PreviewsKasia Van Schaik

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  Shelter in Text

  Essays on Dwelling and Refuge

  Myra Bloom (Editor), Kasia Van Schaik (Editor)

  Through an engaging blend of academic essays and creative non-fiction pieces, contributors such as Billy-Ray Belcourt, ryan fitzpatrick, David Chariandy, and Robert Zacharias examine how writing can create, illuminate, and complicate ideas about dwelling, belonging, or finding safe harbour.

  (University of Alberta Press, $44.99 Paperback, 368 pages, ISBN: 978-17-72128-29-1)  

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  We Have Never Lived On Earth

  Kasia Van Schaik

  Often looking back on moments of intimacy and transformation, Charlotte, the narrator of these 20 linked short stories, comes to profound insights about creativity, friendship, disappointment, and desire. Each story is a gem, and together they form a complex debut collection.

  (The University of Alberta Press, $24.99 Paperback, 184 pages, ISBN: 978-17-72126-28-0)