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

The last few years have seen lots of books removed from schools, libraries and bookstores. Last fall, Alberta scaled back its proposed book ban after public pushback, and in the U.S., thousands of boo...

The Alberta government has mandated that school libraries remove titles with “inappropriate” content