The Summers Between Us by Noreen Nanja
Well-written, with lovely descriptive language, The Summers Between Us is a study in belonging, identity, friendship and love.
Lucy E. M. Black
REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence by Jaime Black-Morsette
The REDress project documents the comprehensive use of art installation to bear witness to the rippling pain of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people.
One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor’s Lost Identity by Amy Fish
The first half of Fish’s book is a faithful narration of Stanley’s journey as a genealogist leading to the work he facilitated in reuniting missing family members – including Maria. The following section is Maria’s story and details her life and long search for her biological family.
Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
The nature-nurture controversy plays out beautifully in the edgy thriller.
Women Who Woke Up the Law by Karin Wells
Women Who Woke Up the Law by Karin Wells provides an important historical overview of ten legal cases that advanced women’s rights in Canada.
Remaindered People & Other Stories by Pratap Reddy
Remaindered People is the title story for this impressive collection. Brij is a young man who is currently unemployed and seemingly without direction, yet when he accepts a position as a caregiver to his friend’s father, he comes to genuinely care for the aging patriarch. This piece establishes a very fine standard for the rest …
At a Loss for Words: Conversations in an Age of Rage by Carol Off
In a compelling and succinct introduction, Off argues that in the current context, we are witness to no less than the devolution of democracy in favour of the rise of populism and demagoguery, and sets out to prove that the deliberate weaponization of language is contributing to a blurred understanding of civil society.
Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson
Families are often messy and Ruby’s family in Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson is no exception.
The Black State by John Delacourt
An edgy, scintillating political thriller, The Black State by John Delacourt is a multi-layered novel written in lyrical prose that is shocking in its insight regarding the world of international diplomacy.
In Sickness and In Health/ Yom Kippur in a Gym by Nora Gold
In Sickness and In Health by Nora Gold is the fictionalized memoir of a woman whose childhood was marked by epilepsy. Yom Kippur in a Gym by Nora Gold is a powerful, moving narrative that illuminates the messiness of our lives, while also providing a gentle nudge towards deep healing through kinship and faith.
Marek’s Coat by Joseph Skarżeński
Marek’s Coat is a memoir written by Joseph Skarżeński, who as a Polish child in April of 1940 was transported to Siberia.
We Are Already Ghosts by Kit Dobson
There is a lyricism to Kit Dobson’s prose in We Are Already Ghosts, a way of revealing detail that is at once both elegant and calculated in its precision, distinguishing the novel by its tempered restraint.
Throwback: Higher Teaching: A Handbook for New Post-secondary Faculty by John Oughton
Higher Teaching: A Handbook for New Post-secondary Faculty by John Oughton is a reference book distilled from the author’s years of experience teaching at the post-secondary level.
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor is a rich, beautifully wrought family saga about love, truth and identity. Every family has stories that help to define who they are. The McNair family, struggling Irish farmers in southern Ontario, proudly trace their story back to their great-great-grandfather who fell in love with, and married, a …
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
A literary speculative novel set in an unnamed valley, where bereaved residents can petition to cross a forbidden border to see their lost loved ones again.
