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Read & Give Local with the Brampton Lit List
This holiday season, discover local Brampton authors and stories. Explore the themes, history, and relationships that make us who we are.
Find your next great gift in this selection of exciting local books, all published by independent Ontario publishers.
Children's/Young Adult
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The Stone Thrower Brampton author! This inspirational story is told by Chuck Ealey’s daughter, author and educator Jael Richardson. |
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The Nut That Fell from the Tree Brampton author! A playful, lively story about one acorn’s difficult path to becoming a tree.
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Sam's Pet Temper Brampton author! At first, having a pet Temper is fun. But before long, the Temper starts causing trouble for Sam. And eventually, Sam comes to the realization that his Temper is something he needs to learn to control. |
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Chomp-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Eat Brampton author! A fun, fact-filled look at both the relatable and the surprising ways animals gobble up grub.
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Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs Brampton author! A fun and engaging guessing game that demonstrates how even the most unusual animal pairs can be two of a kind. |
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Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep Brampton author! Discover the strange – and sometimes familiar – ways animals settle down for bed. |
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Acting Wild: How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts Brampton author! Some of the very things researchers once though distinguished humans—our creativity, our problem-solving ability, our capacity for planning or abstract thought—actually make us very similar to other animals! |
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Biometrics: Your Body and the Science of Security Brampton author! This book explores nine biometrics in detail, explaining how each works, where it’s used, its pros and cons, and how it compares to other techniques. |
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Autumn Peltier Brampton author! Throughout history women have shaped the culture, politics, and people of the land we know as Canada. |
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Haudenosaunee: The People and Nations Brampton author! Explore the many different Indigenous Nations in North America. |
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Cayuga Nation Brampton author! Discover what makes Indigenous Nations unique by learning about their culture, daily life, celebrations and more. |
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Fiction
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Countess Brampton author! A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire that subjugated her people for generations |
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Pull Focus Brampton author! When Jane’s partner goes missing she needs to find out if he’s in danger while also contending with the politics of a large international film festival: Hollywood power brokers, Russian oil speculators, Chinese propagandists, and a board chair who seemingly has it out for her. |
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Lies I Told My Sister Brampton author! An exploration of how our community of loved ones can both buoy us up or tear us down. How innocently kept secrets can cause profound chasms. |
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Maame (Mother) Brampton author! In Aakonu, a small village on the coast of Ghana, life is a constant tussle between the reality of the mundane and the superstitions presided over by the local priestess. In this setup, girls in their puberty can only look forward to marriage—often to men old enough to be their fathers and already with other wives. |
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God Damned Avalon Local author! A Debut collection of Flash Fiction from one of the most prominent young Canadian writers of this genre. |
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Non-Fiction
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The Mantle of Struggle: A Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas Brampton author! Relying on family sources, interviews, newspaper articles, government documents, and Douglas’ own articles, letters, and speeches, Irving Andre has drawn a rich and riveting record of an important Black revolutionary.
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Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity, and Home Brampton contributor! In this collection of personal essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands as visitors. Set against mountainous terrain, tropical beaches, bustling cities, and remote villages, these narratives weave socio-political commentary with writers’ reflections on who they are, where they belong, and what “home” means to them. |
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The Stone Thrower Brampton author! A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her father’s legendary past in football. |
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The Golden Generation Brampton story! Discover the untold story of Canadian men’s basketball, from Steve Nash’s breakthrough at the 2000 Olympics to two decades of struggle, controversy, and missed opportunity. |
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Poetry & Drama
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Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers Brampton author! Slimm, a seventeen-year-old Black boy in a hoodie suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through the unknown, as Slimm grapples with the truth of the life he lived and the death he didn’t choose. |
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Polychromasia Brampton author! Polychromasia, as the word implies, metaphorically looks at the many hues of life as it is lived, especially in India. It takes on love, patriarchy, class, and caste as it affects people, and the practice and appreciation of art. |
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Beached Whales Local author! Stedmond Pardy's devoted readers can' t get enough of his compelling YouTube and Soundcloud spoken-word performances. |
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The Pleasures of this Planet Aren’t Enough Local author! The joy of publishing is discovering a totally original and new voice...here in Stedmond Pardy we have found ONE! |
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Some Half-Human Creature Thing Local author! An electrifying collection from Mississauga’s former Poet Laureate, Paul Edward Costa.
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My Transplanted Life
Local author! Susan Ksiezopolski explores what it means to be uprooted and re-rooted, weaving together the personal and the universal in a lyrical reflection on immigration, identity, and resilience. |
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