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Keith Maillard: Fatherless
This story begins with a phone call out of the blue: a lawyer tells a writer that his ninety-six-year-old father, with whom he has had no contact since the age of three and whom he has twice tried to find without success, has just died, leaving him nothing. Keith Maillard begins to research his father’s life.
Sarah Leavitt: Agnes, Murderess
A graphic novel inspired by the bloody legend of Agnes MacVee, roadhouse owner, madam and serial killer, who is said to have murdered more than 50 people in the Cariboo region of British Columbia in the mid- to late nineteenth century.
Kelly S. Thompson: Girls Need Not Apply
This inspiring, compelling debut memoir chronicles the experiences of a female captain serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, and her journey to make space for herself in a traditionally masculine world.
Alison Acheson: Dance Me to the End
A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS.
Michelle Barker: The House of One Thousand Eyes
This searing novel about defiance, courage, and determination takes readers into the chilling world of a society ruled by autocratic despots, where nothing is what it seems.
Alix Ohlin: Dual Citizens
In this meditation on motherhood, sisterhood, desire, and self-knowledge, Alix Ohlin traces the rich and complex path towards fulfillment as an artist and a human being.
Alison Acheson: A Little House in a Big Place
Alison Acheson has created a deceptively simple, warm story that will stay with readers of all ages long after they’ve closed the book.
Emily Davidson: Lift
The debut collection of New Brunswick poet Emily Davidson, Lift is an examination of how to be alive without being adrift. Loosely narrative, the collection spans two Canadian coasts, its speaker a transplant from Atlantic to Pacific.
Kayla Czaga: Dunk Tank
Kayla Czaga’s poems explore the varied and strange relationships that underpin a young woman’s coming of age, from inconsequential boyfriends to the friendships that rescue us from “grey daily moments.”
Ria Voros: The Centre of the Universe
Ria Voros reaches for the stars here, deftly combining mystery with a passion for science and themes of mother-daughter bonds, celebrity, first love and best friendship.