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Annabel Lyon’s novel The Golden Mean gets boost after Netflix deal

Ahead of Jacob Tierney’s Netflix adaptation, the Giller-nominated historical novel sold out online and was rushed for reprint by Penguin Random House

This image released by Crave shows Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie in a scene from "Heated Rivalry." (Crave via AP)

This image released by Crave shows Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie in a scene from "Heated Rivalry." (Crave via AP)

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This image released by Crave shows Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie in a scene from "Heated Rivalry." (Crave via AP)

This image released by Crave shows Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie in a scene from "Heated Rivalry." (Crave via AP)

Annabel Lyon’s novel The Golden Mean gets boost after Netflix deal

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Remember paperbacks that fit in your pocket? Indigo’s trying to bring them back

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Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of March 7

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March 5, 2026

Spring books preview: 39 titles to add to your reading list

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March 4, 2026

Cropped book cover of Mahatma

Cropped book cover of Mahatma

Books we’re reading and loving in March

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March 3, 2026

FILE - Christina Applegate appears at the Annual Backstage at the Geffen Gala in Los Angeles on March 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

FILE - Christina Applegate appears at the Annual Backstage at the Geffen Gala in Los Angeles on March 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Christina Applegate unleashes raw, probing memoir ‘You with the Sad Eyes’

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March 3, 2026

Author Rachel Reid is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Caleb Latreille (Mandatory Credit)

Author Rachel Reid is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Caleb Latreille (Mandatory Credit)

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’

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February 27, 2026

Province House, home of the Nova Scotia Legislature, on Granville Street in Halifax. The province cut more than $130-million in grants this week across a variety of departments.

Province House, home of the Nova Scotia Legislature, on Granville Street in Halifax. The province cut more than $130-million in grants this week across a variety of departments.

Nova Scotia budget cuts publishing grant in blow to sector

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February 27, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of February 28

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February 26, 2026

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Feature crop of Cabin book cover.

Books we’re reading and loving in February

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February 24, 2026

Author Rachel Reid is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Caleb Latreille (Mandatory Credit)

Author Rachel Reid is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Caleb Latreille (Mandatory Credit)

Author Rachel Reid postpones release of Heated Rivalry sequel Unrivaled due to health reasons

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February 24, 2026

Adele Parks at home in Guildford for The Graduate magazine.

Adele Parks at home in Guildford for The Graduate magazine.

Adele Parks reflects on loss, literature and the fight to keep reading alive

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February 20, 2026

FILE - Hudson Williams arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Hudson Williams arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Kat Sandler play Yaga sells out after Heated Rivalry star cast in upcoming TV adaptation

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February 20, 2026

How science has influenced the life, world view and work of Margaret Atwood

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February 20, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of February 21

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February 19, 2026

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BLAIS 01/OCT/24/2000-Marie-Claire Blais french writer. (DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGE)Photographer; Andre Pichette

Soifs, the monumental literary project by Marie-Claire Blais, now fully translated into English

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February 18, 2026

Author Zak Jones Photos by Carmen Cheung

Author Zak Jones Photos by Carmen Cheung

Fancy Gap is a startling study of intergenerational trauma

Emily M. Keeler

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February 18, 2026

FILE - American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo, File)

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Book review: After decades without answers, a writer learns her family were Nazi spies

John Ibbitson

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February 13, 2026

Gisele Pelicot in Paris, France 27.01.2026

Gisele Pelicot in Paris, France 27.01.2026

‘I’m still standing’: Gisèle Pelicot shares her story a year after shocking sexual-assault trial

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February 13, 2026

Karen Solie’s most recent collection won a Governor-General’s Literary Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Karen Solie’s most recent collection won a Governor-General’s Literary Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Karen Solie’s poetic imagination continues to return to the places she’s left

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February 13, 2026

Ten tantalizing mysteries you won’t want to put down

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February 13, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of February 14

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February 10, 2026

FILE - Author George Saunders poses for a portrait on Aug. 20, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

FILE - Author George Saunders poses for a portrait on Aug. 20, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

In his new novel, Vigil, George Saunders explores deathbed comfort and ‘idiot compassion’

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February 10, 2026

Cropped book cover of Chuck Klosterman's Football

Cropped book cover of Chuck Klosterman's Football

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Chuck Klosterman’s Football looks at a sport on the verge of decline

Brad Wheeler

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February 8, 2026

Robert Redford's ski outfit in a 1966 article in a Japanese magazine, one of the illustrations in It's Snowing!: Fashion, Art, Design and Winter Sports.

Robert Redford's ski outfit in a 1966 article in a Japanese magazine, one of the illustrations in It's Snowing!: Fashion, Art, Design and Winter Sports.

Get through winter in style with the latest design and fashion books

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February 6, 2026

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Lindsay Wong Author

Lindsay Wong reflects on rage, grief, and ghosts

Lindsay Wong

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February 6, 2026

Cho Haejin’s book is part of a wider movement in South Korean feminist literature.

Cho Haejin’s book is part of a wider movement in South Korean feminist literature.

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Cho Haejin’s Simple Heart is the latest in a wave of Korean feminist fiction

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February 6, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of February 7

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February 3, 2026

Hudson Williams, star of the TV series "Heated Rivalry" takes part in a discussion at the Prime Time screen and media industry conference gala in Ottawa, in this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout, George Pimentel (Mandatory Credit)

Hudson Williams, star of the TV series "Heated Rivalry" takes part in a discussion at the Prime Time screen and media industry conference gala in Ottawa, in this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout, George Pimentel (Mandatory Credit)

Toronto Public Library makes Heated Rivalry audiobook available without a waiting list

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January 30, 2026

Illustrator Nick Craine, at his home studio in Guelph, Ontario, shows the final version of a cover illustration he worked on with author Vanessa Westermann, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)

Illustrator Nick Craine, at his home studio in Guelph, Ontario, shows the final version of a cover illustration he worked on with author Vanessa Westermann, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)

How a book cover comes to life

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