George: A Magpie Memoir, by Frieda Hughes
“He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him.” From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, a memoir of love, obsession, and feathers.
Memoirs
Been There, Ate That: A Candy-Coated Childhood by Jules Torti
Jules Torti, a self-appointed junk food historian, shares sugary secrets and tasting notes from the kitchens of her youth. She believes a fond food memory is like the song you crank and put on repeat — it transports you back to a time and place that no longer exists.
Kâ–pî–isi—kiskisiYân / ᑳ ᐲ ᐃᓯ ᑭᐢᑭᓯᔮᐣ The Way I Remember by Solomon Ratt
kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân /The Way I Remember is an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates Solomon Ratt’s perseverance and life after residential school.
My Theatre of Memory: A Life in Words By Adriana A. Davies
The memoir My Theatre of Memory: A Life in Words traces Adriana Davies’s life in Canada from her arrival in Edmonton as a a child immigrant with her mother, older sister and younger brother in the early 1950s, to the present as she deals with the challenges of Covid.
The Things I Came Here With by Chris MacDonald
The Things I Came Here With is about how crucial our past is to understanding our future, but it’s also a love letter to his daughter about the importance of expression, life’s uncertainty, and beauty.
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health by Jason Schreurs
Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health follows the transformational journeys of Schreurs and the other punks he learns from, revealing the healing power of a misunderstood and underestimated music community.
Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go by Kelly S. Thompson
With honesty, love, and humour, in this moving memoir, Kelly S. Thompson explores her relationship with her older sister, Meghan. Tested by addiction, abuse, and illness, the sisters’ relationship crumbles, only to be rebuilt into an everlasting bond.
Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood by Margaret Macpherson
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by the colonialism and systemic racism that continues today.
Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth by Pamela Anderson
The actress, activist, and once infamous Playboy Playmate reclaims the narrative of her life in a memoir that defies expectation in both content and approach, blending searing prose with snippets of original poetry.
Colonel Parkinson in Charge: A Wry Reflection on My Incurable Illness by François Gravel
A writer’s witty and surprisingly optimistic account of learning to live with Parkinson’s disease.
Writing With My Eyes, Staying Alive While Dying by Angela Parker-Brown
This is the amazing story of Angie Parker-Brown’s skill at staying alive while dying, told “through her own eyes” with the assistance of eye gaze technology.
Afterlight by Isa Milman
A haunting memoir of war, genocide, displacement, and a daughter’s search for the literary works of her mother’s murdered twin.
Excerpt: Writing With My Eyes: Staying Alive While Dying by Angela Parker-Brown
An excerpt from “Writing With My Eyes: Staying Alive While Dying” by Angela Parker-Brown.
Return Stroke: Essays & Memoir by Doa Dueck
“Dora Dueck’s beautifully written essays and memoir make her an insightful and generous companion.”
Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder, by William Shatner with Joshua Brandon
The beloved star of Star Trek, recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things, our fragile bond with nature, and the joy that comes from exploration in this inspiring, revelatory, and exhilarating collection of essays.
