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Watershed is a contemporary dystopian novel set in a near-future southern Alberta, which has been ravaged by desert-like conditions, as opposed to the northern part of the province, which is warm a

Keen, intense, darkly comic, and accident-prone, the short fictions of David Whitton are full of sullen underdogs: his characters clean up real nice, but can’t help but unravel back to their origin

Explores the notion of disappearance and the anxieties associated with things gone missing--family, friendship, sanity, love.

Universal Disorder is about a young boy growing up on the Canadian Prairies in the 1970s and 1980s; he has developmental disorders -- is on the autism spectrum and has OCD -- and finds solace in th

One Friday, Vancouver lawyer Paul Brenner has dinner with his son, Daniel. They talk about work, health, money, and music, and part ways.

A poverty-stricken, nineteenth-century guitar virtuoso navigates the tricky political landscape of Parisian society as he comes out of retirement for one final concert.

A young gymnast crushes on an older, more talented teammate while contending with her overworked mother.

'In this singular story dedicated to the mother, the narrator creates an avatar to counter her pain of living.

A little girl with a beard must find herself a home in this contemporary fairy tale. It's 1944, and an eleven-year-old girl lives with her parents in a little village in rural Quebec.

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette never knew her mother's mother.

Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip through Southwestern Ontario by his parents' friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to

In a near-future world ravaged by climate change, who will win in the struggle between humanity and nature? A thick fog rolls in over Shivering Heights.

A classic feminist novel, resonating in a world of increasing radicalization, featuring a new foreword by Eileen Myles.

The lives of three families intersect in the hallways of an apartment block in a Montreal neighborhood. Kevin lives in 62.

A novel about silence, tinged with the fantastic, The Country Will Bring Us No Peace sneaks the brutality of grief into your imagination. Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby.