Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, gently contests recorded history, and considers art and visual...
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Author: Kishkan, TheresaSummary:Genre: Essays, Canadian nonfiction, Social science
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Author: Battigelli, Rosanna MicelottaSummary:
The characters in Pigeon Soup & Other Stories are navigating relationships and grappling with issues of translocation, language and identity, religion and culture, and food. These tales...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Difalco, SamSummary:
Finalist, ReLit Awards (shortlist).
Black Rabbit & Other Stories is a debut collection of great intensity and versatility. The stories range from the fantastic to the gritty, from urban...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Jackson, ShirleySummary:
"The Lottery," one of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. This collection unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four...
Genre: Horror fiction, Short stories -
Author: Strobel, MikeSummary:
Come and walk the offbeat world of Mike Strobel’s popular column in the Toronto Sun. Meet the legendary panhandler Shaky Lady; the Weasel, who knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried; the secretive...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Humour -
Author: García Márquez, GabrielSummary:
On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria – the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport – is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction -
Author: Gaglia, LouSummary:
Poor Advice as a collection reveals Lou Gaglia’s humor, imagination, and range: A woman is obsessed with pumping gas at one particular pump in one particular gas station. A six year old and his...
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Author: Trull, JanetSummary:
The small town is a haven in an unruly world. There is much reassurance in the familiar. Shirley at the post office knows everybody’s name. Bingo is every Wednesday night at the Legion. The...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Pirbhai, MariamSummary:
A Haitian woman survives the ravages of an earthquake only to find her sister, an émigré in Montreal, the subject of a grisly crime. A chambermaid in a Mexican tourist resort frequented by...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:
Among these nine stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head. He learns about life in short order and there is no...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Cooper, AfuaSummary:
Copper Woman and Other Poems is a collection of poems that announces a humanistic vision, dealing with such themes as rebirth (physical and symbolic), mythology, memory, bondage, blood, family,...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Author: Gillis, Tessie, Currie, SheldonSummary:
GODMOTHER OF CAPE BRETON FICTION, and an essential figure in contemporary storytelling, Tessie Gillis has inspired Nova Scotia writers including Lynn Coady, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alistair MacLeod,...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Tolstoy, LeoSummary:
This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central...
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Author: Dunning, NormaSummary:
I woke up with Moses Henry’s boot holding open my jaw and my right eye was looking into his gun barrel. I heard the slow words, “Take. It. Back.” I know one thing about Moses Henry; he means...
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Author: Simak, Clifford D.Summary:
Tales of science fiction and adventure from the Hugo Award-winning author of Way Station and City. The long and prolific career of Clifford D. Simak cemented him as one of the formative voices of...
Genre: Science fiction, Short stories