Two porcupines walk into a bar. No, wait. One porcupine walks into a bar. Well, actually, its a poet. And he walks into a library. He opens books and shakes them until they look like porcupines dancin
Ground Rules features writing from the second decade of one of the most active micro publishers in Canada, selected from a series of hundreds of publications lovingly edited, produced and distributed
Over a decade after the release of their first album, The Dears have weathered the indie fringes, the collapse of the music industry as we knew it and the near implosion of the band itself, with their
In 2007, after the suicide of his son, Linthout wrote and drew the graphic novel Years of the Elephant, which was nominated for a number of international awards and won the Bronzen Adhemar, the most i
In his adaptation of Amerika, which took seven years to achieve, Godbout has tried to remain as faithful as possible to Kafkas novel, while using the clear line aesthetic he has perfected in his serie
During a major power outage in the heat of a Montreal summer, two shy young neighbours finally take the time to slow down, meet, and spend time together. Beaulieau takes a microscope to the lives of a
Since 2009, Spain & Morocco was serialized weekly at www.spainandmorocco.com, to much acclaim and a steadily growing readership. The story follows two young roommates, Walt and Dan, who decide to
A sharply original debut collection, How To Get Along With Women showcases Elisabeth de Mariaffis keen eye and inventive voice. Infused with a close and present danger, these stories tighten the knot
In the second volume of her Hannah trilogy, summer has arrived, and fourteen-year-old Hannah Anderson is excited about spending it with Max (who has been giving her stomach butterflies lately). But th
Low is a novel about family, identity, illness, love and loss.Lyrical, personal prose draw readers into the world of Adriana Song.We feel our way through Low with her as she navigates lopsidedfriendsh
Leah is haunted: by the things shes done, and the things she has failed to do. And then there's the the ghost of her brother. She has to learn to let go of the past if she, or her brother, are ever go
Joan is on the brink. Cough drop addict, school bus driver, mixed race daughter of a Maoist English father and Chinese-Canadian mother, Joan struggles for meaning after a friends death reveals a secre
In 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in Vancouver and moved to a place where they knew absolutely nobody, Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a storefront building in which t
Brooklyn Quesadillas follows a new father having a mid-life crisis as he navigates the surreal streetscapes of Brooklyn, trying to produce a tv show hosted by a coffeepot, while tracking down forgotte
A is a work of fiction in which Andr Alexis presents the compelling narrative of Alexander Baddeley, a Toronto book reviewer obsessed with the work of the elusive and mythical poet Avery Andrews. Badd
In Newfoundland's Era of Corruption: Responsible Government 1855-1933 Jack Fitzgerald delves deep into the political records of the Responsible Government era in Newfoundland to reveal the widespread
Lansing Meadows has one last shot to get it right. With the clock ticking, he sets out on the road one last time, to sing his songs to anyone wholl listen, and to try to right his wrongs, before its t
Domanski copyFrom a master poet, meditative lines running like veins through the dark grace of being alive.Governor General’s Awardwinning poet Don Domanski’s new collection, Bite Down Little Whisper,
Fur(l) Parachute claims as its surrogate the Old English poem "Wulf and Eadwacer." Declining from a mutant echo of this 19 line fragment that appears in the 10thC Exeter Manuscript as a text that migh
On hearing a radio report of an accused priest Philippe is thrown back to a difficult time in his youth. He is faced with his parents impending divorce, moves to a new city, goes to a new school, and
