In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer
What I wasn’t expecting about In the Field was just how much I love it. It is a remarkable book: thoughtful, nuanced, beautifully written, and thoroughly researched.
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In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times by James Cairns
[…] an engagement with Cairns’s thoughtful, broad-ranging examination of the word “crisis” and the multiple instances of it that we seem, collectively and individually, to be facing in the present moment.
On Book Banning by Ira Wells
Canada’s annual Freedom to Read Week takes place during the last week of February. With this year marking the 40th anniversary of this important observance, it seems most appropriate that this book, part of Biblioasis’ “Field Notes” series, should be published midway through the week when we pay closer attention to the banning of books.
The Human Scale: Murder, Mischief and Other Selected Mayhems by Michael Lista
Be honest, the subtitle intrigues, right? Murder! Mischief! Mayhem! The adrenaline flows. O Canada! Turn the page. What’s next?! The base of humanity revealed.
Off the Record Edited by John Metcalf
In Off the Record, John Metcalf encourages six writers to reveal what one rarely discusses in polite society: how they became writers instead of radio announcers or cabinet makers.
If It Gets Quiet Later on, I Will Make a Display by Nick Thran
Nick Thran’s volume of essays, stories and poems is a quietly powerful meditation on a life of reading, writing and bookselling.
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada.
The Wisdom Found in Hen’s Teeth by Jules Torti
If you’re looking for an entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking read, The Wisdom Found in Hen’s Teeth just might fill the bill.
Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female by Tanis MacDonald
Tanis MacDonald walks the reader down many paths, pointing out the sights, exclaiming over birds, sharing stories and asking questions about who gets to walk freely through our cities, parks and wilderness.
Return Stroke: Essays & Memoir by Doa Dueck
“Dora Dueck’s beautifully written essays and memoir make her an insightful and generous companion.”
Touch Anywhere to Begin by Mark Anthony Jarman
From acclaimed author Mark Anthony Jarman comes Touch Anywhere to Begin, his first book of travel writing since the publication of the critically acclaimed Ireland’s Eye in 2002.
The Call of the Red Winged Blackbird by Tim Bowling
In this collection of essays Tim Bowling picks up the common questions, and beauties, of life and examines them closely.
A Life Spent Listening by Hassan Khalili
In A Life Spent Listening, Dr. Hassan Khalili reflects on four decades of being a frontline community psychotherapist and shares the wisdom he has learned over the years. By inviting the reader into his own life and the lives of his patients, Dr. Khalili explores the human condition and explains his concept of the grid as a guiding principle in his psychological practice.
Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing, edited by Andrew Chesham and Laura Farina
Through forty-two personal essays, Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing brings together insights from writers and publishers across Canada on the practices that fuel their work.
