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Prophetess by Baharan Baniahmadi

November 16, 2022November 13, 2022 by Alison Manley

Prophetess is a fearless novel of gripping and surreal turns that push the limits of the imagination in their collision of tradition and nonconformity.

Categories Fiction Tags culture, tehran, women's rights

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.

Categories Cultural, Fiction, First Book, Short Fiction, Short Stories Tags Bangladesh, Canada, culture, Family & Relationships, First Book, immigration

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.

Categories Creative Non-Fiction, Essay, Non-Fiction Tags cuisine, culture, Essays, food, immigrants

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.

Categories Poetry Tags art, culture, fatherhood, memory, nostalgia, poetry

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.

Categories Feminist, Fiction, Picks Tags adoption, arranged marriage, culture, Families, tradition

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.

Categories Feminist, Fiction Tags Canada, culture, family, feminism, feminist, Lebanese, Lebanon

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), …

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Categories Fiction, Nova Scotia, Summer Reads Tags cape breton, culture, family, hippies, relationships, toronto

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

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

[dropcap]Wilfred [/dropcap]Laurier University Press (WLU Press) publishes an Indigenous Studies series of which I have …

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Categories History, Indigenous Titles, Non-Fiction, Social Issues Tags culture, Indigenous Studies, literature, social history, writing

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

November 9, 2017 by James M. Fisher

[dropcap]Jan [/dropcap]Wong is the author of five non-fiction bestsellers, including Out of the Blue and …

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Categories Cooking, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel Tags China, cooking, culture, food, France, Italy, Travel

Alison Manley

Alison Manley bounced around the Maritimes before landing in Miramichi, NB, where she works as a hospital librarian. She has an honours BA in political science and English from St. Francis Xavier University, and a Master of Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University. When she's not reading biomedical research for her work, she likes reading poetry, contemporary and historical fiction, and personal essays. Noted for a love of bright colours (and lipstick), you can find her wandering the banks of the Miramichi River with a book and a paintbrush.

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