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<p>Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Prize</p> <p>A blackly comic new novel from Vancouver author Grant Buday, based on his eight glorious years working in a mass production bakery.

<p>Finalist, ReLit Awards (shortlist)</p> <p><i>Black Rabbit & Other Stories</i> is a debut collection of great intensity and versatility. The stories range from the fantastic to the gritty, from urban dystopias to worlds of dreamlike possibility. Even in their frequent explorations of brutality, the author remains honest and true to the motivations of his characters and the machinations of the worlds in which they find themselves.

<p>Finalist, Books in Canada/Amazon.ca First Novel Award</p> <p><i>The Beautiful Dead End</i> is a visceral crime thriller that takes the reader on an existential journey to the “other side” and almost back again.

<p>Longlisted for the ReLit Award (2005)</p> <p><i>Foozlers</i> is a 24-hour “Odyssey” that runs a juggernaut through the high- and lowlands of Vancouver. Jerry Lowe is the reluctant driver of a getaway car for two sketchy junkies on the make. A pair of cops spend a shift wobbling on the cusp of total breakdown. The groom-to-be in an Indian arranged marriage seeks an escape of the carnal variety. Soon, they will all intersect paths with a gas station attendant and a very “special” car wash operator.

<p>ReLit Long Shortlist, 2015</p> <p>Finalist, Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction</p> <p>Winner, National Magazine Award, Silver Medal for Humour, for the story "It Seems Like Sex is a Weird Thing That Used to Happen to Me," from <i>I'm Not Scared of You or Anything</i></p> <p>The characters in <i>I’m not Scared of You or Anything</i> are invigilators, fake martial arts experts, buskers, competitive pillow fighters, drug runners, and, of course, grad students.

<p><i>The Devil You Know</i> is the follow-up volume to Farrell’s critically acclaimed debut collection, <i>Sugar Bush & Other Stories.</i></p> <p>These stories deal with sex, love, work, birth, and death in alternately moving, shocking, funny, and at times devastating ways.

Where did all these pieces of paper come from? Who do they belong to?  The chicken is sure that they belong to him, but so is the fish, and so is the bird, and the snail, and the frog… Using the same small scraps of paper over and over again to create a new animal on each page, Édouard Manceau has created a timeless cumulative tale that will delight and enchant children as they try to figure out just who the pieces of paper do belong to…

From the creator of the beloved Mole Sisters series comes an irresistible tale about two ravenous rodents, wanted for snacking on too many strawberries, daisies, tulips, and other vegetation. And after these rodents chomp and chew all the plants they can find around their home — a drainpipe in an urban alley — they’re still hungry! So hungry, in fact, they could even eat a cat! Using an imaginative paper bag disguise and a natural talent for tunneling, this mischievous pair sets off in pursuit of a feline-sized feast — and finds a slice of pepperoni pizza.

In Where Are You, Bear?, Sophie and her best friend Bear discovered Canada from A to Z. Now, they’re off to explore New York City through nearly twenty pairs of opposites!  Sophie can’t wait to see New York, while Bear would much rather they just stay home. Sophie loves speeding around in a taxi cab, but Bear wishes the driver would slow down. Up and down, stop and go, tall and short, and many more opposite pairs are illustrated using iconic New York experiences, buildings, and landmarks.

Meet Myron: a third-grade detective who loves logic, facts and solving mysteries. He does not love new things. Unfortunately, everything is new this year: Myron has a new baby sister, his family has moved across town, and now he’s starting his first day at a new school. But when the school kitchen is burgled, leaving the morning snacks nowhere to be found, Myron gets his chance to crack the case with help from his classmates from Resource Room 15. Myron’s unique perspective from the autism spectrum makes him a top-notch sleuth.