Three young men — Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert — have vandalized their community and are sent by its Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for...
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Auteur:Twigg, AlanSommaire:For his third volume about BC literary history, Alan Twigg traces the writings of David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and thirty of their peers, mainly Scotsmen, who founded and managed more than fifty forts west of the...
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Auteur:Jewison, NormanSommaire:The memoirs of the celebrated Hollywood director trace his forty years in filmmaking, describing such events as his unlikely appointment as a Christian Canadian director of Fiddler on the Roof, his witness to the impact of various films...
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Auteur:Cohen, SheldonSommaire:A rare glimpse into an artist’s mind, his toolbox, and the world of film animation
The Sweater is one of the most beloved animated films of all time. Based on Roch Carrier’s short story, also known as “The...
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A collection of essays on women and aging from Canadian legend Sharon Butala In this incisive collection, Sharon Butala reflects on the ways her life has changed as she's grown old. She knows that society fails the elderly massively,...
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Auteur:Quiney, Linda J.Sommaire:With her linen head scarf and white apron emblazoned with a red cross, the Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, or VAD, has become a romantic emblem of the Great War. This book tells the story of the nearly 2,000 women from Canada and...
- Auteur:Anand, MadhurSommaire:
An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the...
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Auteur:Akiwenzie-Damm, KateriSommaire:Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic...
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Is it okay to tell a lie? Lisa Simms thinks so. Lisa leaves her small town and moves to the big city to find work and her letters home tell of an ordered life and success at work. The reality, however, is rather different. From crazy...
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Auteur:Semley, JohnSommaire:The first book to explore their history, legacy, and influence
This is a book about the Kids in the Hall — the legendary Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in Toronto in 1984 and best known for the...
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Auteur:Steinmetz, AndrewSommaire:He had fifty-seven seconds of screen time in the most lavish POW film Hollywood ever produced. He was blond. A Gestapo agent. Sauntering down the aisles of a speeding train, he speaks in terse German to Richard Attenborough, Gordon...
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Auteur:Berman, TzeporahSommaire:The story of the making of a Canadian environmental activist, from Berman's first involvement in the protests to save the rain forests of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, to her work as co-founder of PowerUp Canada, and then as...
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Auteur:Berman, Stuart, Canning, Brendan, Drew, KevinSommaire:The year was 2000. The alternative music scene had all but died, and pre-packaged pop stars had filled the vacuum. But in a basement apartment in the heart of downtown Toronto, two musicians were forming a creative partnership that...
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Auteur:Simpson, Leanne BetasamosakeSommaire:2017 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist. This Accident of Being Lost is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary...
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Auteur:Hull, Dennis, Thompson, RobertSommaire:A much-loved memoir now back in print. Hockey legend Gordie Howe once said there were two superstars in the Hull family: Bobby, the Golden Jet and one of the greatest players ever to tie up a pair of skates, and his brother Dennis, who...
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Auteur:Lane, PatrickSommaire:Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive. For a year, he stayed close to home, gardening and slowly...
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Auteur:Massaquoi, Notisha, Wane, Njoki NathaniSommaire:Theorizing Empowerment: Canadian Perspectives on Black Feminist Thought is a collection of articles by Black Canadian feminists centralizing the ways in which Black femininity and Black women’s experiences are integral to...
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Auteur:Slater, PatrickSommaire:Folktale, memoir, fiction, literary hoax, The Yellow Briar is all of these. Ostensibly the charming remembrance of an Irish orphan who escapes the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and comes to the New World to seek a fresh start on the...
- Auteur:Hawthorn, TomSommaire:
The story of that fun, exciting year, told in the same giddy spirit with which Canadians celebrated. Uncover the strange and unique ways that individual Canadians marked the occasion, the birth of traditions, and the moment when...
- Auteur:Woodcock, Donald L.Sommaire:
From a secluded cottage on Vancouver Island, Woodcock wrote for newspapers and magazines all across the country, winning various awards. This is a collection of his nature writing which has appeared in Reader's Digest, Outdoor Canada,...
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