Middlemen by Scott Thornley
Detective Superintendent MacNeice returns to Dundurn following a month-long suspension and is immediately thrown into the mysterious case of a wounded runner named Jack and a blood trail that spans over forty miles.
Anne Smith-Nochasak
Raccoon: A Wondertale by Sean Kane
The dream of an urban paradise comes true for the Raccoons of a small suburban city when they rise up, throw out their government, and create an ecological commonwealth.
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.
Sunsetter by Curtis LeBlanc
Sunsetter is one of those books that enters the mind and leaves the reader with a strong sense of “Yes, this is truly what life is like.”
Kâ–pî–isi—kiskisiYân / ᑳ ᐲ ᐃᓯ ᑭᐢᑭᓯᔮᐣ The Way I Remember by Solomon Ratt
kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân /The Way I Remember is an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates Solomon Ratt’s perseverance and life after residential school.
Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood by Margaret Macpherson
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by the colonialism and systemic racism that continues today.
Trembling River by Andrée Michaud
Trembling River is a powerful work from internationally renowned novelist Andrée A. Michaud and translated by J. C. Sutcliffe.
The Case of the Rigged Race by Michael Hutchinson
Windy Lake First Nation is hosting the annual Trappers Festival, and the four Mighty Muskrats are excited about the sled-dog races and the chance to visit with family and friends from far and wide.
Cut to Fortress by Tawahum Bige
Cut to Fortress considers the possibility of decolonization through a personal lens, urging for a resistance that is tied using cord and old-growth tree roots; a resistance that tethers us all together in this contemporary existence.
Weather Permitting by Chris St. Clair
In Weather Permitting, Chris St. Clair demonstrates his energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge as he takes the reader behind the scenes in twelve major climate events that he covered during the past twenty-five years.
Carrying It Forward: Essays From Kistahpinanihk by John Brady McDonald
With honesty, a poet’s turn of phrase and a bit of sly humour, John Brady pulls us deep into the life he has lived in Kistahpinanihk and asks us to consider what life could be like in a New North Territory.
Sombrio by Rhonda Waterfall
Vulnerable and hallucinatory, Rhonda Waterfall writes an alarming and vivid West Coast novel. Set in the rainforest on the outer coast of Vancouver Island, Sombrio takes us into the dark heart of lost childhoods.
Laughing With the Trickster by Tomson Highway
Celebrated author and playwright Tomson Highway brings his signature irreverence to an exploration of five themes central to the human condition: language, creation, sex and gender, humour, and death.
Inhaled: A Novel Based on a True Story by Nathalie Guilbeault
Inhaled tells the story of a woman who indulges in a weekend of revenge sex as her marriage is faltering. Somehow, she finds herself in a relationship that might be a living hell, but she is unable to break free. Her sometimes charismatic, sometimes unbalanced, lover invades her body, her mind, and every facet of her life.
Heartbreak Homes by Jo Treggiari
A gripping locked-door YA murder mystery told from multiple perspectives from Governor General’s Award – and Crime Writers of Canada Award – nominated author of The Grey Sisters and Blood Will Out.