Story is a State of Mind by Sarah Selecky
For writers and readers of all sorts, Story is a State of Mind is a book to come back to, again and again.
Catherine Marcotte
We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Okot Bitek’s writing is unapologetic as she reckons with the legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army: a militant group that abducted tens of thousands of children to serve in its ranks between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World by Phoebe Bosewell, Saidiya Hartman, Janaína Oliveira, Joseph M. Pierce, and Cristina Rivera Garza, with an introduction by Christina Sharpe
Hosted at York University, the free, public events gather writers, artists, and thinkers from various disciplines and geographies to discuss the most pressing issues of our time. The insights shared at the live and streamed events are later transcribed and expanded in artful books published by Alchemy, a Knopf Canada publishing program, in collaboration with York University.
A Way To Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
In her latest short story collection A Way To Be Happy, Caroline Adderson pursues the question of happiness – the fleeting, highly-theorized, and hotly pursued topic.
Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey with Leslie Jamieson
From mentions in major publications to impressive stacks in local and national bookstores, Rebecca Godfrey’s Peggy is everywhere — and with good reason.
Busy Secret by Micah Ballard
Micah Ballard’s latest chapbook Busy Secret is a quippy, somewhat resigned meditation on the liminal spaces between life and death, and wealth and work.
Fifty-Two Lines About Henry by Cary Fagan
Although Henry contemplates dancing to calm an enraged bear, orders enough sardines to fill two bedrooms – I hope they’re canned – and writes an 861-page chapter to a novel, his unlikely battles remain rooted in a world well-recognized where neighbours are suspicious, dinner parties are taxing, and things learned at school are revealed to be alternately fateful (the sousaphone, surprisingly) and superfluous (trigonometry).
Emily Austin Writes Supremely Real Women (Again) in Interesting Facts About Space
Brimming with quirky humor, charm, and heart, Interesting Facts about Space effortlessly shows us the power of revealing our secret shames, the most beautifully human parts of us all.
Mindful Wellness Guides Meet Plant-Based Recipes in Radhi Devlukia-Shetty’s JoyFull
More than 125 plant-based recipes and a practical approach to making deeply flavorful food for feeling your best.
Existentialism Meets Environmentalism: The Wisdom of John Oughton’s The Universe and All That
In the time of our global climate crisis, ecocriticism, or literature that is critical of our treatment of the environment, is gaining traction among readers and critics alike. John Oughton’s sixth collection of poetry, “The Universe and All That” seems to pick up on just that.
