At the crossroads that lead to the end of childhood, Nana faces the hectic passage of her adolescence and the new responsibilities that fall on her shoulders when her grandmother Josephine approaches death. In parallel, Nina's rebellious mother Maria, languishes back in Montreal, torn between conflicting desires.
Mercenary English seizes "the politics of language" and foregrounds the literal and figurative violence behind the euphemism "missing women."
'Nlaka'pamux Elder York explains the red-ochre inscriptions on rocks of the Stein Valley, a landmark in the evolution of writing.
After surviving a major accident, a man is trapped in a village buried in the snow and cut off from the world by a nationwide power failure. He is entrusted to Matthias, a taciturn old man who agrees to heal his wounds in exchange for wood, food, and eventual escape from the village. Will they manage to stand up against external threats and intimate pitfalls?
Makes available for the first time the collected works of this significant feminist, experimental prose writer and member of the renowned TISH group.
People Live Here is a collection of three exciting new plays by George F. Walker, Canada's king of black comedy and a winner of two Governor General's Literary Awards for Drama. The Chance, Her Inside Life, and Kill the Poor complete the the author's Parkdale Palace trilogy of plays that deal with issues of social justice and ally heart, humour, and a contemporary reflection on human inequalities.
Interplay of Indigenous characters from different historical periods (modern vs. First World War), different cultural groups (Cree, Coast Salish ...). Suited for younger and young-adult audiences. Introduction to Indigenous Peoples in Canadian history.
In Falling Shadows, a lone man walks in the forest towards the hunting camp where his family has taken refuge to escape the upheaval caused by a widespread power failure. He knows he is threatened. One day, having lost his way, a twelve-year-old boy, mysteriously fearless and familiar, calls out to him. The unusual duo will have to face the hostility of the wilderness and thwart the offensive groups that now inhabit the woods. This is Québec writer Christian Guay-Poliquin¿s much anticipated third instalment in the series of gripping post-apocalyptic novels initiated with Running on Fumes and prolonged by the international bestseller The Weight of Snow, both translated by Governor General¿s Award winner David Homel and published by Talonbooks in 2016 and 2019. The Weight of Snow was long-listed for the 2020 Sunburst Award and was translated into fifteen languages. Throughout these novels, Guay-Poliquin has developed a unique storytelling craft; his narratives are grounded in the demands and details of daily life and in a world ripe with experience. Adventurous and cleverly assembled, Falling Shadows questions the meaning of community and revisits the thrilling excitement associated with the wilderness and survival classics like McCarthy¿s The Road and King¿s The Stand.
"The poems in Tracery enact a lyric condensation. Many of them were written in transit: on the bus, on a bicycle, on foot, in the endless to and fro of work life. Their lyric brevity allowed composition directly in the brain, or quick jottings in a pocket notebook, primarily governed by the music of reason - "the ear's judgement" (Joachim du Bellay), the "natural music" of poetry (Eustache Deschamps). A major feature of this work is its incorporation and reworking - a translation - of other works of western literature and philosophy across the span of its brief, localized history. These are poems that barge into the arena of classic and modernist literary works with little regard for what is generally regarded as genius, with contempt for the ever-present misogyny and gender segregation of our collective past, with an ever-present critique, but also with a constantly renewable sense of wonder and humility. Written in a time of plague, through dreams and daily life, these are poems to be enjoyed by anyone who observes events occurring in time, and then wonders at them."--
Winner of 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for DramaDorothy Dittrich's The Piano Teacher is a play about loss, love, friendship, and the healing power of music. When Erin, a classical pianist, experiences the loss of the life she knew, she meets an unconventional piano teacher who gives her new hope for the future.
All Things Become Alive by the Touch of the Parabola is the first full account of the journey by surrealist artist Wolfgang Paalen and poet Alice Rahon down the Northwest Coast. It weaves together travelogue, biography, Northwest Coast Indigenous cultures, art histories, anthropology, and an account of museum collecting during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Two young-adult plays exploring anxiety and depression, the complexities of gender dynamics, bullying, and the challenges that arise when the lines between friendship and romance are blurred.
Set in a school facing the real-life challenges of immigration, income inequality, and fears of violence in our schools, The In-Between is a realistic, relatable exploration of the complex social circumstances students must navigate in contemporary schools.
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