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.
Natalie Southworth: There’s Always More to Say
The stories that make up There’s Always More to Say focus on characters struggling to achieve what they think they should want despite the demands and loneliness of modern life.