Cultural Region/Canadian
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The Premier’s Daughter
$15.99 Add to cartTom Aldridge, a rising politician in Nova Scotia, is used to juggling many tasks and bringing order out of chaos. He is as adept at steering government policy as he is at directing plays. But an unexp
- Author: Akerman, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1990187765
- Language: English
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
$24.95 Add to cartFrom Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature’s most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz — in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books…. [more below]
- Author: Richler, Mordecai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0671028472
- Language: English
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Moonheart
$20.99 Add to cartWhen Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards…and
- Series: Newford
- Author: De Lint, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0312890044
- Language: English
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Voyageurs
$18.00 Add to cartIn the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his s
- Author: Elphinstone, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1841955019
- Language: English
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The Chronicles of Paisley – Corners
$14.99 Add to cartCanadian nurse Kick Cavendish has always wanted to make a difference, and she’s hoping her new post as Paisley – Corners’ new public health nurse will help her do just that. The rural Ontario hamlet i… [more below]
- Author: Van Daalen-Smith, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1039162894
- Language: English
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Whore
$18.00 Add to cartA breathless (heavily autobiographical) novelistic account of the life of a young woman who sells her body for a living, Whore is a searing look at the world’s oldest profession and a confessional in … [more below]
- Author: Arcan, Nelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: November 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0802170021
- Language: English
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The Clarion
$16.95 Add to cartLonglisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Globe and Mail 100 Best Book of 2023
CBC Books, Best Canadian Fiction 2023
Apple Books, Best Canadian Debut 2023 and Best Book of the Month for September 2
- Author: Dunic, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1778430287
- Language: English
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The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted
$22.95 Read moreExploring the intricacies of power, culture and emotion when a non-Indigenous person moves to an Indigenous community as an educator, Jennifer Manuel casts a spell as captivating and perceptive as in
- Author: Manuel, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1771623195
- Language: English
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Black Around the Eyes
$13.99 Add to cartDiamond Donnie Ross is at the centre of this remarkable story of a coal-mining community in Cape Breton in the 1920s. Black Around the Eyes evokes the men and women, the joys and grief, the stark beau
- Author: Akerman, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: June 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1990187366
- Language: English
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Off the Record
$19.95 Add to cartEditor John Metcalf has inspired, challenged, and championed countless writers over his long career. In Off the Record, he encourages six to reveal what one rarely discusses in polite society: how the
- Author: Metcalf, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1771965452
- Language: English
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Not the Apocalypse I Was Hoping for
$24.99 Add to cartAward-winning author Leslie Greentree presents fourteen short stories in this dark, often funny, deeply compelling collection that asks how we locate, create, and avoid meaning in our lives. These are
- Series: Brave & Brilliant #27
- Author: Greentree, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1773853694
- Language: English
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We Are Unbreakable: Raw, Real Stories of Resilience: From Women in Nova Scotia in 2020
$23.99 Add to cartWe Are Unbreakable: Raw, Real Stories of Resilience is a collection of authentic and inspiring stories about the unprecedented year of 2020 written by 22 incredible women who call Nova Scotia home.
In
- Author: Dean, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1777519209
- Language: English
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Avalanche
$16.95 Add to cartFeatured on 49th Shelf’s Most Anticipated: 2023 Fall Fiction Preview
“Things used to be easier, but even in those carefree days, the rules were in place for a reason. And that reason is: so we can all
- Author: Westhead, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 145
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1778430260
- Language: English
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Pacing the Sidelines
$22.99 Add to cartArne Viimets is not a typical coach.
Kevin Willister is not a typical player.
This is not a typical football story.Arne Viimets has a passion for opera, he owns a dog named Chopin, and he quotes Thorea… [more below]
- Series: In the Shadow of the Goalposts
- Author: Kirchner, Gary J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: August 30 2023
- ISBN10: 103916241X
- Language: English
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First and Ten
$19.99 Add to cartWhat do you do when your first season as head coach has been a disaster?
If you are Arne Viimets, a brilliant but controversial iconoclast who likes to discuss football strategy with his dog, you igno… [more below]
- Series: In the Shadow of the Goalposts
- Author: Kirchner, Gary J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1039162800
- Language: English
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3 Nations Anthology: Native, Canadian & New England Writers
$14.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2018 Maine Literary Award for Anthology from Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
While much attention focuses on the southern border of the United States, 3 Nations Anthology: Native,
- Author: Lawson, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0998819514
- Language: English
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Secret Sex: An Anthology
$21.99 Read moreNew risky fiction — with no names attached.
If authors could write their sex scenes anonymously, would they be less reticent? Would they include the stuff they didn’t want their mom, or the newspapers… [more below]
- Author: Smith, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1459752422
- Language: English
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Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language Volume 12
$22.00 Read moreIn this collection of deeply personal essays, twenty-six writers explore their connection with language, accents, and vocabularies, and contend with the ways these can be used as both bridge and weapo… [more below]
- Series: Essais
- Author: Tsabari, Ayelet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1771667141
- Language: English
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
$16.95 Add to cart“In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, when he took his own life. I was ten years old.”
Master storyteller Madeleine Thien takes us inside an e
- Author: Thien, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0393354725
- Language: English
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Dawn on a Distant Shore
$10.99 Add to cartIn an icy, untamed world of pristine beauty, a husband and wife are torn apart by fate but reunited forever by a love that can’t be broken….
An unforgettable love comes alive in this masterful epic- Series: Wilderness #2
- Author: Donati, Sara
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: May 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0553578553
- Language: English
