PreviewsIssue 87, Fall/Winter 2025/26
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7 Generations
A Plains Cree Saga
David A. Robertson, Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator)
This 15th anniversary omnibus edition of the four titles in the epic series of graphic novels includes gorgeous new colours and lettering and an afterword by Cherie Dimaline. In the series, Edwin, a modern teenage boy, learns the history of his family through years of war, a smallpox epidemic, and residential schools all the way to Edwin’s present conflicts.
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A Line Runs Through It
A Story of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and Redemption
Niall Schofield
Schofield, a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta and adopted into a white family as part of the Sixties Scoop, tells of how he overcame the trauma of childhood sexual assault, drug addiction, and the stigma of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder to regain control of his life and go on to help others.
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A New Blueprint for Government
Reshaping Power, the PMO, and the Public Service
Kevin G. Lynch, James R. Mitchell
After describing how power has shifted from cabinet to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister’s Office, with political staff taking on a larger role relative to the public service, and how parliament has lost its ability to call the elected government to account, the authors propose a plan to restore accountability and rebuild a culture of excellence by reshaping government.
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A Snake and a Feathered Bird
Angie Ellis
This historical coming-of-age novel moves back and forth in time in the late 19th century, from one point of view to another, focusing mainly on the story of Ben, adopted and raised by a violent whisky dealer and a warm but beaten-down woman, befriended by his more prosperous neighbours, and tasked with delivering an inheritance to Lily, his father’s niece. Ben needs to find out about his birth mother and who he really is before he can claim his place in the world.
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A Summer of Dragonflies
Natasha Deen
Twelve-year-old Guppie is extremely shy, but when her family takes a cross-USA road trip over the summer, she decides to reinvent herself into a brave hero like she reads about in her books, learning along the way what true courage is.
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A Truce That Is Not Peace
Miriam Toews
In an innovative form combining quotes, letters, memories, daily accounts and to-do lists, researched notes, and explorations of wind, Toews explores the connection between her writing and her relationship to her sister in wrenching and joyful and angry and beautiful and candid ways, in her unmistakable voice.
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Abode
Jun-long Lee
This debut collection, as befits its inclusion in the Mingling Voices series, defies convention in its interconnected prose and free verse poems that examine ideas of homes – ways in and out, ruins, caves, cathedrals – in dreamlike, fluid, and remarkable images and movements.
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Adventures in Math
How to Level Up Your Math Game
Carleigh Wu, Sean Simpson (Illustrator)
This book helps to bust myths about how difficult math is and gives young mathematicians the confidence to persist and learn, with stories of real people who used math to accomplish amazing things; practical tips to help understand math concepts and solve problems; and “Show Your Work” challenges at the end of each chapter.
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Aliens on the Moon
A Novel
Thomas King
Set in a small Ontario town, this novel follows a variety of citizens – Thea, who is furious about being moved into an old-age home; Darlene, who finds Thea’s fanny pack in the hospital; Herb, who has bought the drive-in movie theatre to use as his home, among others – all going about their business, but the arrival of aliens on the moon, who are watching Earth and the earthlings, has added a whole new edge to daily life.
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allostatic load
Junie Désil
Désil explores the concept of care, in its many forms and its intersections with race and justice, in this collection of innovative and poignant poems. Ableism, misogyny, and anti-Black racism are confronted in forms that range from medical questionnaires to concrete poems to emails, and in narratives of chronic pain, workplace stress, and eventual healing on the land as a new farmer.
