Shoebox by Sean Paul Bedell
Bedell explores the life of Steve, former insurance salesman, current husband and father to two children, who is just trying to make everyone happy and earn a living.
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Something to Hold Onto by Kate Robson
Something to Hold Onto: Simple Metaphors, Images, and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life is a personal and relatable look at life, struggles and the grief we all endure to come out on top.
Boat by Katherine Knight
Katherine Knight’s photography of model boats and the stories about them made for a voyage of smooth sailing and long-lasting beauty.
A Place of Secrets: A Northern Gothic Mystery by Shane Peacock
A follow-up to As We Forgive Others, A Place of Secrets does well as a stand-alone while honouring the characters and premise of the book that came before it.
Wrestling with Cadence by Dennis Lee
You may know Dennis Lee by the lyrically nonsensical poem and book, Alligator Pie, which came out in 1974.
Growing Up Urkel by Jaleel White
This is a memoir about a young entrepreneur who understood the value of ingenuity, when to quit and when to pivot long before he had a college education.
Puppet by Robert Stutt
Puppet is a heart-stopping, mind bending journey of beaver tails and children show tales.
Something Happened in Carlton by Pierre C. Arseneault
[…] sweetly romantic, mysteriously dramatic and cautiously humourous, this book speaks volumes about the grief felt in a small community and how life must go on after tough losses.
My Works, Ye Mighty by Christian Bök
Within the pages are universes and worlds that stand the test of time and breathe life in their fractions and wholes.
We Are Dreams In The Eternal Machine by Deni Ellis Béchard
The way Béchard tells the story ensures the reader connects with the flawed characters, the twisted settings and immerses themselves in a plot that’s both terrifying and plausible with the rate of technological advancements.
Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton
A love letter to Cape Breton while also depicting the layers all communities behold, Beaton humbly discusses the importance of a support system, the art of being kind to yourself when you need to make difficult decisions, and the value of respecting your self-worth regardless of the financial gain.
In the Forests of the Night by Alison Hughes
In a world without trees and during a life without parents, Ellis craves answers.
The Queen by Nick Cutter
The prologue brings the reader immediately into a situation of nightmares, filling a mind with fantastic scenarios one would want to immediately pinch themselves awake from.
Safekeeping: A Writer’s Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love by Chelene Knight
While appearing to be a workbook, it is also a playbook and meditation for writers, as well as creatives.
An Unbalanced Force by Valerie Sherrard
A fast-paced adventure that asks the hard questions of the responsibilities of sons and teenagers.
