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The New York Times reports woman who feels no pain

1 week ago | 49thshelf.com | Trevor Corkum |Julie Booker |Tree Abraham

Happy Poetry Month! Bonememory is one of our amazing April giveaways, running until the end of the month. Head over to our Giveaways Page for your chance to win, and to check out all the other great books up for offer. *****I am throbbing with envybecause she is seventy-one and has steeredher life through the snug grooves of ache-absencesculpted by a mutated gene. Sure, she doesn’t senseblood oozing from a cut or fingers burningwhen removing baked potatoes from the oven.
Big-Hearted Stories for Little Readers

1 month ago | 49thshelf.com | Amanda Leduc |Trevor Corkum

Kenzie's Little Tree is one of our amazing March giveaways. Find your chance to win on our giveaways page, where you can also check out everything else we have on offer. *****I love reading—and writing—big-hearted stories for little readers. By big-hearted, I mean books that evoke strong emotions, feature important themes, inspire readers, and elicit thoughts and discussions.
Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview

1 month ago | 49thshelf.com | Su Min Chang |Robert Wiersema |Spencer Miller

Amber Dawn's latest poetry collection, Buzzkill Clamshell (March), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power. Python Love (February), by Shannon Arntfield, weaves together experiences of childhood abuse, birth trauma, and recovery from the perspective of a medical doctor who is also a mother.
Women Who Woke Up the Law

1 month ago | 49thshelf.com | Su Min Chang |Robert Wiersema |Spencer Miller

An excerpt from new book Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases That Changed Women's Rights in Canada. Women Who Woke Up the Law is up for giveaway until the end of March! Head over to our giveaways page for your chance to win, and to check out all the other terrific titles up for offer. *****As Bertha Wilson, the first woman appointed to Canada’s Supreme Court, said: “Change in the law comes slowly and incrementally; that is its nature.
Hummus à la YOU! Recipe from SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS

2 months ago | 49thshelf.com | Trevor Corkum |Caroline Bishop |Julie Booker

One of my favorite things about making hummus is that it’s really hard to get wrong. Here are the basic ingredients, but don’t be afraid to use your imagination. Try adding new flavors—a spoon of pesto, a roasted bell pepper, a pinch of cumin.
7 Favourite Canadian Reads

2 months ago | 49thshelf.com | Trevor Corkum |Leila Boukarim |Julie Booker

The Day I Left You, by Caroline Bishop, is one of the great books we're offering for giveaway throughout February 2025. Head over to our giveaways page for your turn to enter and to check out everything we've got up for giveaway right now. *****Though I’m a Canadian citizen, I grew up in the UK, where my Canadian mother and British father decided to raise my sister and me. I’ve visited Canada multiple times over the years, but I have never lived here.
Inside Canada's Far-Right: The Chat with Aurélie Campana, Samuel Tanner, and Stéphane Leman-Langlois

2 months ago | 49thshelf.com | Leila Boukarim |Caroline Bishop |Julie Booker |Trevor Corkum

“The Great Right North should be required reading for every academic, policymaker, journalist, law enforcement official, and citizen concerned about the far right. It is a highly nuanced work that makes sense of recent events such as the Freedom Convoy and the Quebec City mosque shooting, and it is sure to be helpful in interpreting future developments as well.”-Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News_____The Great Right North explores the current state of far-right activism in Canada.
9 Books You Can Judge by Their Covers

2 months ago | 49thshelf.com | Gabriele Goldstone |Spencer Miller |Kerry Clare |Julie Booker

It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished is one of the terrific books we've got up for giveaway until the end of February. Head to our giveaways page for your chance to win! *****We all know the adage about books and covers: don’t judge in the interior of something by its exterior. Good words to live by. Important words. Sometimes life-saving in a world that’s become increasingly parsed by quick-switch assumptions about marginalized bodies.
Fiction to Savour This Winter

Jan 13, 2025 | 49thshelf.com | Janice MacDonald |Kerry Clare |Kiley Turner |Trevor Corkum

When We Were Ashes is one of the great books we've got up for giveaway until the end of January. Head to our Giveaways Page for your chance to win and to check out everything we've got on offer. ***** Fifteen Dogs, by André AlexisThe premise is just brilliant. Over drinks at a local Toronto bar, Hermes and Apollo (yes, those fickle Greek gods of an eternal yesteryear) decide to settle a bet by granting human consciousness and language to 15 dogs staying at a nearby veterinary clinic.
Mystery Picks that Carved the Path

Jan 9, 2025 | 49thshelf.com | Kerry Clare |Kiley Turner |Trevor Corkum

Victor & Me in Paris is one of the great books we've got up for giveaway until the end of January. Check out our giveaways page for your chance to win and to check out everything else we've got on offer. *As I celebrate the launch of a new series, I’ve been reflecting on when I first started writing mystery fiction.