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Junie

Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver's former Hogan's Alley neighbourhood. ...

The Sleeping Car Porter

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

WINNER OF THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

WINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION

FINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ...

No Crystal Stair

First published in 1993, No Crystal Stair is an absorbing story of urban struggle in the 1940s. Raising her three daughters alone, Marion discovers she can only find gainful employment if she passes as ...

Butter Honey Pig Bread

The acclaimed intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women—twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother—set across three continents: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. | 2021 Canada ...

Exile Blues

By (author) Gary Freeman
Categories: Fiction: general and literary
Series: None

Prez grows up in the 50s in segregated Washington, DC. Street smart and skeptical, but with a code of ethics, he, like every black kid, wants to be Malcolm, Martin or a “soul brother. ” Invited to ...

One Man Dancing

A novel about political survival, personal belief, salvation through suffering, and the transforming power of art.

One Man Dancing is based on the true story of Charles, a young Ugandan actor-dancer, growing ...