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Resumption of Play, The

By (author) Gary Geddes
Categories: Poetry

The gripping title poem of The Resumption of Play, which won the 2015 Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, dramatizes the traumatic experience and enduring legacy of Canada’s Indian residential schools. ...

A Place in the Sun

“This important book illuminates a little-known and important story, offering a richly nuanced portrait of the Haitian immigrant experience in Montreal. ”Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The ...

Spirit Level

Harriet (known as Harry) is a donor-conceived child who has never wanted to reach out to her half-siblings or donor—until now. Feeling adrift after a breakup with her long-time boyfriend, Harry tracks ...

From New Peoples to New Nations

“Gerhard Ens and Joe Sawchuk have produced a compelling piece of work – one that will inform and contribute to ongoing debates within Métis studies for years to come. ”Nicole St-Onge, University ...

A Blanket of Butterflies

This stunning graphic novel explores the grace of family and of trusting the power of the spirit world.

A Blanket of Butterflies explores the journey of Shinobu, a mysterious stranger who visits Fort Smith, ...

Giotto and the St Francis cycle

First title in the series Stories Behind the Art, giving simple, clear descriptions of Giotto’s 28 frescoes in the Upper Church of the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi.

Supplemented by brief excerpts ...

Requiem for the Last Indian

By (author) Ashis Gupta
Categories: Fiction: general and literary

A tale of love, injustice and redemption that adds poignancy to Canada’s current challenge of Truth and Reconciliation.

The novel, unlikely story of Rosie and Charlie, is a bittersweet tale of love, ...

Basic Black with Pearls

By (author) Helen Weinzweig
Categories: Fiction: general and literary
Series: A List

A lost feminist classic — and winner of the Toronto Book Award — reissued to coincide with the 35th anniversary of publication.

In her yearning, elusive search for a lover, Shirley Kaszenbowski sheds ...

All My Fallen Angelas

“Gianna Patriarca’s short stories are threads of a larger texture, probing, with subtlety and irony, the nuances and the intricacies of the mind of women who bear in their very names their family ...

#IdleNoMore

By (author) Ken Coates
Categories: Ethnic studies

Idle No More bewildered many Canadians. Launched in reaction to a federal omnibus budget bill, the protest became the most powerful demonstration of Aboriginal identity in Canadian history. Thousands ...