 | Thursday, July 25, 2024 | |  | | | | In need of a magical or futuristic escape this season? Here are 12 speculative fiction titles by Canadian writers to get lost in! | | |  | | | | Veteran sports broadcaster Scott Russell is hosting Paris Prime for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which take place from July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.
Here are six books that inspired Russell's life and work. | | |  | | | | Fire Weather by John Vaillant is the bestselling nonfiction book in Canada this week.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores. | | |  | | | | Author Anton Treuer is a professor of Ojibway at Bemidji State University. Where Wolves Don't Die is his debut YA novel and he spoke with The Next Chapter's Christa Couture about writing a mystery involving a curious Ojibway teen. | | |  | | | | After learning of stories her parents lived through during a tumultuous time in Jamaica's history, Asha Ashanti Bromfield was inspired to write her newest YA novel, Songs of Irie.
She spoke to The Next Chapter's Ryan B. Patrick about her personal connection to the fiction title.
| | |  | | | | Amitava Kumar's writing often explores immigrant life and the feelings of guilt, loss and discovery that can come with relocating.
His latest novel, My Beloved Life, was released in 2024 and traces the life of one man as he loves, loses and grows over time.
In 2018, Kumar spoke to Writers & Company's Eleanor Wachtel about the inspiration behind his work. | | |  | | | | If you're inspired by the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, check out one of these great Canadian books!
The Olympics are taking place July 26-Aug. 11, 2024 and the Paralympics are taking place Aug. 28-Sept. 8 | | |  | | | | Indian writer Pankaj Mishra, known for his writing on the Global South, Western imperialism in Asia and contemporary spirituality, has won the 2024 Weston International Award.
The $75,000 prize is a companion to the existing Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which is awarded annually to a Canadian author for a single work of nonfiction. | | |  | | | | Cher has long known only one person could take on the job of telling her story. And she's telling it in two parts.
Dey Street Books announced this month that Cher: The Memoir, Part One will come out Nov. 19 in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, with the second volume to follow in 2025. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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