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Author Interviews
Samantha M. Bailey, author of Watch Out for Her
Samantha M. Bailey is a journalist, freelance editor, and novelist. Watch Out for Her is her second novel.
Author Interviews
Sonya Singh, author of Sari, Not Sari
Sonya Singh is a former entertainment reporter turned communications professional; her debut novel is the romantic comedy Sari, Not Sari.
Big Ideas
Journalist Matthieu Aikins on travelling the road of an Afghan refugee
Canadian journalist Matthieu Aikins's new book The Naked Don't Fear the Water is an account of the harrowing journey of refugees from Afghanistan.
Recommended Reading
Eleven books as scary as Netflix's Stranger Things
Eleven (!) books about under-supervised teenagers, shady medical experiments, and demonic forces bent on flaying minds and bodies.
New Releases
72 new eBooks and audiobooks coming out June 28 – July 11, 2022
New eBooks and audiobooks out June 28 - July 11 2022, including cottage country romance, 100 deadly animals, and an exposé of the lies behind Go Ask Alice.
Big Ideas
Christine Staley: fighting for every child’s right to read
Every child deserves to learn to read. Christine Staley, executive director of Dyslexia Canada, has made this her North Star and it’s hard to disagree with
Kobo in Conversation Podcast
Riley Black on the end of the world and new beginnings
We spoke with science writer Riley Black about her new book that narrates the cataclysmic events around the end of the age of dinosaurs—and what came next.
Author Interviews
Damhnait Monaghan on bringing lightness to Little Cove
Damhnait Monaghan’s novel New Girl in Little Cove is the winner of the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Romance.
Author Interviews
Pik-Shuen Fung on the surprising path to Ghost Forest
Pik-Shuen Fung’s novel Ghost Forest is the winner of the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction.
New Releases
41 new eBooks and audiobooks coming out June 21 – 27, 2022
eBooks and audiobooks out the week of June 21, including Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel, Hilary Mantel's short stories, and the world as animals perceive it.
Big Ideas
8 books by two-spirit authors
These eight books by authors who identify as two-spirit include poetry, fiction, and memoir, and express a variety of intersectional identities.