Susan Juby

Author of novels set at the corner of Sad St. and Absurd Avenue.

Talk, talk, talk

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For the past couple of years I’ve been lucky to get to talk about some of my favourite reads with the incomparable Shelagh Rogers on CBC’s The Next Chapter. Here are a few of the interviews. On audiobooks and why they are the greatest. On feminism and why it is important. And great. More great […]

This Old Thing (That Lisa Loves)

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Happy New Year, everyone. I thought I’d start it off with a post by Lisa Doucet, a behind-the-scenes powerhouse in Canadian Children’s Lit. She is the co-manager of Woozles, the kids bookstore in Halifax, a respected tastemaker, and a tireless champion of books for young people. My dream is to visit her at Woozles one […]

This Old Thing (That Zarqa Loves)

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I get overwhelmed with fan feelings for Zarqa Nawaz. Not only is she the creator of one of Canada’s most successful TV’s comedy series, Little Mosque on the Prairie, she’s the author of one of my favourite memoirs, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque. If you haven’t read it, you need to remedy that […]

Recent media

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Thanks to Deirdre Baker in the Toronto Star and Shannon Ozirny in The Globe and Mail for the kind words about The Fashion Committee! “Charlie is perhaps Juby’s finest character to date, not just seriously inventive, buoyant and insightful in fashion sense and philosophy, but also a poignant testament to the resilience of a girl […]