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New books out on women public service leaders, far-right extremism in Canada, and the game of chess

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Candace Laing’s, Girl, You Got This!; Stephanie Carvin and Amarnath Amarasingam’s For Blood and Soil; Ingrid Bergmann and Mary Garden’s Northern Grit; and Jordan Himelfarb’s Interregnum. Book images courtesy of amazon.ca, University of Toronto Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, and House of Anansi Press

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

May 18, 2026

Here’s a clutch of new and soon-to-be released books by Canadian authors on issues including women leaders, far-right extremism, and chess.

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