.The short stories in Gods Autobio, Rolli’s debut collection, are impossible, quite probable, and everything in between. Theres a story about a man with a ridiculously huge coupon. About an elderly wo
Carey Toanes much-anticipated first collection of poetry starts at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Through this early worlds fair, Toane examines our current relationship to our man-made and natu
What drives the collector? Is the archive a site of order, the convergence of past narratives and present desires, the chaotic reflection of passions spilling over categories? Is every lover an archiv
COP Kisser is a book of eighteen poems in a variety of modes. Some are quasi-conceptual, some repetitively relational, and some are hyperactive lyric collage. These modes have been ordered intuitively
The Burning Alphabet confirms and extends Barry Dempster?s reputation as one of Canada?s most respected poets. Underpinning these poems, as in his previous work, there lies an unswerving dedication to
In terms of human rights organizations, there appears to be intimate connections between dance and human rights issues. Such connections appear most frequently in the context of dance being used as a
"Somebody commissioned to design the perfect writing mentor would probably come back with Fred Stenson. Stenson is wise, funny, and blessedly enthusiastic about the craft of writing. This is a book re
New light on Michael Crummey's classic depiction of Newfoundland and Labrador's past.On the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the fifth of six new editions of c
In Cinematic Taxi, Corrado Paina revisits the poems of Hoarse Legend, his first Mansfield Press title published in 2000. Those poems were an incisive critique of language and race that explored the th
Some Talk of Being Human is a charming, whimsical, and occasionally dark collection of poems about entering the world of adulthood. Laura Farina started writing it at her first desk job after universi
The travelers in the Stone Soup folktale creatively offer a share of the nourishment to come by inviting the townspeople to contribute whatever they can. This simple gesture dispels fear and forges co
Because fear can transform into confidence, recklessness, the kind of power you can't imagine until you're inside it. And then, once you've felt it, you can't feel alive when it's gone. Sophrosyne. Y
When Vangie Bergum retired, she and her husband purchased five acres along the Salmo River, in the midst of British Columbias Selkirk Mountains, near the town of Ymir. There, they discovered the prope
I Dont Know How To Behave combines the true story of Canadian daredevil and stunt driver Ken Carter (1938-1983) with imagined biographical elements from the lives of Canadian film director Bruce McDon
Welcome to Blind Crescent, where everyone is watching, but nobody sees a thing. In this fictitious slice of suburban life, Michelle Berry peels back the pretentions of manicured lawns and the rictus s
Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcis
On May 26, 1991, Barbara Langhorst's father shot and killed her mother, then turned the gun on himself.Restless White Fields asks: how do you rebuild a life? In this unsentimental collection of poems,
New material including photos, maps and an afterword by Karen Connelly is included in this new format edition of her 1993 Governor Generals Award-winning classic, Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal. At
Cultural Writing. Canadian History. This is the first book to be published on the rich and diverse history of Hollyburn, the forested mountainous area above West Vancouver, BC--an area which will host
Detective Lane returns for a fourth time in Smoked, Garry Ryans darkest mystery to date.When Jennifer Towers is found dead in a graffiti-tagged dumpster, Detectives Lane and Harper must decipher the a
This arresting first collection is, in part, a delicately balanced look at Beirut from the perspective of a Westerner who lives and works in that remarkable city. Whether writing about the Middle East
Eight months after his own brush with death over Albertas Cardinal Divide, Cole Blackwater has learned that his good friend and former client Archie Ravenwing is presumed dead on the waters of British
"What does it mean to come to know a place when you are a foreigner - transformed and transforming - watching the birds, climbing the mountains, dreaming in whole-wheat phrases taken from the
Remember Bonnie & Clyde? A complex, dramatic rendering of a familiar story made new.Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are the stuff of legend - why tell their story again? Chances are you don't k
Born in 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, legendary poet and musician William Hawkins is one of the most important artists to emerge from Canada's capital. He published six books from 1964-1974, attended the 1
In this first volume of a trilogy based on the writings of Stephen Crane, Vancouver artist and animator Julian Lawrence brings his iconic Drippy the Newsboy to life! Here the naive Drippy gets pulled
Loyalties collide with long-buried love, a man builds a nuclear bomb in his garage, and children walk up walls. The stories in What You Need beautifully recount the rawness of human experience. Andrew
How did a former bank executive and a kid from a car wash cross paths to discover a shared passion for crafting memorable customer experiences? From Mindless to Mindful answers this question while wea
At long last comes the first book in English from the legendary Montreal cartoonist, screenprinter, editor, and publisher! Boss was part of the new wave of underground comics in Canada in the 1990s th
Two Tragedies in 429 BreathsTwo Tragedies in 429 Breaths is a book-length series of poems written from the perspective of a daughter who reads Chekhov obsessively while spending a spring and summer ca
The Fleece EraThe Fleece Era is Yukon-based, UK-born Joanna Lilleys first book of poems: a wry and eloquent testament to the intricacies of our various relationships. From the shattered pieces of our
A is a work of fiction in which Andr Alexis presents the compelling narrative of Alexander Baddeley, a Toronto book reviewer obsessed with the work of the elusive and mythical poet Avery Andrews. Badd
Michelle Berrys brilliant first novel, What We All Want, is as touching as it is mirthful. Siblings Hilary, Thomas and Billy have been thrown together after a long estrangement to plan their mothers f
Paal-Helge Haugens Meditasjonar over Georges de La Tour (Meditations on Georges de La Tour) was published in Norwegian in 1990, won the Norwegian Critics Prize, and was a finalist for the Nordic Counc
What would you do if someone you trusted asked you to believe what you thought was impossible? When high school science teacher and pragmatic realist Mark is inexplicably drawn to renting a cheesy sc-
With the elements of a road story this novella by David Elias reveals his particular craft for seamlessly grounding a compelling narrative in the authentic and off-putting details in lives of his char
Nora GouldIn Nora Goulds one-of-a-kind debut, the Prairie itself is a central character: muse, mythic persona, the place of deepest solace and of deepest questioning. The poems focus with great firmne
Stephanie Bolster CATALOGUE COPYA Page from The Wonders of Life on Earth is a book with a coherent vision of natureconstructed or framed, both in the present and in the recent pastthrough zoos, apiari
In the rose concordance, Angela Carr sets up the rules for a game and then breaks them. The poems trace a constellation of fountains, whose waters lap from an erotic medieval poem through contemporary
Joan is on the brink. Cough drop addict, school bus driver, mixed race daughter of a Maoist English father and Chinese-Canadian mother, Joan struggles for meaning after a friends death reveals a secre
