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"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another.

Winner of the 2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize and of the 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean) When an elderly Bimshire village woman calls the police to confes

From the author of the Giller Award - winning novel The Polished Hoe comes a new collection of 20 of his best short stories.

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature — Longlisted 2016 RBC Taylor Prize — Longlisted The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize–winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called “Canada’s first

Gathered together are three extraordinary books by renowned storyteller and memoirist Austin Clarke.

No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill.

Rennie is in Uruguay when his cousins discover a secret cache at their dead grandfather's cottage. Thousands of dollars in foreign currencies. A mystifying notebook.

Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she's ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspap

"Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Kenzie's dog is stolen by a dog-fighting operation. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this mystery for teen readers, Riley Donovan uncovers the truth about the death of a popular high school football player.

In this middle-grade novel, Rennie ends up on a ski trip with Grandma and stumbles on a murder plot.

In this chilling graphic novel, Truman, the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder, struggles to find the truth.

Two black men: the poet, an elder and veteran of last century's civil rights movement; and a nameless youth, swaggering and beltless, seduced by guns-and-gangs and expensive cars, and perpetually t