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One More Mountain

It’s 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.

In Kabul, 15-year-old ...

Berani

An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists, and the balancing act between consequence and triumph

Malia has had a privileged upbringing in Indonesia, but since ...

Under the Nakba Tree

Mowafa Said Househ’s family fled Palestine in 1948 and arrived in Canada in the 1970s. He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta as a visible minority and a Muslim whose family had a deeply fractured history. ...

Voyages en Afghani

By (author) Guillaume Lavallée
Categories: Middle Eastern history
Series: Essai

En janvier 2017, un jeune homme tue six hommes priant à la grande mosquée de Québec. Journaliste au Moyen-Orient, l’auteur Guillaume Lavallée s’interroge sur les raisons et origines de cette haine. ...

Canadian Rajah

By (author) Dave Carley
Categories: Plays, playscripts

Canadian Rajah is the incredible -- and true -- story of Esca Brooke Daykin. He was the first-born son of the legendary "White Rajah of Sarawak" but was exiled from that country (a British colony, now ...

A White Lie

The Women’s Voices from Gaza collection honours women’s unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. In “A White Lie,” the first ...

Golden Threads

A beloved toy fox becomes lost, tattered, repaired, and loved for his imperfections. Golden Threads is inspired by the Japanese art form of kintsugi, or golden joinery, where broken pottery is repaired ...

Quest for Coomaraswamy

Text by Pratapaditya Pal
Categories: History of art

A biography of one of the pioneers in Asian art by the world’s foremost specialist in the arts of India, the Himalayas and South East Asia.

An intimate biography by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, viewed by many ...

Tireur embusqué

Un adolescent rescapé de la guerre en Syrie vit son premier hiver à Montréal. Après s’être violemment battu à l’école, il doit suivre une psychothérapie. S’étant lié d’amitié avec Kevin, ...