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Mud Lilies

“Harrowing, hopeful, and informed by Ramayan's own experiences as a runaway to Edmonton, Mud Lilies is a hymn to the power of one young woman's defiant spark of life, a story of grit and wisdom set ...

What is Going to Happen Next

Karen Hofmann’s empathetic and cathartic novel, What Is Going to Happen Next, pieces together the lives of five members of the Lund family following their enforced dispersal after the father’s death ...

Scarborough

Shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award, City of Toronto Book Award, and Edmund White Debut Fiction Award. A novel told in multiple voices, Scarborough is a raw yet empathetic glimpse into a troubled ...

Accordéon

A finalist for the 2017 Amazon. ca First Novel Award, Accordéon is an experimental novel, a piercing deconstruction of Québécois culture and an ode to Montréal—a city where everything happens at ...

Girls Fall Down

By (author) Maggie Helwig
Categories: ‘Street’ fiction

The 2012 One Book Toronto title
Shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award

A girl faints in the Toronto subway. Her friends are taken to the hospital with unexplained rashes; they complain about a funny smell ...

Pulpy and Midge

By (author) Jessica Westhead
Categories: ‘Street’ fiction

Brian Lembeck - ‘Pulpy’ - takes life slow and steady. He likes his office job, and he likes his gentle, figurine-collecting boss, Al. He even likes the bitter receptionist, though he’s the only ...