I (Athena) By Ruth DyckFehderau
Funny, tough, and serious-minded, Ruth DyckFehderau’s I (Athena) recalls the work of Barbara Gowdy and Elizabeth Strout.
Month: March 2023
Hands Like Trees by Sabyasachi Nag
Hands Like Trees by Sabyasachi Nag is a pristine collection of nine short stories, each of which is filled with both exquisite descriptions and moments of deep unease.
Rescue Me: Behind The Scenes of Search and Rescue by Cathalynn Labonté-Smith
Rescue Me takes you behind the scenes of some of North America’s riskiest search and rescue operations.
Morse Code for Romantics by Anne Baldo
Wretched, reckless and haunted by the past, the men and women in Anne Baldo’s Morse Code for Romantics try to restart their sputtering hearts, seeking to turn their pain into pearls through connection, understanding and hope.
A Death at the Party by Amy Stuart
In this tense, spellbinding thriller set over the course of a single day, a woman prepares for a party that goes dreadfully wrong.
Chasing Africa: Fear Won’t Find Me Here – A Memoir by Lisa Duncan
Chasing Africa delicately explores the loss of identity, the gift of health and adventure, and the courage to put oneself first despite guilt, fear, and the pull of family.
At Face Value: The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White, Second Edition By Don Akenson
At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada’s post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities.
This is the House that Luke Built by Violet Browne
This Is the House That Luke Built deftly explores existential questions about what it means to be alive.
My Theatre of Memory: A Life in Words By Adriana A. Davies
The memoir My Theatre of Memory: A Life in Words traces Adriana Davies’s life in Canada from her arrival in Edmonton as a a child immigrant with her mother, older sister and younger brother in the early 1950s, to the present as she deals with the challenges of Covid.
Blinded By The Brass Ring by Patricia Scarlett
Blinded by the Brass Ring, Patricia Scarlett’s debut novel in the Jewelle Joseph Series, centres on the professional and personal life of stylish and ambitious Jewelle Joseph (JJ to her friends), an Afro-Canadian international television sales and distribution executive who works for TV3, a small TV channel with a big reputation.
The Perfect Sushi, by Emily Satago Seo, Art by Mique Moriuchi
Sprinkled with engaging onomatopoeia, this unique title is infused with Japanese culture and delivers a universal message about the value of intention.
The Petting Zoos by K. S. Covert
In a virus-fearing world, skin hunger can drive you crazy — and human petting zoos can return you to yourself.
The Things I Came Here With by Chris MacDonald
The Things I Came Here With is about how crucial our past is to understanding our future, but it’s also a love letter to his daughter about the importance of expression, life’s uncertainty, and beauty.
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health by Jason Schreurs
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health follows the transformational journeys of Schreurs and the other punks he learns from, revealing the healing power of a misunderstood and underestimated music community.
The Prison Lady: True Stories and Life Lessons from Both Sides of the Bars by Phyllis Taylor
Phyllis Taylor tells the story of her fascinating, sometimes chilling and often uplifting work with prison populations.
