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Not every story has a happy ending.
Since her brother's death, eight-year-old Egg Murakami has been living day-to-day on the family ostrich farm near Bittercreek, discovering life to be an ever-perplexing condition. Mama Murakami has curled up i…
Not every story has a happy ending.
Since her brother's death, eight-year-old Egg Murakami has been living day-to-day on the family ostrich farm near Bittercreek, discovering life to be an ever-perplexing condition. Mama Murakami has curled up i…
CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023
49th SHELF EDITORS' PICK FOR JUNE 2023
When a family is forced to return to the mother's childhood home, she seeks meaning in her ancestral roots and the violent be…
CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023
49th SHELF EDITORS' PICK FOR JUNE 2023
When a family is forced to return to the mother's childhood home, she seeks meaning in her ancestral roots and the violent be…
Known for her series of true ghost stories, Barbara Smith is back, this time with a collection of fictional ghostly tales set in real Alberta locations. So light the fire and prepare to be spooked by these delightfully eerie stories, including:
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Known for her series of true ghost stories, Barbara Smith is back, this time with a collection of fictional ghostly tales set in real Alberta locations. So light the fire and prepare to be spooked by these delightfully eerie stories, including:
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Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleue is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, this is also the author's debut novel, originally published in 2007, and it wil…
Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleue is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, this is also the author's debut novel, originally published in 2007, and it wil…
Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one. Her mother educates Kalyana about her Indian heritage, vividly tellin…
Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one. Her mother educates Kalyana about her Indian heritage, vividly tellin…
Runner-up for the 2004 ReLit Award
High fashion, higher stakes, sex, glamour, and great clothes, Stacey Schmidt gets a taste of all these when he's suddenly propelled from suburban model hell into the garment jungle of today's Toronto. Stac…
Runner-up for the 2004 ReLit Award
High fashion, higher stakes, sex, glamour, and great clothes, Stacey Schmidt gets a taste of all these when he's suddenly propelled from suburban model hell into the garment jungle of today's Toronto. Stac…
Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry.
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Life is looking up for amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister. He has found relatives he never knew he had, and at long…
Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry.
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Life is looking up for amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister. He has found relatives he never knew he had, and at long…
Fat Charlie Nancy lebt in London, arbeitet als Buchhalter, ist nicht besonders beliebt, nicht besonders gutaussehend, nicht besonders witzig. Sein bisher überschaubar spannendes Leben nimmt eine rasante Wendung als Charlies Bruder auftaucht. Spider i…
Fat Charlie Nancy lebt in London, arbeitet als Buchhalter, ist nicht besonders beliebt, nicht besonders gutaussehend, nicht besonders witzig. Sein bisher überschaubar spannendes Leben nimmt eine rasante Wendung als Charlies Bruder auftaucht. Spider i…
It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Fou…
It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Fou…
Finalist, Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions…
Finalist, Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions…
A man loses his daughter while swimming one summer. This little gem of a novella-sad and beautiful and spellbinding all at once-is the tale of how he strives to be reunited with her again, whether back home on dry land or thousands of miles underwate…
A man loses his daughter while swimming one summer. This little gem of a novella-sad and beautiful and spellbinding all at once-is the tale of how he strives to be reunited with her again, whether back home on dry land or thousands of miles underwate…
A fantastic new science fiction/fantasy spin on a classic fable. Enter a world where a young female ship captian is sent to retrieve information vital to the Galactic Kingdom; a new threat has emerged and the galaxy is in danger – Can she and her com…
A fantastic new science fiction/fantasy spin on a classic fable. Enter a world where a young female ship captian is sent to retrieve information vital to the Galactic Kingdom; a new threat has emerged and the galaxy is in danger – Can she and her com…
Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary!
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When a fishtank comes mysteriously to life, a boy struggles to convince his…
Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary!
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When a fishtank comes mysteriously to life, a boy struggles to convince his…
A joy ride set on a crash course with the past.
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Audrey Cole has always loved to drive. Anytime, anywhere, any car: a questionable rustbucket, a family sedan, the SUV she was paid to drive around the oil fields. From the second she learned to dr…
A joy ride set on a crash course with the past.
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Audrey Cole has always loved to drive. Anytime, anywhere, any car: a questionable rustbucket, a family sedan, the SUV she was paid to drive around the oil fields. From the second she learned to dr…
Вторая часть неаполитанского квартета, «История нового имени», – продолжение истории Лену Греко и Лилы Черулло. Подруги взрослеют, их жизненные пути неумолимо расходятся. Они по-прежнему стремятся вырваться из убогости и нищеты неаполитанских окраин,…
Вторая часть неаполитанского квартета, «История нового имени», – продолжение истории Лену Греко и Лилы Черулло. Подруги взрослеют, их жизненные пути неумолимо расходятся. Они по-прежнему стремятся вырваться из убогости и нищеты неаполитанских окраин,…
In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, ende…
In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, ende…
All talk, no action: The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut
It&#39;s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in …
All talk, no action: The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut
It&#39;s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in …
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather's cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she is drawn into the orbit of two beautifully notorious bar-singer cousins, an…
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather's cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she is drawn into the orbit of two beautifully notorious bar-singer cousins, an…
A refreshingly original debut collection of short stories that grapple with the self-alienation and self-discovery that make us human.
For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories …
A refreshingly original debut collection of short stories that grapple with the self-alienation and self-discovery that make us human.
For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories …
A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes of postwar America. He is a racist with a criminal past, an anti-hero who reflects on the ruins of the South and simultaneously on the lif…
A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes of postwar America. He is a racist with a criminal past, an anti-hero who reflects on the ruins of the South and simultaneously on the lif…