Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist by Betty Baxter
We are taken along Betty’s 1976 Olympic journey and treated to an inside scoop on what it really looks and feels like to be a part of this worldwide event.
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All The Waking Hours by Erin Wunker
Of the emotional and imaginative harmony that zips them together as a singular creation. In All the Waking Hours, a possible nod to Michael Cunningham’s enduringly beautiful novel The Hours, Erin Wunker delivers nine exquisite essays that are ripe to perfection.
Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants by Dr. Joanne Liu, co-written by André Pratte. trans. Marisa Coulton
Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants is not just a journalistic narrative, not a sociopolitical exposé, not a deeply personal statement—it is all of these. And more.
The Casino Shift by Brian Goldman
The ED has become the catch all for Canada’s crumbling health care system, as primary care has collapsed, and hospital bed capacity has been cut.
Throwback: Someone Else’s Saint: How a Scottish Pilgrimage Led to Nova Scotia by Matthew R. Anderson
In 2019, Dr. Matthew Anderson organized a small group of Canadians along the Whithorn Way, a 1600 year-old pilgrimage route through the Scottish Lowlands to the shrine of St. Ninian.
Last Call for Canada: Sovereign Nation or Vassal State by Peter McFarlane
McFarlane presents a well-documented narrative of the state of the world today, up to and beyond PM Carney’s now infamous Davos speech, where he declared to rules-based world order dead. In fact, he said it have never existed.
Thinking From Black: A Lexicon by the Practicing Refusal Collective
Thinking From Black is an animated collection that illuminates, interrogates, and grabs hold of what Blackness means from as many angles as humanity, history, and artistry allow. Initiated by the Practicing Refusal Collective, whose members span the US, Europe, the Caribbean, Canada, and Africa, this fierce book is as much about creativity as it is about the political realities and ethical practices of being Black at a time when anti-Black violence is resurging in terrifying ways. A reference book, a glossary, and an inventive vocabulary that …
Thumbin’ the Rock: A Newfoundland Hitchhiking Odyssey by Bernadette Shea
It is the story of two sisters, Dolly, age 72, and Bernadette, age 60, who spent 14 days hitchhiking across Newfoundland.
Seasons of the Heart: A Tapestry of Stories Woven Through Time by Lana Shupe
We wandered throughout four seasons of magical short stories, in the landscapes of both Western and Eastern Canada.
Throwback: “I am (Un)Seen, I am (Mis)Seen, I am (Over)Seen”: Black Cake, Turtle Soup and Other Dilemmas by Gloria Blizzard
With a MFA from the University of King College, being a multi-award winning Black Canadian writer and poet, she uses her remarkable skills in lyricism and thoughtful analysis to understand what it means to be in this constant state of movement.
The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Written by Robert Macfarlane with illustrations by Jackie Morris, The Book of Birds is the spiritual successor to their project The Lost Words.
Blue thinks itself within me by Kim Trainor
Full of a variety of works of art and poetry, slices of history, theories, and anecdotes of Trainor’s activism, all sections weave source material and personal experience back to the pulsing questions Trainor poses: what can artists do in the face of climate disaster, and more specifically how can activism be informed and impacted by ecopoetry?
From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall: Stories of Canada by Whit Fraser
How fortunate we are to have a Canadian like Whit who experiences such adventures and dares to tell about them.
Reframing Healing: Indigenous Voices for the Future
Two recent collections, You Were Made for This World: Celebrated Indigenous Voices Speak to Young People and A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices, offer something rare in conversations about Indigenous experiences: a shift away from narratives that confine us to trauma, and toward stories that illuminate healing, agency, and responsibility to one another.
Barefoot Gringo by George Bowering and Spying on America by Bill Gaston
Here two senior-level Canadian writers retrace bracing encounters with our two southern neighbours.
