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On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor, bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shang

After the sudden death of her lawyer husband, Nora flees her small town for the anonymity of Toronto. An ad lures her to rent a cheap apartment, where the landlord Henry lives in the next unit.

Set in Toronto in the blistering summer of 1971, Back to the Garden is about four strangers who take a chance on a new psychological treatment: group therapy.

Mark Smith, is a sensitive thirty-seven-year-old environmental scientist of mixed race. He tries to come to terms with his mother's painful death as he goes through the stages of grief.

When Gellhorn, a notable poet, begins a university residency in a 'dynamic metropolis' and stays at the illustrious Máximo College, he finds himself scandalized, and for little known reas

In this final installation of the Overhead Series, Lucy Hemphill once again transports the reader with intimate revelations on identity by exploring both her personal and ancestral relationship to

Twenty-six writers in Canada were asked to contribute pieces of original work describing how they see writing today.

No mother is prepared for the moment when a child comes out to her as a person whose physical gender is out-of-keeping with his emotional and psychological gender-identity.

Ruby Swanson's life changed when her sixteen-year-old son walked to her office, closed the door, and with his hand still on the doorknob said, 'I'm gay.' Despite her initial rea

Set in Spain and Mexico during the 1930s, Matadora tells the story of Luna Caballero Garcia, an impoverished and intrepid servant attempting to make her name in the bullring at a time when it was i

Jamie is twenty-two years old and works twelve-hour shifts operating a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp.

After her parents are duped by a coyote who is a master of disguise, Harriet ('Harry' for short) and her seven younger siblings are left to fend for themselves.

Key Selling Points - This playful poem introduces young readers to a variety of Canadian (or North American) animals.

An island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home.

There is nothing better than a bit of nonsense, and The Sniger and the Floose is a marvellous example of nonsense at its best.