Set in Toronto and Milan, Between Rothko and 3 Windows takes us into the inner vortex of cities evolving away from the imagined ethnic certainties of the past towards an unsettling, increasingly chaot
VICE VERSA is a bilingual book of poetry in English and French with Canadian roots. Cosmopolitan and intimate at the same time, it consists of brief reflections on life, death and everything in betwee
Out of Place is part memoir, part journey. In this poetry collection Kate Rogers reflects on her years in Hong Kong, and travels back to her childhood self and the early lives of her parents and immig
From card games around the kitchen table and crap games in the alley, to race tracks and casinos, Dolor Midnight is a book that is of necessity eclectic in style and form, covering a wide variety of g
Blackbird Calling depicts the beauty and complexity that unfold when dominant and indigenous cultures fuse horizons. It begins on Cape Breton Island, where the protagonist, unnamed, encounters the ago
This Is Why We Are Made In The Dark wrestles with the idea of transformation. The poems alternate between lyrical and narrative; they explore the way changes in the physical world and language mirror
The Sanguinaires, Or What I Hate Most About Everything deals with death, depression, anxiety and the perpetual paranoia that plagues a fringe minority of diagnosed Sanguinaires, who find themselves re
Inspired by true events and places, The Finest Supermarket in Kabul is set in Afghanistan, 2011. Merza, a freshly-minted Parliamentarian receives ominous threats after he wins his seat. Alec, an Ameri
In praise and rant, the poems in Barbaric Cultural Practice pay tribute to our dear Mother World's enchantments as well as her upheavals. They confront the stresses of urban life as juxtaposed to natu
Between the white room, where she endures her mother's silence, and the blue room, where she sits with her father until he draws his last breath, Lise Tremblay recounts the lives of her parents. She d
Detailing a six-hour window on April 21, 1941, The Bus features eight different narrators: six mental patients, the doctor who will kill them, and the man who will burn their corpses. Crammed into a b
River Neither is a collection of short lyrical poems, many of which are variations on the sonnet form. In a sense, the entire book is an exploration of "form" and its possibilities. The tone
Dying Behaviour of Cats is about Theo Galli. He has not left his house in seven years. When Hurricane Catalina hits, the streets are flooded and the animals of the city zoo escape. All are captured or
A tattered coat upon a stick represents both a summing-up and a continued breaking of new ground by a distinguished poet still at the top of his game after a long career. This full-bodied, symphonical
Psychomachia is a meditation on revenge, violence and transformation. It is the story of a mother for whom the painful past persists. It is also the story of a young boy who has been put face to face
Follow the lives of two Tamil Canadians as they get caught in the drama. Daniel is a schoolteacher and he's lived here a long time. All he wants is to be accepted, to be successful. Niranjan is a newc
Learning How to Love China tells the story of a young factory worker in a city near Shanghai. She tries to set down some of the weight she carries for her work and family. It's a tale of her droning d
An academic, an artist, two businessmen, a talk show host, and a retired hockey player gather at a hunting lodge and resort in Northern Ontario. Over the course of their retreat they kill, they eat an
In this anthology, three emerging poets are chosen and showcased as the best of Canada's new voices. This is the first edition of our Best New Poets in Canada Series and the newest poetry anthology se
Hard Times rewews Rob Rolfe's imaginative exploration of the mostly unrecorded history of Owen Sound's workign class Mudtown and the Grey-Bruce region. He also journey's in memory to Montreal, Toronto
I was fortunate to love you in my heart. Vancouvers venerable, ivy-covered Sylvia Hotel, famed haunt of artists, writers, and lovers, provides the setting for this series of deeply personal reflection
