Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionWinner of the Freedom to Read
AwardWinner of the Hubert Evans PrizeIn the midst of an unfolding international crisis in Syriah, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the ...
When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house near the Saskatchewan-Montana border, her naturalist’s
instinct propels her to explore the area. She takes pleasure in the Wild West setting, discovering hidden back roads, dinosaur skeletons at the discovery center, ...
From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's beloved novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about
the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonficiton.Jean ...
Dividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a nine-month, world-wide
search for a delicious-and humane-plate of seafood. Along the way, he explains the cultural and commercial implications of fish production on our environment, our health, ...
Set in the beautiful, often uncompromising isolation of the central plains of North America, Kevin
Patterson’s haunting stories explore the extent to which geography is destiny. In "Les is More" an overweight bartender determines to break the monotony of his ...
Gulliver’s Travels meets The Underground Railroad: a road trip through the countryside – and the
psyche – by the author of Fifteen Dogs. Longlisted for the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Botanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited ...
A Scotiabank Giller Prize FinalistRaised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, half-sisters Lark and
Robin form a fierce team in spite of their differences. When Lark flees to America to attend college, her sister soon joins her. But even ...
Winner of the Scotiabank Giller PrizeMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011An Oprah Magazine Best Book of
the YearShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for FictionBerlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by ...