 | Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |  | | | | Looking for a good summer read? Get lost in these graphic novels and illustrated books by Canadian authors.
| | |  | | | | Aug. 1, 2024 marks the third Emancipation Day in Canada. The designation commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Empire on Aug. 1, 1834.
Check out these timely books by Canadian authors that examine themes of racial and social justice. | | |  | | | | This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune is the bestselling fiction book in Canada this week.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores. | | |  | | | | Joanna Goodman, known for her novels The Forgotten Daughter and The Home for Unwanted Girls, examines how the promise of money can shape a person and a family in her newest novel, The Inheritance. | | |  | | | | Sarah Bernstein's award-winning novel Study for Obedience is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness deep dive into themes of identity, guilt, agency — and what it means to be an outsider.
She spoke to The Next Chapter's Ryan B. Patrick about her latest book.
| | |  | | | | Edna O'Brien, one of Ireland's most revered writers, died on July 27, 2024 at the age of 93.
Starting in 1960 with her first novel, The Country Girls, O'Brien's writing was provocative and passionate — and opened up a new chapter in modern Irish literature.
In 2009, O'Brien spoke to Writers & Company's Eleanor Wachtel about her first novel and the backlash that followed its publication. | | |  | | | | Canadian authors Anne Michaels, Claire Messud and Colin Barrett are among the 13 authors longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize.
The £50,000 (approx. $84,882 Cdn) prize annually recognizes the best original novel written in the English language and published in the U.K. | | |  | | | | Superstar Canadian actor and musician Keanu Reeves can now add novelist to his list of accomplishments. His new speculative fiction work, The Book of Elsewhere was co-written with accomplished British author China Miéville.
In a recent Canadian broadcast exclusive interview with Q's Tom Power, Reeves says his desire to constantly search for new creative outlets is "born out of a feeling of pleasure." | | |  | | | | For the majority of his public life, Swampy Cree author David A. Robertson has fought his mental health struggles in private.
In his latest book All The Little Monsters, however, the bestselling author opens up about his experiences with anxiety as a way to accept and heal. All The Little Monsters will be released on Jan. 21, 2025. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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