A Fall Afternoon in the Park by Mehri Yalfani
With its twenty short stories, A Fall Afternoon in the Park invites the reader deep into the interior worlds of Iranian women living in both Iran and Canada.
Short Fiction
Half-Wild and Other Stories of Encounter by Emily Paskevics
Half-Wild and Other Stories of Encounter, a remarkable collection of short stories by Emily Paskevics, invites us to examine our relationship to the natural environment in a fresh way – not as a wilderness to be managed by us, but as an encounter in which we are changed.
Her Body Among Animals by Paola Ferrante
Through these confrontations of the complexity of living in a woman’s body, Her Body Among Animals moves us from hopelessness to a future of resilience and possibility.
Avalanche by Jessica Westhead
The stories in Avalanche combine humour with an earnest examination and indictment of white entitlement, guilt, shame, and disorientation in the wake of waking up to the reality of racism.
No Stars in the Sky by Martha Bátiz
The nineteen stories in No Stars in the Sky feature strong but damaged female characters in crisis.
Cocktail by Lisa Alward
Set in the swinging sixties and each decade since, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build up around us and our deepest hidden selves.
In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb
This collection makes available in English for the first time a complete selection of Chava Rosenfarb’s short stories all in one place.
Little Fury by Casey Bell
Winner of The Metatron Prize for Rising Authors (Fiction), Casey Bell’s slipstream feminist fiction pulses with otherworldly lyricism.
Above Discovery by Jennifer Falkner
In Jennifer Falkner’s richly imagined first collection, past and present glancingly converge, making the familiar outlines of myth, history, and everyday life seem suddenly strange.
Statue by Marianne Micros
Statue by Marianne Micros is a collection of stories where each tale stands tall. Blurred is the line between fantasy and reality as the unique stories blend life and art
High Water Mark: Atlantic Canadian Stories 1983-2023 Edited by Lesley Choyce
High Water Mark is an anthology of short fiction from some of the finest writers of Atlantic Canada over the last forty years.
All The Shining People by Kathy Friedman
Twelve exquisitely written stories depicting the search for human connection and the attempt to fit in far from home.
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
A dazzling collection of fifteen short stories from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments.
Instructions for the Drowning: Stories by Steven Heighton
Steven Heighton’s Instructions for the Drowning is an indelible last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers.
Hands Like Trees by Sabyasachi Nag
Hands Like Trees by Sabyasachi Nag is a pristine collection of nine short stories, each of which is filled with both exquisite descriptions and moments of deep unease.
