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Tell us about your books background – how did you get into this business? I’ve always been a writer. After I finished my undergrad, I did a post-grad creative writing program, and when I was applying to it, I saw right beside it on the enrollment page...

Audiobooks offer the opportunity to experience the joy of being told a story. And, when you think of it, who better to tell a story than someone whose very job it is to create a sense of story, narrative, character and all the nuances of human emotion...

Maxine Bailey is a driving force who has devoted her life to the power of stories. Her current day job is Vice President, Advancement for TIFF, responsible for raising 25% of the organization’s annual revenues. TIFF is known for the annual Toronto International Film Festival but is...

Diane Banks, the Manager of Children’s Programs at the Toronto Public Library has some great suggestions for how to foster the love of reading in kids.

Toronto writer Elana Safronsky tells how she broke a case of reader's block (aka. a reading slump) with the help of a Kobo eReader.

If you had to close your eyes and guess what Kate Murdoch does for a living, you could probably do it. She works from home, and her home has the scent of books. Old ones. Her office, where she meets with clients, is in the front of...

While my husband Jer and I are self-professed book nerds (we even had a book-themed wedding last June) we don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on what makes for a captivating read. I often remark on the sheer number of science-fiction books that occupy his bookshelf and eReader, just...

Summer long weekend. Three words that are bliss to a booklover’s ears. It means more relaxing and more reading. Here are 10 short reads you can finish this long weekend to celebrate your extra time off: 1. Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips After school on a late...

A “kyopo” daughter of Korean immigrants, Elaine Chang was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Educated at UBC, Stanford University and the Canadian Film Centre, she currently teaches literary and cultural studies and creative writing at the University of Guelph. Reading has long played a guiding role in her...

Andrew Branch via Unsplash Pets make our lives infinitely brighter. Just consider all the videos about baby goats and precocious kittens that go viral online, and it becomes clear that animals tap into a part of our human psychology that elicits both empathy and joy. In fact, research...