elseship: an unrequited affair by Tree Abraham
This work is a remarkable achievement and a strong addition to the literature of love.
Creative Non-Fiction
G by Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi
In G, Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kes” Mohammadi look at a single sound that connects two parts of the world that we rarely imagine in proximity, Iran and South Africa. They do so by exploring the voiceless uvular fricative and its close cousin, the voiced velar fricative, which are presented phonetically by the Greek letters chi (x) and gamma (ɣ) and are generally transposed into a roman alphabet as ch (e.g., loch) or kh (e.g., Khalil).
Throwback: Sweet Ride by Ann Barry
Sweet Ride by Ann Barry is a creative historical non-fiction set in 1943, 4 years into World War II.
A Gentleman and a Thief by Dean Jobb
In A Gentleman and a Thief, history is its own character instead of simply a time or era. Jobb frames his look at history with the fast paced, clever and elusive tale of Arthur Barry, a dapper kind of thief.
Throwback: Earthkeeping by Gary Saunders
Part poet, philosopher, scientist, and artist – Gary brings to mind the acronym STEAM.. when academia finally realized the importance of art to the scientific realm. He is definitely science and art in a wonderful blend.
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas by Karen Pinchin
Author Karen Pinchin has given us a gift. It is her perfectly paced, exquisitely written work of creative nonfiction.
The Lucky and the Lost: A Complete History of Titanic’s Children by John Boileau with Patricia Boileau Theriault
As its name suggests, The Lucky and the Lost: A Complete History of Titanic’s Children, takes on the tireless effort of tracing the lives of Titanic’s children.
See You In Le Touquet by Romie Christie
Dorothy Borutti lives in the beautiful French seaside resort town of Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais with her British mother and Italian father, and vacations in the south of France each winter. Sandy MacPherson is a young Canadian lawyer, raised on the wide-open prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada in an era of economic, and environmental, ruin. Little do …
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying by Eve Joseph
Originally published in 2014, In the Slender Margin was enthusiastically received and applauded for its respectful sensitivity in dealing with a subject that is still, to many, an avoidable topic of conversation: death and dying. Using her 20+ years’ experience working as a palliative care counsellor in a hospice as a springboard for exploration, Joseph probes our collective knowledge of that final life experience that we all must face.
No Letter In Your Pocket: How a Daughter Chose Love and Forgiveness to Heal from Incest by Heather Conn
Unlike many stories of healing and spiritual discovery, No Letter in Your Pocket avoids predictable recovery rhetoric and insular victimhood. Instead, it is a testament to thriving empowerment.
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.
Unsettled: A Reckoning on the Great Plains by Dawn Morgan
A memoir that reckons with the high costs of European settlement and Indigenous dispossession on the Great Plains.
Beyond the Gallery: An Anthology of Visual Encounters, edited by Liuba Gonzàles de Armas and Ana Ruiz Aguirre
This multilingual and multi-genre anthology showcases emerging and established talents within the Hispanic Canadian community, featuring a broad range of writings on visual culture by Spanish-speaking writers, artists, and cultural workers.
Beyond the Food Court Edited by Luciana Erregue-Sacchi
Beyond the Food Court: an Anthology of Literary Cuisines showcases 14 recognized authors from all over the world who call Canada home.
