The India-based journalist Shakoor Rather’s debut novel, “Life in the Clock Tower Valley,” delivers a unique look into Kashmir, where normal, day-to-day life unfolds amid unrest and uncertainty.
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Le nouveau livre de Monique Polak propose 21 recettes pour tisser des liens entre les cultures et les histoires des immigrants et des autochtones grâce au pouvoir de la nourriture.
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Souvankham Thammavongsa, author of the Giller Prize–winning short story collection “How to Pronounce Knife,” creates immigrant characters who defy expectations. “They don’t want to learn to speak English and fit in,” she tells NCM’s Baisakhi Roy.
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“Butter Honey Pig Bread,” a debut novel by Francesca Ekwuyasi, is a cosmopolitan story of a multi-generational family that mixes the ancient Nigerian myths of the Igbo and the Yoruba people with scenes of contemporary urban life in Nigeria, England and Canada.
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Little free libraries are a great tool for newcomers to integrate with Canadian society. Due to the pandemic, they are becoming even handier.
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Books help us appreciate cultures, open hearts and minds, and promote tolerance and understanding
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When Britain was toiling against its Egyptian possessions Blunt was sent there to gauge public opinion
View More The Globalization of Freedom FightsI published my debut novel, Belief, in Canada last year. It’s the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to integrate into the Canadian mainstream. Just when everything seems to be falling into place after nearly two decades of…
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The histories of Canadians are plentiful, rich, and complex. We can never know all of them, but even sharing just a few can open windows into many unknown pasts. Coming Here, Being Here: A Canadian…
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Racial profiling by police is not a new phenomenon. The ability to now document aggression by law enforcement against African Americans and other racialized people and broadcast the footage around the world makes this long-standing…
View More Football Legend’s Story Teaches Timely Lessons