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An Old Man's Winter Night: Ghostly Tales is the newest collection of ghost stories by Tom Dawe, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most distinguished writers.

A new tale about the joy of making things, the strength of community and the warm reach of generosity.

[This is the story of] Edie Murphy, an indomitable and engaging heroine who leaves Newfoundland on the cusp of womanhood.

The second in an ongoing series of Jack stories, featuring retellings and adaptations by Andy Jones, and illustrations by Darka Erdelji.

Newfoundland is rife with stories of fairies who mislead, play tricks, or sometimes, spirit folks away.

Bridie and her brother and sister love to sit up late, listening to the adults trade stories.

When he finds a photograph of his grandfather as a young man, Liam is full of questions. But that's just fine, because Grampy has a story to spin with every answer.

In the middle of the twentieth century, in the middle of Eastern Europe, a young girl dreams of adventures. One day, a huge wall appears that separates East from West, and dreamer from dreams.

These "subversive sonnets" overhaul the traditional sonnet form to address a range of subjects, from the tenderness of love to the terror of rape, punishment, torture, and murder.

Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes is a poetry collection of great sensitivity. Above all it is a cry from the heart, as if empathy and poetry were dazzled by the eruption of a volcano.

The Youth of God tells the story of Nuur, a sensitive and religious seventeen-year-old Somali-Canadian boy who becomes radicalized by the teachings of Imam Yusuf at the local mosque in a neighbourh

What does a teenage girl do when she sees her beloved older brother commit a horrific crime? Should she report to her parents, or should she keep quiet? Should she confront him?

In these essays, Sheema Khan - Canadian hockey mom and Harvard PhD - gives us her insights on being a modern and liberal, yet practising, Muslim, especially in Canada.

John arrives in a Montreal airport with a suitcase in hand. We do not know where he is from, or who he is.

In this, her third volume of poetry, this Aboriginal writer from Quebec again confronts the loss of her landscape and language.