The cultural, political, and literary history of Western Canada is embodied in "The Good Walk", Matthew R. Anderson’s discerning account of three pilgrimages across traditional prairie trails. Anderson leads expeditions that trace the... Read More
In Nadine Sander-Green’s insightful literary novel Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, a college graduate searches for identity in her work and relationships in the harsh, cold landscape of the Yukon. Millicent, fresh out of journalism school,... Read More
Gathering disparate records together, Noel Malcolm’s history text addresses male-male relationships from 1400 to 1750 within their historical context. Analyzing literature, newspapers, and court records to explain what was once called... Read More
This tongue-in-cheek picture book celebrates the creation—and the conclusions—of stories. The unnamed narrator describes their childhood desire to be an endfixer, “someone who fixes the ends of stories” because some endings are... Read More
In Jess Taylor’s unfiltered novel "Play", guilt and memories overshadow a woman’s strength and resilience. As a child, Paul had an unbreakable bond with her cousin Adrian. Together, they imagined into existence The Lighted City, a... Read More
A girl seeks to create lasting peace between warring groups in the graphic novel Matilde’s Quest. After an epic battle in the Golden City of Eyes, Boldon, Spike, and Matilde, who has a mechanical arm, secure passage to Matilde’s... Read More
During the final decades of the Soviet Union, the country’s Jewish population was stuck in an impossible situation, unable to practice their religion and also forbidden to leave. Shaul Kelner’s "A Cold War Exodus" shows how a... Read More
This breathtaking picture book depicts the beauty and indomitable history of the islands of Hawai’i and the Polynesian people through the storytelling vehicle of hula. Through hula, a girl learns about the creation of the islands,... Read More