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Welcome to the Wolsak & Wynn Blog, a delightful mix of book lists, opinions and essays written by members of our team and our community and available for everyone to read!

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Kitchen Table Readings

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Cool Books for the Height of Summer

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Five Fascinating Book Fathers

Celebrating Wolsak & Wynn’s best dads

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Welcome to the Non-AI Heat Index of Great Summer Reads for ’25 Part 2

Fifteen fabulous reads for this summer.

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Welcome to the Non-AI Heat Index of Great Summer Reads for ’25 Part 1

Fifteen fabulous reads for this summer.

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The M Word: A Roundup for Mother’s Day Part 2

Honouring mothers and motherhood in all its complexity

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The M Word: A Roundup for Mother’s Day Part 1

Honouring mothers and motherhood in all its complexity

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Books for Earth Day 2025

Unapologetically local nature-themed books.

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Could Tariffs Collapse Canadian Publishing?

Right now the Canadian book world is experiencing a fair amount of fear and uncertainty.

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Toronto on the Page

A setting for speculative storytelling

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Eight Poetry Collections from Canadian Presses You May Have Missed in 2023 and 2024

Poetry deserves a greater depth of creation and reception

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Booze and Books for the Holiday Season

If there’s a time to go overboard with your reading and imbibing, it’s now.

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December Reads for Recharging

Small press books that will help you rest and recharge

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Books on My List

I discovered the library and childhood changed

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Unputdownable Canadian Mysteries and Thrillers

More than a suspenseful plot

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5 Books by Emerging Poets that Everyone Should Read

Poetry that goes beyond the limits of what we might dare to imagine

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Tim and Janet's Favourite Fall Books

Tim and Janet, proprietors of The City & The City Books, share their favourites

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Taking CanLit into CanFantastic territory

This isn’t Susanna Moodie’s CanLit.

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Not the Poet Your English Lit Teacher Imagined

Thoughts on poets and community from Yvonne Blomer

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Definitely Not Beach Reads

A roundup from Nathan Whitlock