Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Booker-shortlisted author of His Bloody Project blurs the lines between patient and therapist, fiction and documentation, and reality and dark imagination.
Alison Manley
Susanna Hall, Her Book by Jennifer Falkner
Jennifer Falkner’s Susanna Hall, Her Book is another imagining of the life of Susanna, the eldest daughter of William Shakespeare, but one approached from a different angle than most.
Queasy: A Wannabe Writer’s Bumpy Journey Through England in the ‘70s by Madeline Sonik
Queasy is a set of essays, in chronological order, looking at different parts of Madeline Sonik’s teenage experience in England, the directionless wandering through life she’s engaged in, and her desire to be a writer, despite the fact that she dropped out of high school in Canada and knows she needs to do something to get more education.
The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney by Bob Kroll
I dove into this book assuming that it was going to be bleak – I mean, the title is The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney, and it’s not a metaphor – but wow, Bob Kroll held back no punches with this one.
Mad Honey by Katie Welch
Mad Honey immerses the reader in a search for truth bounded by the everyday magic of beekeeping, family and finding peace, while asking how much we really understand the natural world.
Night in the World by Sharon English
Night in the World explores the need to end our separations from each other and from nature — coming home, at last, to a beleaguered yet still beautiful world.
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
From one of the most beloved media personalities of his generation comes a one-of-a-kind reflection on Blackness, faith, language, pop culture, and the challenges and rewards of finding your way in the world.
A History of Touch by Erin Emily Ann Vance
A History of Touch is a poetry collection about women in folklore and history who were ill, disabled, or otherwise labelled ‘hysteric.’
God Isn’t Here Today: Stories by Francine Cunningham
The stories in Francine Cunningham’s debut collection God Isn’t Here Today ricochet between form and genre, taking readers on a dark, irreverent, yet poignant journey led by a unique and powerful new voice.
The Endless Garment: A Pocket Epic in Five Collections – Marguerite Pigeon
With equal parts love of the art form and social critique, Marguerite Pigeon ranges over time and space in a series of long poems that delve into the history and impact of fashion.
What Is Written on the Tongue by Anne Lazurko
Anne Lazurko’s “What is Written on the Tongue” is a transportive historical novel about finding morality in the throes of war and colonization.
Hail, the Invisible Watchman by Alexandra Oliver
Hail, The Invisible Watchman is haunted poetry—Oliver’s formal schemes are as tidy as a picket-fence and as suggestive; behind the charm of rhyme is a vibrant, dark exploration of domestic and social alienation.
Let the World Have You: Poems by Mikko Harvey
Mikko Harvey’s new collection invites readers into a world that is and is not the world we know. In poems at once surreal, satiric, and tender, we encounter a cast of surprising non-human characters.
Cane | Fire by Shani Mootoo
From internationally celebrated writer and visual artist Shani Mootoo comes Cane | Fire, an immersive and vivid collection that marks a long-awaited return to poetry.
My Grief, the Sun by Sanna Wani
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani. In Sanna Wani’s poems, each verse is ode and elegy.
