Matthew Walsh: These are not the potatoes of my youth
In this nomadic journey, Matthew Walsh explores queer identity set against an ever-changing landscape of what we want, and who we are, were, and came to be.
Megan Gail Coles: Small Game Hunting
By turns biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Gail Coles’ debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, building towards a climax that will shred perceptions and force a reckoning.
Paula Jane Remlinger: This Hole Called January
From Superman to James Bond, from childhood’s imaginings to life’s darkest moments, Paula Remlinger explores identity and depression with humour and empathy. The collection moves from innocent beginnings to the starkness of the Canadian winter and its profound effects on the psyche.
Caroline Goodwin: Custody of the Eyes
I walked right out through the gate you left / after the rain folded back. And that which / gave permission also bestowed the burden. / So many nights without you, one would // think I’d be accustomed by now. And the book / of signs would be a solace, not an arrow.
Katherin Edwards: A Thin Band
A Thin Band examines the fine line between remembering and forgetting, the expected / unexpected, and the moments that we retain in altered forms filtered by memory. It is also an elegy to wonder and surprise at how we manage to live in the midst of grief and loss.
Lindsay Wong: The Woo-Woo
In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons when they should really be on anti-psychotic meds.
Colleen Anderson: A Body of Work
Savory teeth, sentient insects, deadly automatons, VR worlds, ensorcelled blades, nanotech healing, possessive fungus, gingerbread people, prophetic soap bubbles and more: this Body of Work is a stitchery of tales, a strange creature that is alluring, disturbing and thought-provoking.
Michelle Barker: The House of One Thousand Eyes
Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it’s particularly hard. 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.
Jennifer Chen: Super
When a new villain threatens the city, Beata is launched into a whirlwind of mystery, danger, and conspiracy. With a totally normal skillset, she must exhaust all her wits and courage to save her friends—and to survive.
Natalie Morrill: The Ghost Keeper
Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, this powerful, sweeping novel set in Vienna during the 1930s and ’40s centres on a poignant love story and a friendship that ends in betrayal.