Set in the downtown Toronto of the 1980s, these two stories are told with an intricacy which powerfully evokes both sense and dream. An anorexic who embraces poverty after a childhood of privilege att
From award-winning author Alisha Piercy comes Bunny and Shark, a middle-aged coming-of-age story-cum-shark-adventure that reveals and celebrates women's power in the trenches. Plunging into the first
Without you, I have taken to drawing maps on the backs of photographs. On the coast in a raincoat your smile has been dented by a lake, the fluting arms of rivers have made your shoulders look
Drawing on his experience as a two-term MP and former Parliamentary Secretary, Ted McWhinney addresses the need for modernization to meet the radically new demands of the plural, multicultural Canada
This brand new edition features the plays that established Sharon Pollock as a major Canadian playwright and gained her many accolades, among them, the first ever Governor General
As bass player for the 80s one hit wonder, Rock Viper, Edgar Martin toured the world, had sex with groupies and made thousands of people deaf. But the band broke up years ago and Edgars now middle-age
Andrew Szymanskis debut fiction collection takes on subjects such as idealized love in an illogical world, ruminations on the realities of failed relationships, and the inability to make meaningful co
Cultural Writing. Gender Studies. WO(MEN) AND BEARS revisits classical debates in women's cultural and Native studies regarding nature and culture. As a mixed-genre anthology--academic and poetic, con
Memory Serves gathers together the oratories award-winning author Lee Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures hold the features and style o
Award-winning actor/playwright Chris Craddock explodes the conventions of the theatrical monologue in this collection of three hilarious, poignant, feverishly inventive and (sometimes literally) elect
In the second volume of her Hannah trilogy, summer has arrived, and fourteen-year-old Hannah Anderson is excited about spending it with Max (who has been giving her stomach butterflies lately). But th
What mysteries lie beneath the subtle perfection of theBLT? What is the etymology of the "croissant"? Why didI drink all that scotch? This collection of writing by JonahCampbell--met
A small flat sits unoccupied above Henrys caf. When a woman comes to rent the room, Henrys world begins an unusual transformation. As they grow closer the city itself is affected, changed, and slowly
When twelve-year-old Hannah uncovers an ancient Salish spindle whorlhidden in a cave near her home in Cowichan Bay, she is transported backto a village called Tlulpalus, in a time before Europeans had
Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head-of-State?the Governor General?in facing the challenge of dysfun
To Calvin White, "political" means taking a stand on issues that matter, wading into the nitty-gritty of who we are as humans and the lives we live and are sometimes forced to live.
The shocking true story of the institutionalization and abuse of children and adults with intellectual and physical handicaps in Canadas oldest provincial institution in Orillia, Ontario. Daisy Lumsde
Edited by Kitty Scott and including essays by Barbara Fischer, Teresa Gleadowe, Francesco Manacorda, Cuauhtmoc Medina, and Lourdes Morales; this book offers an overview of thinking on curatorial pedag
Eloquent, poignant and witty, Garry Gottfriedson's new collection of poetry, Whiskey Bullets, approaches an old genre with a new flare that will challenge your expectations of cowboy poetry. This edgy
Tracks: The Art and Times of Switchman Joe, by Joe Varro celebrates Joe Varros railway paintings, his bunkhouse sketches in pencil, prints, personal photographs, watercolors and paintings in oil and a
RTGAward-winning storyteller Andy Jones and acclaimed illustrator Darka Erdelji are back with another whimsical, wise, and witty 'Jack tale' -- the third in their on-going series. Jack and Mary in
"Societies of Peace: Matriarchies Past Present and Future celebrates women's largely ignored and/or invisible contribution to culture by exploring matriarchal societies that have existed in the past a
Hall of Mirrors is an examination of Canadian museums and their relationship with the public which they attempt to represent. This book examines a number of questions, issues, and controversies surrou
Literary Nonfiction. History. Photography. LIVE SOULS presents 250 of the photos that Alec Wainman took in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, along with his personal story of his time as a volunteer
In daily love letters written to her husband and soul companion, Brian, over the year following his death from brain cancer, critically acclaimed author, playwright, and jazz singer Martha Brooks lead
David W. McFadden has been exploring the Japanese forms of haiku and tankas for six decades. This is the first full-length collection of his work in those forms. The 400 or so poems in this collection
Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in On is a collection of Dakota McFadzeans comics. Short stories filled with yawning skies, dark humour, and quiet ruminations on memory, aging, and time. Drunken
A critical scrapbook collected from fifteen years of writing. Contains essays, reviews, interviews, journals, notes, and poetic improvisations on contemporary
David Arnason is one of the most loved and prolific short story authors on the prairies. Over a lifetime of writing David Arnason has crafted some of the most memorable stories in the Canadian literar
This is a sex book. It is about having sexwith yourself, with one person, or with twenty people if everyone is down; in beds, on tables, in hallways, boudoirs, on verandas, and in tall reeves of grass
John Donne and the Line of Wit: From Metaphysical to Modernist is a study of influence, adaptation, and historical imitation and invention. In his own time, Donne was celebrated for his distinctive st
No pair made a greater contribution to colonial life on Canadas West Coast than did Edward and Mary Cridge. While still in England, Edward Cridge was hired by the Hudsons Bay Company to be the chaplai
Rails Across The Rockis an all colour then & now celebration of the former Newfoundland Railway on the 25th Anniversary of its closing. The reader is taken on a 547 mile photographic journey from
Rails Across The Rockis an all colour then & now celebration of the former Newfoundland Railway on the 25th Anniversary of its closing. The reader is taken on a 547 mile photographic journey from
The Criminals Handbook is an unflinching and practical documentthat delivers important survival techniques for anyone unfortunateenough to be arrested, tried, and incarcerated in Canada.Each year almo
Cleopatra at the Breakfast Table is about storytelling in the digital age. Its a jaunty account of a single father, 55, and his daughter, 15, studying Grade 10 Latin together. The book explores the bu
A turbulent, celebratory flight from an accomplished witness and journeyman.Antony Di Nardo's third collection of poems occupies the air between Canada and Lebanon, viewer and painting, victim and tri
Roadkill stuffed and presented as art, an OB/GYN appointment gone horribly wrong, and government spies with a weakness for salmon bagels and Timmy Hos.Tender, satirical, and occasionally absurd, Barb
Clever and persistent, Magpie Days, the debut poetry collection from Brenda Sciberras, picks through the baubles and trinkets of the everyday. And like the black and white plumage of the magpie, Scibe
Picture Worldis the first complete book by the Danish poet Niels Frank to be published in English. By turns funny and serious, ironic and sincere, droll and sly, conversational and playfully inventive
