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Stop by The Bookstore at The Whyte and discover a staff-curated summer reading list featuring Canadian authors. From award-winning fiction and playful poetry to forest ecology, bison conservation, and meaningful reflections on allyship, these five books offer fresh ways to connect with story, place, and the landscapes that shape us.

Set in 2119, What We Can Know imagines a world reshaped by war and climate disaster, where humanity survives on scattered islands and cultural memory is fragile. Thomas Metcalfe, a humanities scholar, becomes obsessed with a long-lost poem read once in 2014 and never seen again. Through dense archives, shifting narrators, and a dramatic second-half turn, Ian McEwan explores nostalgia, digital excess, and the uneasy question at the novel’s core: what can we really know about t

In A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder, Ma-Nee Chacaby shares a deeply moving and powerful life story that spans from her early childhood in Ombabika to her experiences navigating life as a Two-Spirit Indigenous woman in Canada. In this thoughtful review, Emma De Sousa reflects on the importance of Chacaby’s voice and how her story resonates across generations, offering readers a rare and vital perspective rooted in resilience, love, and tru

In this multi-authored review of the Jon Whyte Award winner "Alpine Rising" enjoy two perspectives from a mountain enthusiast and guide.

Discover the rich history of the Ya Ha Tinda Ranch at the foot of the Canadian Rockies in these must-read book reviews.

Discover this year's Jon Whyte Award finalists for the best fall books to cozy up with, from memoirs to climbing history.

The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane is a book about a connection to nature, but it’s also about a love of words and language.

Tree Thieves reads like a true crime retelling of a cat-and-mouse investigation – and, when so much is at stake, that’s exactly the point.