Step away from the podcast and pause what you're watching... well, just for a moment! True crime is having its moment in popular culture but have you explored the genre in book format? Here's a selection of true crime novels by Canadian authors, sure to keep you hanging on 'till the last word.

The Doug Wright Awards were established in 2004 to honour the legacy of the great Doug Wright by recognizing the best in Canadian comics and graphic novels published in English. Here are a few selections from the longlist! Winners will be announced Saturday, June 18 on the award website.

What’s BookTok? It’s one of the many niches of TikTok, devoted to all things books! TikTok users read, recommend and review books and rant and rave about literary tropes with favourite topics including enemies to lovers, found family, and right person wrong time. Check out some of these hot BookTok reads and don’t forget to follow KFPL’s TikTok, too!