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The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 by Bill Arnott

Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.

A Womb in the Shape of a Heart: My story of Miscarriage and Motherhood by Joanne Gallant

August 7, 2021 by James M. Fisher

A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is the intimate story of Gallant's journey through miscarriage and motherhood, holding space for the complicated paradoxes of grief and gratitude, of life and death, and the impenetrable depths of a mother's love.

Off The Charts: What I Learned From My Almost Fabulous Life In Music by Kat Goldman

August 1, 2021July 31, 2021 by Shawna Butler

Off the Charts is a whimsical, uproarious tour through a fickle business that never seems to repay what performers put into it, and one woman’s highly intimate account of how she made the best of almost making it. Featuring a sparkling set of original illustrations by the award-winning Nina Berkson.

Northern Light: Power, Land, and Memory of Water By Kazim Ali

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 by Heidi Greco

Kazim Ali’s earliest memories are of Jenpeg, a temporary town in the forests of northern Manitoba where his immigrant father worked on the construction of a hydroelectric dam.

Senior Management: Parenting My Parents by Martha Vowles

May 7, 2021 by Lana Shupe

At age 55, author Martha Vowles became a first-time parent. Her new charges were reckless, accident-prone, pig-headed, over 80 years old and bigger than her.

Kerouac & Presley by André Pronovost

June 3, 2021May 2, 2021 by Jeffery D. Muzzerall

I was intrigued to read Kerouac & Presley, given my fondness for iconic writers, musicians, and mavericks. I suspect, without previously encountering the author, that he’s an “everyman” free spirit. He’s done more than visit literary and musical pilgrimages and … Continue reading

Fuse by Hollay Ghadery

April 7, 2021 by Rachel Fernandes

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the bi-racial female body and identity, especially as it butts up against the disparate expectations of each culture.

Still Waters – Kamal Parmar

March 6, 2021February 17, 2021 by Alison Manley

Still Waters is a Poetic Memoir of the sorrows and stress of a loving daughter watching her mother deteriorate into the throes of the dreaded ‘disease of the decades’, Alzheimer's Disease.

A Few Feet Short: an Uncommon Journey to Everest by Jamey Glasnovic

December 3, 2020 by Bill Arnott

From the Kathmandu Valley to the Middle Hills and the highest peaks on the planet, Glasnovic’s journey takes him through the cultural melting pot of northeastern Nepal and up into the Khumbu Valley, traditional homeland of the Sherpa people, finding his way eventually, and without any intention of actually climbing it, to the base of that most iconic of mountains, Everest.

The Mongolian Chronicles by Allen Smutylo

November 1, 2020October 24, 2020 by Bill Arnott

The Mongolian Chronicles recounts a story of this untamed world, seen through the eyes of artist, writer, and traveller Allen Smutylo. Smutylo lived with seven eagle hunters and their families for several weeks over two years, affording him rare insight into a disappearing culture.

A Memoir in Poetry: You Won’t Always Be This Sad by Sheree Fitch

August 24, 2020 by Emma Rhodes

I opened up Sheree Fitch’s memoir in poetry You Won’t Always be this Sad and was sobbing by page thirty. The famous Maritime author breaks our hearts once again as we follow along on her journey through grief after her … Continue reading

The Smallest Objective by Sharon Kirsch

November 15, 2020July 26, 2020 by Bill Arnott

Confronted with her mother’s memory loss, a daughter undertakes a search for buried treasure in her now-vacant family home, aided by a team of archeologists. This first-person narrative produces unsettling discoveries about several Montreal personalities as revealed by the objects … Continue reading

Overland by Ewen Levick

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by Bill Arnott

Overland is the true story of a journey from Australia to Switzerland without flying. From vast deserts to an Indonesian fishing boat, a slow train through Burma to an armed confrontation in Laos, lullabies from middle-aged Chinese businessmen to a … Continue reading

I Am Herod by Richard Kemick (Guest Review by Chris Benjamin)

March 26, 2020 by James M. Fisher

On a whim, armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the 100-plus cast of The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, North America's largest production of its kind and one of the main tourist attractions in Alberta. By the time closing night is over, Kemick has a story to tell