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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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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April Snow
Olivia Van Guinn
This noirish debut novel explores the idea of soulmates in the story of Edward Montgomery and Fay Burgess, who were inseparable throughout their childhood and adolescence, and vowed to be together forever. When Ed went away to law school, he broke Fay’s heart, and returned to find Hillsborough a different place, and Fay on the other side of the law – but even as arch-enemies, the two cannot let each other go.
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As Long as You’re Mine
A Novel
Nekesa Afia
Set in Hollywood in two timelines, 1934 and 1954, this novel follows the two women movie star Tommy Ross loved most – his daughter, Thea, who is left with more questions than answers when he dies suddenly, apparently by suicide, and his lover, Lorelei Davies, who also died apparently by suicide 20 years earlier. Thea teams up with gossip reporter Amy Evans to find out the truth about their deaths and their relationship and her inheritance.
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As the Earth Dreams
Black Canadian Speculative Stories
Terese Mason Pierre (Editor)
Ten haunting stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers such as francesca ekwuyasi, Zalika Reid-Benta, Terese Mason Pierre, and Calgary-based Chimedum Ohaegbu explore natural and urban landscapes, life and death and the in-between state, economic disaster, love, and more, all while celebrating the ever-changing self and envisioning uplifting Black futures.
