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Series: CLC Kreisel Lecture SeriesAn Anthology of MonstersHow Story Saves Us from Our AnxietyPaperback
Cherie Dimaline9781772126822
$14.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Feb 15, 2023
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tale of an intricate dance with life-long anxiety. It is about how the stories we tell ourselves can help reshape the ways in which we think, cope, and ultimately survive. Using examples from her books, from her mère, and from her own late night worry sessions, Dimaline choreographs a deeply personal narrative about all the ways in which we tell stories. She reveals how to collect and curate our stories, how they elicit difficult and beautiful conver... + Read More
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Series: The COVID JournalsHealth Care Workers Write the PandemicPaperback
Shane Neilson9781772126815
$26.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 05, 2023
Early in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like? Through stories, art, and poetry, Canadian health-care workers from across the country recount their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to The COVID Journals share the determination and fear they felt as they watched the crisis unfold, giving us an inside view of their lives at a time when care itself was redefined from moment to moment. Their narratives, at turns tender, angry, curious, and sometimes even joyful, highlight challenges and sati... + Read More
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Series: Women’s Voices from Gaza SeriesCome My ChildrenPaperback
Hekmat Al-Taweel9781772126761
$24.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 05, 2023
Hekmat Al-Taweel (1922–2008) was a native Palestinian Christian from Gaza City whose narrative unearths a version of history long excluded from mainstream discourse and provides an unfamiliar perspective on Muslim–Christian relationships. Her stories about life in Gaza highlight shared history, vibrant culture, and cherished traditions. Al-Taweel continued her education after marriage, sought community volunteer work, worked as a teacher and supervisor, and committed to activism throughout her life, all of which contradicts widespread Western o... + Read More
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Series: Robert Kroetsch Seriesthere's morePaperback
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike9781772126808
$19.99POETRY
Mar 06, 2023
In there’s more, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike takes on the rich concepts of home and belonging: home lost and regained, home created with others and with the land, home as “anywhere we find something to love.” Giving voice to the experiences of migrant and other marginalized citizens whose lives society tends to overlook, this collection challenges the oppressive systems that alienate us from one another and the land. Carefully built lyric meditations combine beauty and ugliness, engaging with violence, and displacement, while seeking to build ki... + Read More
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Series: Robert Kroetsch SeriesIndie RockPaperback
Joe Bishop9781772126785
$19.99POETRY
Mar 06, 2023
Indie Rock candidly focuses on a queer poet/musician’s life in Newfoundland and his personal struggles with addiction, OCD, and trauma. This intelligent and punchy collection is steeped in musicality and the geographies and cadences of Newfoundland. With an astute attention to form, rhythm, and aesthetics, Joe Bishop tells an honest and contemporary coming-of-age story about an artist alienated from, but fascinated by, the world he inhabits. Readers dealing with grief and living through recovery will find solace in these poems, as will those co... + Read More
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Series: Robert Kroetsch SeriesMonitoring StationPaperback
Sonja Ruth Greckol9781772126792
$19.99POETRY
Mar 06, 2023
Sonja Ruth Greckol’s Monitoring Station enters a slipstream of space and planetary language, circling time, embodying loss and longing, generating and regenerating in a faltering climate. Orbiting through a mother’s death, a grandbaby’s birth, and a pandemic summer, these poems loop and fragment in expansive and empathetic ways. The title poem locates a settler voice revisiting Treaties 6 and 7 and the Métis lands of her Alberta childhood, while the overall collection is tethered to Toronto shadowed by northland prairie. Nimble, energetic, and ... + Read More
The story of artists in Western Canada, and how they changed the face of Canadian art “Listen to the visual voices of artists. They tell us so poignantly who we are, what we must cherish, and what we must address as a society.” Patricia Bovey Throughout her remarkable career as a gallery director, curator, and author, Patricia Bovey has tirelessly championed the work of Western Canadian artists. Western Voices in Canadian Art brings this lifelong passion to a crescendo, delivering the most ambitious survey of Western Canadian art to date. Begi... + Read More
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Series: First Voices, First TextsLegends of the CapilanoPaperback
E. Pauline Johnson9781772840179
$27.95FICTION
Apr 14, 2023
Bringing the Legends homeLegends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) collaborators, Joe and Mary Capilano, and supplements the original fifteen legends with five additional stories narrated solely or in part by Mary Capilano, highlighting her previously overlooked contributions to the book.Alongside photographs and biographical entries for E. Pauline Johnson... + Read More
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Series: Reclaiming Anishinaabe LawKinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to EducationPaperback
Leo Baskatawang9781772840254
$27.95LAW
Mar 30, 2023
A manifesto for the future of Indigenous education in Canada In Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law Leo Baskatawang traces the history of the neglected treaty relationship between the Crown and the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3, and the Canadian government’s egregious failings to administer effective education policy for Indigenous youth—failures epitomized by, but not limited to, the horrors of the residential school system. Rooted in the belief that Indigenous education should be governed and administered by Indigenous peoples, Baskatawang envisions... + Read More
A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family’s traditional stories.When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his schooling. Torn from his family at the age of six, Ratt was placed into the residential school system—a harsh, institutional world, operated in a language he could not yet understand, far from the love and comfort of home and family. In kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember It, Ratt reflects on these memories and the l... + Read More
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Series: The Collected Works of Edward AhenakewOld Keyam and Black HawkPaperback
Canon Edward Ahenakew9780889779334
$26.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jul 01, 2023
In a monumental moment in literary history, the Collected Works of Canon Edward Ahenakew (vol. 1) brings together two semi-autobiographical stories, Old Keyam and the never-before-published Black Hawk. Written during the early twentieth century, Old Keyam and Black Hawk are semi-autobiographical stories told in the charming, insightful voice of Canon Edward Ahenakew. Through the fictional character Old Keyam, Ahenakew protests against the colonial settler’s attempts to force the Cree peoples into “civilization.” Despite the pained and angry voi... + Read More
Winner of the 2024 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar BooksOne of the few biographies of an Inuk man from the 19th Century—separated from his family, community, and language—finding his place in history. Augustine Tataneuck was an Inuk man born near the beginning of the 19th century on the northwestern coast of Hudson Bay. Between 1812 and 1834, his family sent him to Churchill, Manitoba, to live and work among strangers, where he could escape the harsh Arctic climate and earn a living in the burgeoning fur trade. He was perhaps the firs... + Read More
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Series: Who Gets InAn Immigration StoryPaperback
Norman Ravvin9780889779228
$29.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
May 13, 2023
FINALIST for the J.I. Segal Prize, Jewish Public Library, Montreal, 2024 An eye-opening account of the Jewish immigration experience in the 1930s, and one man’s battle against anti-Semitic immigration policies. In 1930, a young Jewish man, Yehuda Yosef Eisenstein, arrived in Canada from Poland to escape persecution and the rise of Nazism in the hopes of starting a new life for himself and his family. Like countless others who made this journey from “non-preferred” countries, Eisenstein was only granted entry because he claimed to be single, s... + Read More
In all these poems I’m partly somewhere else.With you, without you,walking toward you or away,but you are there, your small face watching from the shadow of a doorwayor a set of stairs, from behind a curtain or a table.Sometimes I see you at the piano.You stop playing, turn to me,and in that pause, tell me something necessary. Poet Karen Enns takes the reader on a lyrical journey, wrapped in the vicissitudes of seasons and weather—while observing human and other-than-human lives. Enns invites us to peer and is concerned always with the locati... + Read More
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Series: Am I Trans Enough?How to Stop Doubting and Start LivingPaperback
Alo Johnston9781839975349
$29.95SELF-HELP
Feb 21, 2023
Am I Trans Enough? The answer is undoubtably yes. You are.Alo Johnston has been where you are. From watching every transition story on YouTube and navigating online message boards for answers to finally starting testosterone and transitioning himself, he now walks alongside you every step of the way to guide you towards acceptance of who you truly are.Born out of thousands of hours of research and conversations with hundreds of trans people, Am I Trans Enough? digs deep into internalized transphobia and the historical narratives that fuel it. I... + Read More
LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS - YA'Transition has not been something linear for me, my joy has come in seasons.'Now, more than ever, trans people deserve to hear stories of joy and hope, where being trans doesn't have to be defined by fear and dysphoria, but can be experienced through courage, freedom, and the love and acceptance of their chosen families.Through a series of uplifting, generous and beautifully crafted vignettes, T. C. Oakes-Monger gently leads you through the cycle of the seasons - beginning in Autumn and the shedding o... + Read More
'My child just came out to me as trans: What should I do?'If you are a parent looking for an answer to this question, you have come to the right place. Gathering together practical advice and personal experiences from a range of parents, activists and experts, this FAQ book provides answers to the most common questions you will have as a parent of a transgender child.What if they change their minds?How do I make sure my child is safe at school?How do we tell our other children?Sharing their experiences of how they navigated their child's transi... + Read More
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Series: Clara at the Door with a RevolverThe Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked TorontoPaperback
Carolyn Whitzman9780774890618
$24.95TRUE CRIME
Feb 01, 2023
In the autumnal darkness of October 6, 1894, an unseen figure rang the doorbell at the Parkdale home of a well-to-do Toronto family and then shot Frank Westwood in his doorway, murdering him in cold blood. Six weeks later, Clara Ford, a Black tailor and single mother, was arrested. Known for her impeccable work ethic and her resolute personality – and for her predilection for wearing men’s attire – she confessed to the murder. But as the details of her arrest and her complex connection to the Westwood family emerged, Clara recanted, testifying... + Read More
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Series: Making HistoryVisual Arts and Blackness in CanadaPaperback
Julie Crooks9780774890649
$50.00ART
Feb 15, 2023
Making History is an unprecedented and boundary-breaking exploration of Black history and art in Canada. It brings together poems, artist statements, art portfolios, and essays from scholars and artists, including NourbeSe Philip, Afua Cooper, Chantal Gibson, and Rinaldo Walcott. These showcase a careful and thoughtful understanding of Black aesthetics, while discussing the presence of Black contemporary art in Canadian institutions and offering perspectives on contemporary and historical art practices. The many voices and points of view within... + Read More
Evolving from a conversation between Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and travelling through the library of his life, Whitehead contemplates the role of theory, Indigenous language, queerness, and fantastical worlds in all his artistic pursuits. This volume is imbued with Whitehead’s energy and celebrates Indigenous writers and creators who defy expectations and transcend genres.
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Series: Hero Me NotThe Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female SuperheroPaperback
Chesya Burke9781978821057
$38.95LITERARY CRITICISM
Apr 01, 2023
Storm is the most recognized Black woman comic book character in the world. Born Ororo Munroe, Storm is an Omega level mutant, which makes her one of the most powerful beings on the planet. Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero examines the multifaceted dimensions of the comic book character seeking to discover if Storm's nearly unlimited power equally offers her freedom within the "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy." Adopting Patricia Hill Collins' Controlling Images as essential to the representation ... + Read More
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Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black FolkA Graphic InterpretationPaperback
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)9781978824652
$28.95COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Age (years) from 16 - 99
Apr 14, 2023
There is a growing urgency, in classrooms as well as in publishing at large, to encompass the African American experience, African American thought and culture. Much of the recent headway has been made in the superhero framework, including Black Panther, but not only there. The tremendous success—in sales and prizes—of March, the trilogy based upon the life of Congressman John Lewis, is arguably a landmark. No greater figure exists in African-American thought, the shaping of modern narratives, than W.E.B. Du Bois, even after the nearly six deca... + Read More
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Series: LitcomixLiterary Theory and the Graphic NovelPaperback
Adam Geczy9781978828650
$40.95LITERARY CRITICISM Age (years) from 18 - 99
Mar 17, 2023
Critical studies of the graphic novel have often employed methodologies taken from film theory and art criticism. Yet, as graphic novels from Maus to Watchmen entered the literary canon, perhaps the time has come to develop theories for interpreting and evaluating graphic novels that are drawn from classic models of literary theory and criticism. Using the methodology of Georg Lukács and his detailed defense of literary realism as a socially embedded practice, Litcomix tackles difficult questions about reading graphic novels as literature. W... + Read More
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Series: Literary Conversations SeriesConversations with Nalo HopkinsonPaperback
Isiah Lavender9781496843685
$37.95LITERARY CRITICISM
Dec 28, 2022
A key figure in contemporary speculative fiction, Jamaican-born Canadian Nalo Hopkinson (b. 1960) is the first Black queer woman as well as the youngest person to be named a "Grand Master" of Science Fiction. Her Caribbean-inspired narratives—Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads, The New Moon's Arms, The Chaos, and Sister Mine—project complex futures and complex identities for people of color in terms of race, sex, and gender. Hopkinson has always had a vested interest in expanding racial and ethnic diversity in all facets of... + Read More
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Series: The Sky at NightEasy Enjoyment from Your BackyardPaperback
Tim B. Hunter9780816548125
$30.95SCIENCE
Feb 14, 2023
Ideal for backyard stargazers, this introduction to astronomy offers a unique blend of advice and personal observations. Drawn from decades of experiences and enjoyment watching the night sky, Tim B. Hunter helps beginners take up the hobby of watching the night sky. An avid stargazer and astronomy columnist, Hunter covers all the basics—from the moon, planets, and stars to the history and origins of constellations and selected famous astronomers and events. Emphasis is on naked-eye viewing with an occasional reference to using a pair of binocu... + Read More
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Series: E nâtamukw miyeyimuwinResidential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree, Volume 1Paperback
Ruth Dyckfehderau9781989796238
$29.99BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Mar 14, 2023
In this quietly powerful and deeply human book, Ruth DyckFehderau and twenty-one James Bay Cree storytellers put a face to Canada’s Indian Residential School cultural genocide. Through intimate personal stories of trauma, loss, recovery, and joy, they tell of experiences in the residential schools themselves, in the homes when the children were taken, and on the territory after survivors returned and worked to recover from their experiences and to live with dignity. The prose is clear and accessible, the stories remarkably individual, the detai... + Read More
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Series: Biography and memoirsWhat I Wish I Had Told My ChildrenPaperback
Me Michel Bastarache9780776639598
$41.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 09, 2023
In this beautifully written biography penned by journalist Antoine Trépanier, the Honourable Michel Bastarache recounts his youth in Acadia and the various professional roles he occupied before becoming the first Acadian to accede to the Supreme Court of Canada.Written as a letter addressed to his two children, who died of an incurable disease, Bastarache recounts his constant fight for equality between francophone and anglophone communities. He reminisces on his commitment among groups protecting francophones outside Québec, then on his career... + Read More
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Series: Biography and memoirsShe Dared to SucceedA Biography of the Honourable Marie-P. Charette-PoulinPaperback
Fred Langan9780776637976
$31.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 27, 2023
She Dared to Succeed (in French, Elle a osé réussir), delves into the life of a woman who, for more than 30 years, broke multiple glass ceilings in the Canadian media and political worlds. Well-known in the broadcasting industry, she was propelled to the political forefront following her appointment to the Senate of Canada (1995) and her election as President of the Liberal Party of Canada (2006). She had to overcome many challenges throughout her career: sexism, prejudice against single mothers and career women, wage disparities, and harassme... + Read More
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Am I Trans Enough? How to Stop Doubting and Start Living Paperback 9781839975349 $29.95 SELF-HELP Feb 21, 2023
Clara at the Door with a Revolver The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto Paperback 9780774890618 $24.95 TRUE CRIME Feb 01, 2023
Indigiqueerness A Conversation about Storytelling Paperback 9781771993913 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 25, 2023
Hero Me Not The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero Paperback 9781978821057 $38.95 LITERARY CRITICISM Apr 01, 2023