Interviews and Conversations

London-based Anna James has immersed herself in the world of books since childhood, when her love of reading became evident at an early age. James’s professional credits include school librarian,...

Sr. Kathleen Feeley's career as a writer merged with her vocation as a nun beginning with her doctoral dissertation and continuing with her work as an English professor. She learned...

By Patricia J. Murphy | John Parra is an award-winning artist, designer, and illustrator of children’s books, such as Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos and Little Libraries, Big Heroes. His...

Byron Barton is the author-illustrator of many picture books for preschoolers, including Planes, Building a House, I Want to Be an Astronaut, Airport, Machines at Work, and My Car. His...

Emily Arnold McCully’s name has long been familiar to lovers of children’s literature; it has appeared on dozens of picture books, both as illustrator of other authors’ works and as...

In this week’s Georgia Straight, Michael Hingston reviews The Lost Books of the Odyssey, the debut novel from California-based computer scientist Zachary Mason. The book is a skillful and endlessly...

Anne Emery is the author of Children in the Morning.Globe and Mail: Your two main characters Father Brennan Burke, a choirmaster, and Monty Collins, a bluesman, are torn between the...

Thomas C. Foster, a Professor Emeritus from UM-Flint, has written several books throughout his career. His 2003 book, How to Read Like a Professor, recently passed the 1 million mark...