Jill MacKenzie: Spin the Sky
Magnolia Woodson wants nothing more than to get her and her sister, Rose, out of the pitifully small, clamming-obsessed, Oregon town that hates them—she just doesn’t know how.
Miriam Libicki: Toward A Hot Jew
In her first collection of graphic essays, Miriam Libicki investigates what it means globally and culturally to be Jewish, dating from her time in the Israeli military to her tenure as an art professor.
Bob Wakulich: The Fluke and Other Dramas
This collection features a screenplay (The Fluke), a one-act play (Electroshock Matinee), a short screenplay (The Blue Suit Special), a radio play (Rick O’Shea, The Born-again Detective), and a short radio play (The Ambassador’s Address), all with a touch of humour and whimsy.
Michelle Deines: A Dog at a Feast
A dark comedy, A Dog at a Feast examines the power of the fear of judgement, and how we are all our own worst critics.
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler: Wrist
As he begins to unravel his family’s dark history, Church must race to protect the secrets buried deep in bones and blood. Set in the fictional town of Sterling and Ghost Lake Reserve, Wrist is Nathan Adler’s debut novel.
Chelsea Bolan: The Good Sister
Engaging and emotionally rich, this novel is a fascinating exploration of betrayal and steadfast devotion, and the ways in which our own intolerance can harm what—and whom—we love most.
Brent van Staalduinen: Saints, Unexpected
From fighting unscrupulous developers to first loves to the anguish that comes from never knowing what your final words to a loved one might be, Saints, Unexpected reminds us of the magic that comes with each opportunity to begin again.
Laura Trunkey: Double Dutch
Shape-shifters, doppelgangers, and spirits inhabit the extraordinary worlds depicted in Trunkey’s stories: a single mother believes her toddler is the reincarnation of a terrorist; Ronald Reagan’s body double falls in love with the first lady; a man grieves for his wife after a bear takes over her body.
Richard Stevenson: Fruit Wedge Moon
Zap, grackle, pop! East meets west in these contemporary urban micro poems. Whether exploring haikai forms or improvising jazz renku pops, these poems swing and bop!
Karim Alrawi: Book of Sands
A powerful, lyrical novel of the endurance of love, set amid the upheaval of the Arab Spring and the brutal repression of a totalitarian regime.