Writer, cultural critic, and founder of Friday Things. Another music pick that is incredible (because she sings in between chapters) is Brandi Carlile’s Broken Horses memoir on audio, too. The Dave Grohl memoir, The Storyteller, is a great one. What is the one book you would select to entice non-readers this year? Mary’s, Ontario just opened in 2021 and is adorable. What is your favourite local or independent bookstore(s)?īetty’s Bookshelf in St. It’s a fantastic pick for the modern reader! Open by Rachel Krantz is an incredible memoir about open relationships and non-monogamy by a journalist who interviews experts and tells her own personal story. Which book(s) are you currently recommending to your friends? So, dark comedies, rom-coms, non-fiction can help us solve a problem in our lives, while sweeping love stories and multicultural fiction help us to understand each other. Our lives are very complicated and confusing right now. It’s a pandemic! People want to escape their lives but also want comfort reads. What genre(s) do you think will be most popular through 2022? Why? Which author should everyone add to their queue this year? How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha and Matrix by Lauren Groff What was your favourite book you read this past year? Yolanda Marshall also has incredible picture books for kids. I’d recommend Lindsay Wong’s award-winning The Woo-Woo, Jael Richardson’s bestseller Gutter Child, and Teresa Wong’s Dear Scarlet. Which emerging BIPOC authors should readers engage with?

Also, buying books by living writers of colour because I want money to go into their pockets support the world you want to see. Reading more poetry has been my goal for the last year and I want to continue that into 2022.

Instagram, Goodreads, TikTok, Book of the Month Club, and lists of award nominees like Writer’s Trust and Giller Awards. What are your favourite resources for finding future reads?

You don’t have to commit to 700-page novels, for it to be “reading.” Try essay collections and poetry to break it up. You can fit them in when you’re working out, walking the dog, driving, and more. My best advice is to get into audiobooks. What is your advice on how to read more books? Senior Literary Agent and Senior Vice President at P.S.

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