In Torben Kuhlmann’s lovely illustrated novel "Earhart", a field mouse builds an airplane to fly around the world, mirroring the exploits of the famous aviatrix. A mouse inventor who manufactures machines in her underground workshop... Read More

Dreamlike illustrations track this fable about the dangers of envy. The Wanting Monster whispers in the ear of a villager, prompting him to redirect the stream to make himself a pool. His neighbors grow envious and dig their own pools;... Read More

Ed Valfre’s artful collection "Tales from Dreamland" signposts the “ordinary magic of the everyday” via whimsical flash fiction and eye-catching photographs. The paragraph-length stories range from poetry to fables. In... Read More

In her gritty yet lyrical memoir "Soft as Bones", Chyana Marie Sage confronts generational trauma. Sage, who is of Cree, Metis, and Salish heritage, was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Her earliest memories are happy ones of... Read More

Attending to gaps in the Arthurian legends with care, Sam Davey’s captivating fantasy novel "The Chosen Queen" delves into the dangerous web of politics, religion, and magic that led to the birth of King Arthur. Through the... Read More

In Jen Michalski’s queer romance novel "All This Can Be True", two women find each other and themselves after grief. Just before Lacie asks her husband for a divorce, he has a stroke and winds up comatose. While torn between supporting... Read More

Michael N. McGregor’s musing memoir "An Island to Myself" is about using the practice of solitude to develop personal authenticity and enhanced creativity. In 1985, McGregor, then twenty-seven, quit his job as a magazine editor and... Read More

Bonnie Yochelson’s enlightening biography "Too Good to Get Married" captures the life and work of nineteenth-century lesbian photographer Alice Austen. Born in March 1866, Austen, an amateur photographer living among elite Staten... Read More