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  The Art of War

  Yvette Nolan

  This exploration of the role of artists in times of war and peace tells the story of Nick, an embedded Canadian artist in the Second World War tasked with capturing the horror on canvas, who goes on a surreal journey and discovers the power of his art. Nick’s story is framed by Heather’s lecture in 2005, wherein she argues that the war made Canadian artists and Canadian artists made Canada.

  (Playwrights Canada Press, $18.95 Paperback, 84 pages, ISBN: 978-03-69105-58-5)  

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  Leaf Counter

  D. A. Lockhart

  Lockhart brings an Indigenous perspective to the colonial and Loyalist history and poetic mythology of Prince Edward County and Al Purdy’s A-frame home, which currently serves as a writer’s residency. The poems weave stories of 19th-century soldiers and politicians with traditional stories of Sky Woman, contrast the song of the goldfinch (the titular Leaf Counter) with constant military planes flying overhead, and draw on Purdy’s correspondence and work.

  (Frontenac House Ltd., $22.95 Paperback, 148 pages, ISBN: 978-1-997580-03-4)  

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