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A smiling woman stands in a bookstore, holding a book titled "We Need to Do This."
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New book maps history of women's shelter movement in Alberta

The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters has published a book that shares the previously untold stories of those who created refuges for women and children escaping abuse.

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A seated Shawn Kanungo sits on a couch looks at the camera with intensity while holding his book, The Bold Ones, beside a round table with more copies.
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Strategist slows down to make a splash with The Bold Ones

Shawn Kanungo makes his living speaking and strategizing about disruption. He has published hundreds of videos. He has tens of thousands of followers on social media. So why on Earth would he do something as old-school as writing a book?

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A smiling Jana O'Connor
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LitFest leans into in-real-life experiences

This year's LitFest will welcome audiences back with a broad spectrum of programming that nods to all the nonfiction festival couldn't do online during the pandemic.

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A comic-book panel depicting a group of young adults eating pizza on the sidewalk outside the Steel Wheels restaurant
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Comics artists reflect on home in new anthology

A post-apocalyptic city where hockey matters more than ever and a dreamscape where every dead nightclub is alive again are among the imaginary Edmontons to be enjoyed in the upcoming Alberta Comics Anthology.

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The covers of three chapbooks from Glass House Press
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'Serve the artists': Glass Bookshop launches small press

The co-owners of Glass Bookshop have now become publishers to encourage and elevate the kind of work they want to sell in their independent bookstore.

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Cover art for Glass Bookshop Radio, featuring a sketch of an old "ghetto-blaster" on a yellow circle
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Podcast pick: Glass Bookshop Radio

This week's recommended listen is from an independent bookshop that also offers its literary love in audio form

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Podcast pick: The Read-Along
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Podcast pick: The Read-Along

How about a mini book club for your ears as we head into the long weekend? The Read-Along podcast is our pick.

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