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Home of the Floating Lily: Stories by Silmy Abdullah

June 1, 2022July 18, 2021 by Noor Ferdous

Set in both Canada and Bangladesh, the eight stories in Home of the Floating Lily follow the lives of everyday people as they navigate the complexities of migration, displacement, love, friendship, and familial conflict.

Beyond the Food Court Edited by Luciana Erregue-Sacchi

March 9, 2021March 8, 2021 by Rachel Fernandes

Beyond the Food Court: an Anthology of Literary Cuisines showcases 14 recognized authors from all over the world who call Canada home.

A Meta-Textual Hive: Double Self-Portrait By James Lindsay

June 24, 2020 by Chris Banks

Double Self-Portrait by James Lindsay resembles a meta-textual hive, full of a buzzing energy created by the many connections the poems weave among themselves.

Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters by Anita Kushwahal

February 27, 2020January 25, 2020 by James M. Fisher

Anita Kushwaha's follow-up to her 2018 award-winning novel (and 2020 longlist nominee) Side by Side is Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters (HarperCollins Canada). It is a generational story of — you guessed it — mothers and daughters and the secrets that they keep from each other.

The Allspice Bath by Sonia Saikaley

October 4, 2020October 4, 2019 by James M. Fisher

Award-winning author Sonia Saikely's newest novel, The Allspice Bath is an enjoyable, yet emotional story about a Lebanese family living in Ottawa in the 70s-90s.

The Light a Body Radiates by Ethel Whitty

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 by James M. Fisher

At fifty-eight pages into The Light a Body Radiates by Ethel Whitty (2018, Caitlin Press), Eileen Macpherson’s grandmother tells her:

“If you’re a storyteller, it’s your job to make it a story that wants to be told. Where we come … Continue reading

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

June 7, 2018May 23, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Laurier University Press (WLU Press) publishes an Indigenous Studies series of which I have reviewed Rachel Bryant’s The Homing Place, which is one of my “Very Best!” reads of 2018. So I returned to WLU Press’ website to look … Continue reading

Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy and China by Jan Wong

November 9, 2017 by James M. Fisher

Wong is the author of five non-fiction bestsellers, including Out of the Blue and Red China Blues, named one of Time magazine’s top ten non-fiction books of 1996. She has won numerous journalism awards and is now a professor … Continue reading