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WOMEN AMONG MONUMENTS Confronts the Enduring Obstacles Women Artists and Writers Face

What does it actually mean for a woman to claim the title of artist, let alone genius, in a culture that still hesitates to grant it? Women Among Monuments (Dundurn Press) approaches that question without ...

Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the Crucial Story of a Young Girl's Resilience and Survival

At five years old, Shirley is taken from her family and sent to a residential school, a strange place that she does not understand. The long walk up the school’s stone steps marks the beginning of a ...

Read an Excerpt from ARAB TECHNO FOR THE PEOPLE, a Fascinating Work of Cultural Nonfiction by Jillian Fulton-Melanson

In clubs, basements, and late-night dance floors across Toronto and Montreal, electronic music becomes more than sound. Throughout the pages of Arab Techno for the People: Sonic Responses to Orientalism ...

Read an Excerpt from HIDE AND SIKH, the New Memoir from Sunny Dhillon

After leaving his job at The Globe and Mail in 2018, Sunny Dhillon published a blog post explaining his decision. It struck a nerve, circulating widely and inspiring conversation about race, belonging, ...

Read an Excerpt from CAN POSTERS KILL? by Jerry Faivish (with Kathryn Cole)

Propaganda shapes people’s beliefs in ways that are often hard to see until long after the damage is done. The featured book today, Can Posters Kill? (Second Story Press), looks at how hateful messages ...

Susan Currie Connects the Profoundly Personal with Crucial Indigenous History in CAYUGA NATION

What happens when a deeply personal discovery becomes the inspiration for a children's book that reaches beyond individual memory and touches on collective history? In Cayuga Nation (Beech Street Books/Saunders ...

Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for True Meaning and Connection in the Essays of IN THE FIELD

Governor General’s Award winner Sadiqa de Meijer returns with a thoughtful and beautifully composed collection of essays that invites readers to look closely at the world around them. Building on the ...

Quill Christie-Peters Discusses ON WHOLENESS and Writing Toward Collective Liberation

In a dazzling new work of nonfiction, Quill Christie-Peters explores what it means to live fully engaged with our bodies, our ancestors, and the world around us. Through stories of birth, parenting, ...

The Music in SOUNDTRACK Chronicles the True Joys and Looming Dangers of an Important Cultural Era

Michael V. Smith has long been celebrated for his fearless and generous writing, and his newest work, Soundtrack (Book*hug Press), is no exception. This poetic memoir captures the spirit of an era when ...

Read an Excerpt from STRANGELY, FRIENDS, New Historical Nonfiction by Karen Dubinsky

In her latest work, historian and writer Karen Dubinsky uncovers a fascinating history that rarely makes the headlines. Strangely, Friends explores the personal and cultural connections that have tied ...