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1963 - Finn Kenny has fled life in Ottawa after being implicated in an RCMP purge of suspected Communist sympathisers and homosexuals. He ends up on Vancouver Island working as a groundskeeper.

A stunning memoir of coming of age and recovering from anorexia in the 2020s Charlotte Bellows wrote The Definition of Beautiful between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, in the wake of lockdown a

Early in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like?

"One day, not long ago, I was kidnapped by a bitter but fun-loving South Korean art collector named Mr.

Curious, uncanny tales blending Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style, from an electric voice in Canadian fiction These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they

Meaghan Marie Hackinen's follow-up to her award-nominated debut South Away charts her unforgettable, twenty-five-day journey on the Trans Am Bike Race: a coast-to-coast ride across the entire

In this carefully curated collection of essays, editors Jamie Dopp and Angie Abdou go beyond their first collection, Writing the Body in Motion, to engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadia

If literature has often informed the creation of a national imaginary-a sense of common history and destiny-it has also complicated, even challenged, the unifying vision assumed in the formation of

At a crumbling zoo, an elephant keeper, a security guard, and a newly hired media consultant have differing views over what should be done about the zoo's main attraction, the aging Sri Lankan

A diverse group of seven writers comes together to create seven tender scenes about their hopes for the future.

"Extraordinary -- and totally engrossing.

In this, her fourth book of poetry, one of Canada's best-loved poets takes on one of the most compelling divas of our time.

Indie Rock candidly focuses on a queer poet/musician's life in Newfoundland and his personal struggles with addiction, OCD, and trauma.

In this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficul

How to Clean a Fish describes an extended family stay in Portugal, full of food, adventure, and the search for home.