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.
Carrie Stanton
The Ghost of You by Margarita Saona
The English translation, The Ghost of You, originally titled in Spanish La ciudad donde no estás, gives these ghosts an English-speaking home, in the hopes they can remain in the memory of their readers the same way someone’s presence stills haunts a place.
Goddess by Deborah Hemming
An entrancing novel about a wellness retreat on a remote Greek island hosted by a celebrity guru who is more than meets the eye.
A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout, illustrations by Marjolaine Perreten
A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout, illustrated by Marjolaine Perreten, is a fresh take on fitting in, finding your place, and searching for somewhere peaceful to read, dream, and imagine.
Groundhog Night: Shubenacadie Sam’s Shadow by Doretta Groenendyk
The day before Groundhog Day though is Groundhog Night, and as Sam discovers, other animals have shadows, too.
The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten by Philipp Schott, DVM
From Dr. Schott’s 30 years in veterinary practice come over 60 heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogs.
Canada Wild: Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth, words by Maria Birmingham, art by Alex MacAskill
A full-colour illustrated guide to Canada’s endemic species for young readers, from the award-winning author of Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways that Animals Sleep.
Shadows and Light: A Physician’s Lens on COVID by Heather Patterson, MD
Editor’s note: this review previously appeared on the Atlantic Books Today website as part of …
Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk
Part love story, part survival story, part meditation on family dysfunction, this offbeat memoir chronicles the unpredictable life of a young wife and mother on Gabriola Island.
River, Diverted by Jamie Tennant
Filled with pop culture references and a deep love of monster movies, River, Diverted is both a light-hearted and subtly serious read that will captivate readers.
A Season on Vancouver Island by Bill Arnott
A beautiful collection of images and short travel essays highlighting the fun, eclectic, and unique nature of Vancouver Island and the attraction it has for travellers and tourists from across Canada and around the world.
We Spread by Iain Reid
At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.
McNutt’s Island Journal by Elizabeth Walden Hyde
McNutt’s Island Journal is Elizabeth Walden Hyde’s candid record of her life on this small island off Shelburne, Nova Scotia, from September 1984 to May 1985.
Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City, edited by Madi Haslam
Letters From Montreal: An Anthology documents the experiences of Montrealers past and present, creating a portrait of the storied city unlike any other.
My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.