The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After) By Mirabel
This collection of poems highlight grief and how one can recover from grief.
Shawna Butler
Gibby: Tales of a Baseball Lifer by John Gibbons and Greg Oliver
A captivating and candid memoir from one of the most beloved and colorful figures in Toronto Blue Jays history.
Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth by Pamela Anderson
The actress, activist, and once infamous Playboy Playmate reclaims the narrative of her life in a memoir that defies expectation in both content and approach, blending searing prose with snippets of original poetry.
Exit Wounds poems by Tāriq Malik
Exit Wounds is a defiant triumph of the plurality of minority experiences—a poetic chorus of immigrants and their descendants coming home to the truth and power of their many worlds.
The Program by Megan Fennya Jones
The Program is a compelling debut about how we are seen, and how we see ourselves.
But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves by Conyer Clayton
But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves, Conyer Clayton’s follow-up to her award-winning debut, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite, is a collection of prose poems that employs surrealism, humour, and body horror to cope with CPTSD, assault, loss, fear, and the memories of it all.
On Account of Darkness: Shining Light on Race and Sport By Ian Kennedy
Combining tales of personal triumph with sports history and social commentary, On Account of Darkness examines systemic racism and ambivalent attitudes that persist to this day.
1972 The Series That Changed Hockey Forever by Scott Morrison
The legacy of the greatest hockey series ever played, fifty years later, with stories from the players that shed new light on those incredible games and times.
Shifting Baseline Syndrome by Aaron Kreuter
Shifting Baseline Syndrome is both searching and searing, veering between satire and sincerity, history and prophecy, and human and non-human worlds.
Ray Guy: Portrait of a Rebel by Ron Crocker
Ray Guy: Portrait of a Rebel is a testament and a toast to Ray Guy’s brilliant writing. It is also a compelling biography of a complex man with an incredible gift.
Synaptic by Alison Calder
In Synaptic, each section explores key themes in science, neurology, and perception.
Rebuilding A Brick Wall by Susanne Gauthier with Evan Wall
Evan Wall is a bright, mischievous, small-town “tough guy” from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan whose life changes irrevocably after a car accident leaves him with a traumatic brain injury. Having to relearn how to eat, talk, walk, and all other “normal” bodily functions, Evan no longer feels like the strong “Brick Wall” of his high school football days.
Sick in Bed Across Two Chairs, with My Feet out Through the Window by Laurie Blackwood Pike
Grandpa Pike may not have “seen it all,” but he has a lifetime of encounters-both serious and humourous-from his life in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia that make for terrific reading.
An Embarrassment Of Critch’s: Immature Stories from My Grown-Up Life by Mark Critch
The heartfelt and hilarious story of beloved Canadian comedian Mark Critch’s journey from Newfoundland to the national stage–and back home again.
Pull Focus by Helen Walsh
When Jane’s partner goes missing she needs to find out if he’s in danger while also contending with the politics of a large international film festival: Hollywood power brokers, Russian oil speculators, Chinese propagandists, and a board chair who seemingly has it out for her.