In Ludwig Volbeda’s intimate novel "Self Portrait", a lovesick teenager grapples with their self-image. During a school break, Jip struggles with their art class assignment. Between their attic bedroom sketches and... Read More

Set in Christmas, Florida, J. Kent Holloway’s "The Knives Before Christmas" is a magical murder mystery novel about a grisly death in a cheery town. When Thomas’s protégé, Trixie, is implicated in the murder of her father, Thomas,... Read More

Helen Moat’s pensive, enlightening nature book "While the Earth Holds Its Breath" explores ways of coping with the grey darkness of winter across cultures and traditions. Moat, who struggles with winter’s drizzle and grey mists,... Read More

Remi Idowu’s hearty cookbook Sugar & Spice rejoices in comfort foods that brim with fusion flavors. Idowu draws from her Ghanaian-Nigerian heritage and her life in England to feature tried-and-true family staples and creative riffs... Read More

"Reading the Bible on Turtle Island" by Indigenous biblical scholars T. Christopher Hoklotubbe and H. Daniel Zacharias is an expansive exploration of North American Indigenous interpretations of the Bible. For many Indigenous people,... Read More

"Patchwork" is Kate Evans’s fascinating graphic biography of Jane Austen. Despite the magnitude of her legacy, the book notes, historical records related to Jane Austen’s life are sparse. Using Austen’s own words from novels,... Read More

A girl encounters Yokai, creatures from Japanese folklore, in Jem Yoshioka’s spirited graphic novel "Folk Remedy". Maple works with her mother at the family’s apothecary in a remote town in Japan. Influenced by her friend Kunio,... Read More

Bear in the Dragon’s Shadow is an exhilarating geopolitical thriller in which a capable, tight-knit special operations team tracks down a dangerous terrorist. In Donald E. Patterson’s gripping thriller Bear in the Dragon’s Shadow,... Read More