Month: April 2023
Broken Dawn Blessings: Poems by Adam Sol
These poems showcase Sol’s trademark blend of humor and lyric virtuosity, and display his familiarity with Jewish texts and traditions, but add a new intimacy and urgency that break new ground for one of Canada’s most respected poets. It is his most risky and most accomplished collection to date.
Black and Blue: Jazz Stories by Stanley Péan, translated by David Homel
Author and radio personality Stanley Péan is a jazz scholar who takes us seamlessly and knowledgeably through the history of the music, stopping at a number of high points along the way.
Hold Your Tongue by Matthew Tétreault
Hold Your Tongue by Matthew Tétreault is a work of fiction built around the final days of Alfred, a central figure in his family even though he lives apart from them. It is primarily the story of Richard, who tries to make sense of his family, his history, and his life through the stories told by and about his great uncle Alfred.
The Private Apartments by Idman Nur Omar
Moving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants — despite duty, discrimination, and an ever-dissolving link to a war-torn homeland.
Coq by Ali Bryan
Ten years after her raucously entertaining debut novel, Roost, Ali Bryan checks in with Claudia and her family to bring readers up to date on their latest adventures.
Rose Addams by Margie Taylor
Margie Taylor’s Rose Addams is an insight into the life of a woman who is beginning her third act, an empathetic and incisive look at the problems of those just exiting middle age while attempting to keep up with a rapidly-changing world.
The Ridge by Robert Bringhurst
In The Ridge, Robert Bringhurst offers a work of nonfiction in poetic form, intensely focused on the ecological past, present and future of the West Coast of Canada.
No Letter In Your Pocket: How a Daughter Chose Love and Forgiveness to Heal from Incest by Heather Conn
Unlike many stories of healing and spiritual discovery, No Letter in Your Pocket avoids predictable recovery rhetoric and insular victimhood. Instead, it is a testament to thriving empowerment.
Canadian Poet and Writer, Sheree Fitch by Carrie Stanton
Canadian poet and writer, Sheree Fitch by Carrie Stanton
The River Twice by John Bemrose
John Bemrose draws readers in and won’t let them go until the last page of this astonishingly lyrical and deeply humane novel.
George: A Magpie Memoir, by Frieda Hughes
“He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him.” From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, a memoir of love, obsession, and feathers.
The Porcelain Moon: A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love by Janie Chang
Set against the little-known history of the 140,000 Chinese workers who were brought to Europe as non-combatant labour during WWI, The Porcelain Moon is a tale of forbidden love, identity and belonging, and what we are willing to risk for freedom.