We used to think the Earth was the divine centre of the universe. It turned out to be a speck of dust orbiting a massive burning star. That star turned out to be a speck of dust among hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, and that galaxy turned out to be a speck of dust among two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Our whole universe might be a speck of dust too, but we can’t know for sure. Humanity, which for most of our history seemed so special and superior to all other life forms, turned out to have the same soupy origin as every one of the 8.7 million other species on ou ..read more

We've got Greg Rhyno's Who By Fire up for giveaway until the end of April.  If you head over to our giveaways page, you'll find your chance to win—and be sure to check out everything else we've got on offer.  ***** Thumps DreadfulWater in DreadfulWater, by Thomas King Thomas King is a renowned academic, celebrated raconteur, Member of the Order of Canada, and yet, he still finds time to crank out the occasional whodunnit. His series gumshoe, Thumps DreadfulWater, is a world-weary and whip-smart ex-cop who’s traded policing for photography, and who’s reluctantly drawn ..read more

I started law school two thousand kilometres away from my home territory, when I was eighteen years old. Far from home and navigating these spaces as the only openly Indigenous person in my law school class, I chose survival by invisibility. I found spaces outside the law school, such as the Indigenous Students’ Association, where I was safe enough to weep in between classes and visit with kin, but within the four walls of the law school, I put my head down and said nothing. This option was a privilege grounded in my white-coded appearance, and while it was objectively the safest course of ac ..read more

Play, the new book by Jess Taylor, is up for giveaway until the end of April. Visit our Giveaways Page for your chance to win and to take a look at everything else we've got on offer! *** In this list, I feature Canadian books by women and non-binary writers who explore how imaginary and dream worlds influence the characters’ real lives. These writers are departing from the Canadian literary realist tradition to write books that bring elements of horror, fantasy, and the surreal to make lasting commentaries on trauma. Within my debut novel, Play, I looked at how the imaginary has the power to ..read more

Patrick Grace is an author and teacher who divides his time between Vancouver and Victoria, BC. His poems have been published widely in Canadian literary magazines, including Arc Poetry Magazine, Best Canadian Poetry, Columba, EVENT, The Ex-Puritan, The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, and more. His work has been a finalist for literary contests with CV2 and PRISM international, and in 2020, his poem "A Violence" won The Malahat Review's Open Season Award for poetry. He has published two chapbooks: a blurred wind swirls back for you (2023), and Dastardly (2021), both of which expl ..read more

In The Shadows that Rush Past: A Collection of Frightening Inuit Folktales, storyteller Rachel A. Qitsualik writes, “It is amazing to think that an elder, ten or more centuries ago, would have felt a personal connection to these (thousand year old) tales.” Her introduction also explains that folktales empower the Inuit by linking them to their heritage. Sketches of characters in the endpapers set the tone for all four stories in this book. Using their smarts to defeat unsightly creatures, three of the protagonists are victorious, with one “hero” succumbing to his ego and perishing becaus ..read more

Bestselling author Anne Lamott says "This new book by David Roche, like all his work, is brilliant, illuminated, painful, wise, encouraging and funny. The stories in Standing at the Back Door of Happiness, about his facial deformity side by side with his rich inner beauty and joy in living, filled my heart and soul with a deep compassion for myself, and for you, whoever you are." David Roche has taken his one-man show, The Church of 80% Sincerity, on tour across the world, performing from Sydney to Moscow, London to Los Angeles, and even at the White House. He has also had several roles in fil ..read more

Maia Caron, the Métis, Vancouver Island-based author of the critically acclaimed novel Song of Batoche, is back with a brilliant, page-turning, historical espionage thriller. Described as “extraordinarily powerful” (Genevieve Graham, #1 bestselling author of The Secret Keeper) and “a tense and thrilling ride of a story” (Janie Chang, bestselling author of The Porcelain Moon), The Last Secret is a dazzling and impossible-to-forget dual-timeline story of love, hope, and the unwavering resilience of women. Inspired by true events and real-life historical figures, Th ..read more

We've got copies of The Art of Floating up for giveaway throughout April. Head over to our giveaways page for your chance to win, and to check out everything else we have on offer. ***** I am a speculative writer and a pagan spiritualist at heart. I’m also an autist and an avid dogwalker. My own work reflects the natural world and the surreal collisions of science and spirituality. Though my own journeys have been limited and few, I’m attracted to the fiction and poetry of those who travel far, physically or metaphysically, and are transformed by the journey. Join me with the following books ..read more

Picture Books Every great adventure needs a hero—or two—in The Book That Almost Rhymed (March), by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly, a playful take on storytelling and equity that proves how two tellers can make a rhyming tale twice as nice. Our Woolly Bear (March), by Katie Arthur, is a fresh and quirky take on a caterpillar’s familiar journey encouraging kids to approach nature with curiosity and kinship. Once again Saumiya Balasubramaniam explores the challenges of cross-cultural and intergenerational relationships in When I Visited Grandma (April), a sweet story with vivid illustration ..read more