Wanda John-Kehewin: Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead
With inspiring defiance, John-Kehewin plays with form, space, and language, demonstrating which magics cannot be suppressed.
Carleigh Baker: Bad Endings
Carleigh Baker likes to make light in the dark. Whether plumbing family ties, the end of a marriage, or death itself, she never lets go of the witty, the ironic, and perhaps most notably, the awkward.
Loghan Paylor: The Cure for Drowning
Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.
Spenser Smith: A Brief Relief from Hunger
A poetry collection about the yearnings of a young man—cocaine, human connection, fast food—and the ravenous world in which he lives.
Alexander Formos: Eurydice in Love
Eurydice in Love is the modern retelling of an ancient star-crossed love story between Mary Magdalene and her beloved savior as they embark on a journey to heal the wounds of humanity through magic, poetry, devotion, and love.
Sarah Suk: The Space between Here & Now
From acclaimed author Sarah Suk comes an aching, powerful exploration of memory, grief, and the painful silences we must overcome to discover our truest selves.
Julianne Harvey: Jamesy Harper’s Big Break
This heartfelt contemporary comedic YA novel explores themes of identity, family, competition, jealousy, and how challenging it can be to pursue your big dream when those you love don’t understand why it’s so important to you.
Clara Kumagai: Catfish Rolling
A debut young adult coming-of-age book with magic realism elements, Catfish Rolling is perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli films and Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap.
Bradley Peters: Sonnets from a Cell
The poems in Bradley Peters’ debut Sonnets from a Cell mix inmate speech, prison psychology, skateboard slang and contemporary lyricism in a way that is tough and tender, that is accountable both to Peters’ own days “caught between the past and nothing” and to the structures that sentence so many “to lose.”
Michelle Barker: Immersion and Emotion
Immersion and Emotion will take you deep into the craft workshop of the Darling Axe’s two senior editors.