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Young Adult/ChildrenL’impact des petits gestes se dégage clairement de ce récit de liens entre voisins
Dans son premier livre, intitulé Tes mégots, Hugo!, l’auteur saskatchewanais Jean-Marie Michaud aborde le thème de l’amitié véritable, tout en mettant l’accent sur l’empreinte écologique laissée par les humains. -
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Lessons about impacts of small actions shine through story of neighbourly connection
In his literary debut, Tes mégots, Hugo!, Saskatoon-based author Jean-Marie Michaud tells a heartfelt story about a real-life friendship, together with an important message about human impacts on the environment. -
Online ExclusivesReading for Truth and Reconciliation
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 marks a moment to focus on the ongoing work of remembering the painful history of residential schools in Canada, honouring the survivors, and untangling the ongoing legacy of colonialism as we work toward a better future. -
FictionScott Nolan shares his ethos of art as identity, culture, ‘higher power’ in latest mixed-genre releases
Scott Nolan’s two latest books, Man on a Wheel: A Tribute to Patrick O’Connell and Nolanville, are extensions of the ethos by which he lives. -
FictionDebut novel explores coming of age in Uganda amid social pressure, homophobia
The writing of Iryn Tushabe’s debut novel, Everything Is Fine Here, has enriched her life in more than one way. -
FictionLinked short stories reflect intimacies and challenges of living on compact, rural island
They say no man is an island, but that doesn’t mean no man can create one, as Bill Gaston does – complete with an entire population of characters – in Tunnel Island, his latest collection of short stories. -
FictionPoet’s first novel sees cast of characters face up to pain of grief, war, trauma
For a decade, award-winning poet Lisa Martin’s primary artistic focus was her debut novel, A Story Can Be Told About Pain. -
PoetryLong poem shares process of building kinship with pain, rebuilding sense of self
Tea Gerbeza’s powerful debut, the long poem How I Bend Into More, affirms disabled identity by giving voice to the body in all its complexities. Drawing from her personal experience with scoliosis, Gerbeza uses an intimate and inventive poetics to “grasp / what [her] body has / to tell [her]” and, in doing so, records a journey from ableism toward reclamation. -
PoetryCollection aims to find hope among hard times as trauma is metabolized into poems
This is a difficult time to be human. And yet, When Whales Went Back to the Water, Lisa Baird’s new poetry collection, finds hope amidst the “flash and muck” of trauma. -
PoetryLyrical, experimental poems travel between many concepts, echoing Veprinska’s emigration
“Music, childhood, family, trees, dreams, the news, birds, escalators, language, and, of course, poetry.” Those are the inspirations for Ukrainian-born but Calgary-based writer Anna Veprinska’s second poetry collection, Bonememory.
