Canadian stories

Award-winning Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang has selected two films and a book that highlights stories that often go unheard.

New York Times-best selling author Kelley Armstrong has three recommended YA novels for your kids or grandkids, including Uzma Jalaluddin's Ayesha at Last.

This week’s CanCon recommendations are curated by Eric Bizzarri, co-founder and Artistic Director of the Future of Film Showcase (FOFS). Here are three Canadian films including one FOFS short to give you a sneak peak into into this year’s festival.

Auntie Jillian creator Jillian Danford is staying home like a lot of us, and she's filling her time indoors with these great Canadian content.

Brent Carver's natural zeal for theatre meant that Carver gave his utmost to every gig, drawing casts and audiences alike into performances that are absolutely unique. To honour Carver’s invaluable contributions to the arts, here’s a retrospective of his work featuring three incredible performances.

Award-winning illustrator Emma Fitzgerald lends us her knack for sparking the reader’s imagination with three fellow artists with West Coast ties whose work celebrates their unique corners of the country.

Being in nature is good for our physical and mental health. That’s not rocket science. For this week, we’re recommending films that will take you across Canadian landscapes, bring some relief and perhaps scratch your itch to travel.

With many of us still stuck at home this summer, there's no better time to catch up on reading some Canadian authors who help us understand Canada's history and its complex identity as a multi-racial country. | friends.ca

Just like you, singer-songwriter Julian Taylor is home-bound for the next little while. Here's what he's reading and watching to fill his time.