Books

The book that taught me to make the world more beautiful

Growing up, I was lucky. Not just in the big, obvious ways – though there were those, too – but in the quiet, sacred ones. The kind of luck that looks like a parent re…

By Jennifer Stewart

Women’s prize for fiction 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

https://theconversation.com/womens-prize-for-fiction-2025-six-experts-review-the-shortlisted-novels-253573

What does menopause really feel like? Susan Holbrook has a hot new take

Let's face it: menopause has long been wrapped in mystery, misinformation, and more than a little silence. But for writer and professor Susan Holbrook, menopause isn't…

By Lisa Thibodeau

Kennedy Ryan’s Can’t Get Enough Is the Love Story We All Deserve

https://www.glamour.com/story/kennedy-ryan-new-book-cant-get-enough

Romance fiction enjoys comeback as women seek escapism

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105240694

Ontario writer Canisia Lubrin wins $208K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

https://www.cbc.ca/books/ontario-writer-canisia-lubrin-wins-208k-carol-shields-prize-for-fiction-1.7524161

Girl on Girl: How pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves

https://brenebrown.com/articles/2025/04/29/girl-on-girl-how-pop-culture-turned-a-generation-of-women-against-themselves-i/

This B.C. woman is internet-famous for chopping wood. So, she wrote a book about it

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nicole-coenen-axe-in-hand-a-woodchopper-s-guide-to-blades-wood-and-fire-1.7519089