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 fo
Drawing on family recollections, interviews with elders and extensive research in archives and regional museums, The Fetch, Nico Rogers first book, is a brilliant hybridneither a novel nor a collectio
In Hard Light, Michael Crummey retells and reinvents his father's stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half century ago. Speaking through generations of storytellers, he conju
Basil Johnston is one of the foremost Anishinaabe writers and storytellers, and his comedic stories about life in Residential School, Indian School Days, is a classic. Candies is Johnston's first coll
Sneha Madhavan-Reese's debut poetry collection, Observing the Moon, was a finalist for the 2013 Alfred G. Bailey Prize and sparkles with compositional flair -- and lyrical balance. These poems of fami
The ordinary becomes the extraordinary in K. I. Press's latest collection of poems,Exquisite Monsters. Filled with gods, monsters, saints and small children, Press draws together myth, magic and the f
Fracking - tar-sand runoff - dirty oil extraction. This is the language of our oil-addicted 21st century society: incredibly invasive, blatant in its purpose, and richly embedded in mythological and a
While bpNichol (19441988) has attained iconic status in Canadian literature in recent years, particularly through his lifelong poem The Martyrology and his work in visual and sound poetry, there are n
Secession / Insecession is a homage to the acts of reading, writing and translating poetry. In it, Chus Pato’s Galician biopoetics of poet and nation, Secession – translated by Erin Moure – joins Mour
This Could Be Anywhere describes experiences of places, landscapes, and encounters that do not seem to respond to our natural and spontaneous interest in them. The poetry collection visits various pla
A colourful account of the adventures of the schooner Fronie Myrtle (1935-1949) and her heroic, strong-willed crew as they fished the treacherous waters off Newfoundland and Labrador. Includes numerou
catalogue copy MoorePart lyric, part memoir, Everything, Now, Jessica Moores heart-rending debut, describes an untimely death and the journey of going on alone. The book stares down loss and struggles
Steven PriceSteven Prices second collection is part of a long-lived struggle to address the mysteries that both surround and inhabit us. The book draws together moments both contemporary and historica
A land of volcanoes, geothermal pools, and barren wilderness, Iceland is full of mists and mystery. For a thousand years, its inhabitants passed down oral histories that included fantastical fables as
A love affair chronicled?from obsession to heartbreak, foolhardiness to faith.In Love Outlandish, Barry Dempster undoes all the cliches that have barnacled our love lives and, with the zest and courag
Fierce and delicate poems from a young poet reminiscent of Jane Hirshfield and Jan ZwickyRapt, musical, passionately engaged, the poems in Thin Moon Psalm move towards their own inner stillness, while
Immigrant Blues, an extension and deepening of the famous poems of the siege of Sarajevo translated in Simic's Sprinting from the Graveyard (Oxford, 1997), explores the personal and the public devasta
Each summer, The Banff Centre's Literary Journalism program takes in eight senior journalists and writers and charges them with a simple, if daunting, task: Write about something you really care about
From poems set in the eastern Mediterranean, with its abiding reverberations of the ancient Greek world, and informed by sacred sites and classical stories, to aseries of sonnet responses to the Gospe
My Planet of Kites is a rich poetic suite that documents an intimate universe, mixing personal and cultural references in language that is both colourful and humorous. The narrators reflections on the
In what can be described as a verse-novel for its lyricism and rhythmic structure, Wanda Praamsma crafts a story that transcends geographic boundaries and time periods, by weaving together lives from
A follow-up to his acclaimed The Porcupinity of the Stars, Moon Baboon Canoe is filled with Gary Barwins trademark humour, invention, musicality and craft and continues his exploration of family, mode
Life is full of those moments, good and bad, that define you, make you whole, and provide direction to your journey. Richard Scarsbrooks brilliant debut collection of poetry, Outtakes, uncovers the mo
A sharply original debut collection, How To Get Along With Women showcases Elisabeth de Mariaffis keen eye and inventive voice. Infused with a close and present danger, these stories tighten the knot
An experiment in hybrid and versatility of voice, these texts stutter around the slipperiness of language and the transience of desire.The first section is an exercise in paradox wherein language as m
catalogue copy GillisUrgent and precarious, the poems in The Rapids, Susan Gillis third collection, take us to places lost and reclaimed: a balcony high over the St. Lawrence River in downtown Montrea
The often outrageous and always wise follow-up to 2008s Governor Generals Awardnominated Be Calm, Honey shows David W. McFadden at his most inquisitive and provocative. Here youll find ninety-nine poe
The generation to which Joe and Josephine Crowshoe belonged spanned more than the length of their lifetimes. That generation fought heroically in world wars and at the same time raised children under
It is 1980. The buildings and storefronts at Barton Street and Sherman Avenue are dilapidated remnants of Hamilton's once-thriving steel industry. The corner is also the nexus of a violent street gang
These "riddlu" are a lighthearted but heartfelt attempt to combine two poetic forms that demand extreme concision and that value the suggestive power of metaphor: the riddle and the
Too Much on the Inside explores the depths of coincidence and human connection, as they collide with the impossible task of forgetting the past. Three immigrants, and one Canadian from rural Nova Scot
Sabotage is a collection of poems that explores private and public acts of destruction, disruption, and vandalism in the 21st century. In Sabotage, several vital sites are under attack or at risk: the
questions I asked my mother is a seminal work of both Canadian and Mennonite literature.Included in this new edition, poet and scholar Tanis MacDonald reflects on the the impact of Di Brandt's poetry
The poems in Between the Moments immerse the reader deep into the reflection of humanity and tangible reality of life to explore the moments of perplexity and simplicity of life. Throughout the book,
Its him or the cat in this charming collaboration between first time author (and renown Quebec comic actor) Yves Pelletier and the established artist Pascal Girard (winner of the Doug Wright Award for
Examines how aggression and manipulation are as equally responsible as politics and language for how societies come to be defined. This title presents a fresh way of thinking about the politics of sur
This anthology of poetry, spoken word, fiction, creative non-fiction, spoken word texts, as well as black and white artwork and photography, explores the question of how mixed-race women in North Amer
With both adventure and introspection Philippe Girard has turned a trip to a comic festival in Russia with his friend and publisher Jimmy Beaulieu into an inner journey. Throughout the book, Girard is
In Alberta Politics Uncovered Mark Lisac delivers a clear message that Albertans must stop believing in money and the myth of western alienation and start believing in balanced leadership. In t
Santa Cruz, Now They're Singing Again and Rip Van Winkle (staged and published in their original German in the 1940s) are given their definitive translation into English by Michael Bullock. Two of the
