Brent van Staalduinen: The Peace Thieves
This crime/trauma fiction is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath.
Sheila James: Outcaste
An epic tale that spans fifty years, four generations, and two continents, Outcaste revisits a complex period in India’s history while imbuing ordinary lives with extraordinarily dramatic dimensions.
Lori Thicke: Dreamer’s Daughter
A coming-of-age memoir, Dreamer’s Daughter is a life-affirming story about forgiving our parents—and ourselves. It’s a celebration of the love we find in even the most unconventional families, and how sometimes we need to leave home to find our way back.
Michelle Willms: Northern Girls
Brave, engaging and electric, Northern Girls is a collection of true stories about the fractured legacy of growing up in rural northern Ontario.
Mallory Tater: Lockers Are for Bearcats Only
A tender, unguarded exploration of loss, embodiment, and the currents that carry us through life.
Emma Cleary: Afterbirth
Eerie, macabre, and startlingly original, Emma Cleary’s haunting literary debut powerfully explores questions of maternity, sisterhood, and bodily autonomy.
Jeff Miller: Temporary Palaces
Pulsing with the raw energy of basement punk shows and DIY creativity, late-night manifestos and first heartbreaks, Temporary Palaces is a stunning debut that captures a generation caught between idealism and survival, art and activism, the dreams that define us and the compromises that save us.
Trina Moyles: Black Bear
A dazzling memoir about one woman’s coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss.
Gabriela Halas: Bloodwater Tint
Bloodwater Tint centers on themes including the pain of infertility, the body’s mystery and the search for transformation.