The elders in Those Who Know have devoted their lives to preserving the wisdom and spirituality of their ancestors. Despite insult and oppression, they have maintained sometimes forbidden practices for ...

WINNER OF THE 2013 STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR.

Frieda Zweig is at an impasse. Behind her is a string of failed relationships and the half-forgotten ambitions of being a painter; in front of her ...

The politics of difference, mired in the violence of colonial history, are a dominant force in the socio-economic development of contemporary society as it strikes a balance between the acceptance of ...

Frances, a manager for a large corporation, appears to be very successful. But Frances finds her piece of mind unravelling as she becomes overwhelmed by the destructive bureaucratic nature of the work ...

Fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround is poetry at its most eloquent. In this long poem, Smith imagistically evokes birds and plants, physical torture, and human relationships, as he delves ...

Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic, by two- Governor General’ Award- Rudy Wiebe, is the first book in NeWest’ Landmark Editions Series. First released in 1989, this collection won ...

A critical scrapbook collected from fifteen years of writing. Contains essays, reviews, interviews, journals, notes, and poetic improvisations on contemporary poetry and identity.

The memoir of a young woman who in 1951 at the age of 17 was arrested for her involvement with an underground organization demanding alternatives to Stalinist rule and as a result spent five years in ...