Cultural – The Miramichi Reader

Nova Scotia Shaped By the Sea: A Living History by Lesley Choyce

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 by Mala Rai

The history of Nova Scotia is an amazing story of a land and a people shaped by the waves, the tides, the wind, and the wonder of the North Atlantic. Choyce weaves the legacy of this unique coastal province, piecing together the stories written in the rocks, the wrecks, and the record books of human glory and error.

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

March 12, 2021March 10, 2021 by Alison Manley

Every so often, Canada Reads introduces you to a book that you absolutely needed to read, it opens the world to a new voice and story and gives a book that needed a wider platform that boost. Jonny Appleseed is one of those books.

Approaching Fire by Michelle Porter

January 16, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Approaching Fire will surely provide the reader with the opportunity to grasp the struggles of identity that emanate from hundreds of years of racism, and the parallels with seething fires that rip across the lands and destroy tangible keepsakes.

Black Loyalists in New Brunswick by Stephen Davidson

February 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans.

Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Pam Palmater

December 21, 2020 by Rachel Fernandes

Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence is the second collection of writings by Palmater. In keeping with her previous works, numerous op-eds, media commentaries, YouTube channel videos and podcasts, Palmater’s work is fiercely anti-colonial, anti-racist, and more crucial than ever before.

Gutter Child by Jael Richardson

November 29, 2020November 28, 2020 by James M. Fisher

Jael Richardson’s debut novel, Gutter Child (2021, HarperCollins Canada)* is a forceful one that shines a spotlight on racism, colonization and the struggle to get out from under an imposed debt that only death will bring freedom from. It is … Continue reading

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

February 14, 2021November 14, 2020 by Rachel Fernandes

Policing Black Lives is the work of Montreal-based Black feminist activist and educator, Robyn Maynard. Maynard brings her considerable expertise to this book, which is packed with information about the history and continued oppression of Black people in Canada.

The Hermit of Africville by Jon Tattrie (New Edition)

November 1, 2020October 31, 2020 by Allan Hudson

Jon Tattrie paints a bleak picture of the destruction of Africville through the eyes of a lifelong protestor, Eddie Carvery. Carvery grew up in Africville, a black community in the northern section of Halifax.

Pearleen Oliver: Canada’s Black Crusader for Civil Rights, Edited by Ronald Caplan

November 1, 2020October 17, 2020 by James M. Fisher

As the Black Lives Matter movement advances, there have been many, many new books released focussing on the history of slavery, segregation and outright racism that existed and still exists in Canada. This is particularly true in Atlantic Canada where … Continue reading

What the Living Do by Maggie Dwyer

October 15, 2020 by Bill Arnott

Until the age of twelve, Georgia Lee Kay-Stern believed she was Jewish - the story of her Cree birth family had been kept secret. Now she's living on her own and attending first year university, and with her adoptive parents on sabbatical in Costa Rica, the old questions are back. What does it mean to be Native? How could her life have been different?

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

October 9, 2020October 7, 2020 by Michelle Porter

Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.

The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton

January 20, 2021September 22, 2020 by Gemma Marr

It is 1971. The fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts, is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon expected to transform this dying factory town into a thriving economic center. This planned transformation has a profound effect on the residents who live in Bellport as their own personal transformations take place.

Talking to Dr. Nora Gold About the Tenth Anniversary of JewishFiction.net

November 15, 2020September 14, 2020 by James M. Fisher

I have found the various writing communities in Canada to be very supportive of each other, and JewishFiction.net certainly fills an important niche in this country. Jewish Fiction .net is the online literary journal that was founded by Dr. Nora … Continue reading

Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a By Katłıà

August 31, 2020August 29, 2020 by James M. Fisher

Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Tı-Yat’a is the debut novel from Dene author Katłįà. Set in Canada’s far north, this layered composite novel traverses space and time, from a community being stalked by a dark presence, a group of teenagers out for a dangerous joyride, to an archeological site on a mysterious island that holds a powerful secret.

The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation by Jean Teillet

August 14, 2020 by Michelle Porter

Some books are there to offer the kinds of stories that can light on our paths and help us figure out a way forward. The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation by historian … Continue reading