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  • Synaptic

    by Alison Calder ...
    Series series Oskana Poetry & Poetics
    An award-winning poet attempts to map the brain’s neural connections, raising fundamental questions about identity and interiority.This intricate, yearning work from award-winning poet Alison Calder asks us to think about the way we perceive and the ways in which we seek to know ourselves and others.In Synaptic, each section explores key themes in science, neurology, and perception. The first, ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies

    Edited by Alison Calder, Robert Wardhaugh ...
    The Canadian Prairie has long been represented as a timeless and unchanging location, defined by settlement and landscape. Now, a new generation of writers and historians challenge that perception and argue, instead, that it is a region with an evolving culture and history. In a collection of ten essays, History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies explores a more contemporary ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Masculindians

    Conversations about Indigenous Manhood

    by Joseph Boyden, Tomson Highway, Lee Maracle, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Basil H. Johnston, Dana Claxton, Daniel David Moses, Louise Bernice Halfe, Taiaiake Alfred, Janice C. Hill, Kim Anderson, Thomas Kimeksun Thrasher, Brendan Hokowhitu, Ty P. Kawika Tengan, Warren Cariou, Alison Calder, Daniel Heath Justice, Adrian Stimson, Terrance Houle, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Richard van Camp, Joanne Arnott, Neal McLeod, Gregory Scofield ...
    What does it mean to be an Indigenous man today? Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401, McKegney and his participants tackled crucial questions about masculine self-worth and how to foster ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Flying Years

    by Frederick Niven, Alison Calder ...
    Series series Early Canadian Literature
    Originally published in 1935, Frederick Niven’s The Flying Years tells the history of Western Canada from the 1850s to the 1920s as witnessed by Angus Munro, a young Scot forced to emigrate to Canada when his family is evicted from their farm. Working in the isolated setting of Rocky Mountain House, Angus secretly marries a Cree woman, who dies in a measles epidemic while he is on an extended ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Desire Never Leaves

    The Poetry of Tim Lilburn

    by Tim Lilburn ...
    Series series Laurier Poetry
    The selected poems in Desire Never Leaves span Tim Lilburn’s career, demonstrating the evolution of a unique and careful thinker as he takes his place among the nation’s premier writers. This edition of his poetry untangles many of the strands running through his works, providing insight into a poetic world that is both spectacular and humbling.The introduction by Alison Calder situates Lilburn’s ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • My Home As I Remember

    Edited by Lee Maracle, Sandra Laronde ...
    My Home As I Remember describes literary and artistic achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Metis women across Canada and the United States, including contributions from New Zealand and Mexico. Their voices and creative expression of identity and place are richly varied, reflecting the depth of the culturally diverse energy found on these continents.Over 60 writers and visual artists are ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wabusk Outside the Wire / Nanook Looking In

    by Joseph Boyden ...
    "Wabusk Outside the Wire / Nanook Looking In" is Joseph Boyden's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban Canadian writers to some of the world's most extreme environments.Introduced by award-winning journalist and radio personality Shelagh Rogers, Northwords is a collection of stories written by acclaimed Canadian authors as they experienced one of Canada’s most awe ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont

    by Joseph Boyden ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Louis Riel is regarded by some as a hero and visionary, by others as a madman and misguided religious zealot. The Métis leader who fought for the rights of his people against an encroaching tide of white settlers helped establish the province of Manitoba before escaping to the United States. Gabriel Dumont was a successful hunter and Métis chief, a man tested by warfare, a pragmatist who differed ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dancing On Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence

    Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence

    by Leanne Simpson ...
    Many promote Reconciliation as a “new” way for Canada to relate to Indigenous Peoples. In Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence activist, editor, and educator Leanne Simpson asserts reconciliation must be grounded in political resurgence and must support the regeneration of Indigenous languages, oral cultures, and traditions of governance. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Comeback

    How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence

    by John Ralston Saul ...
    Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada’s past so that we may better understand its present – and imagine a better future.Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal peoples. This, he says, is the great issue of our time – the most important missing piece in the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Born With A Tooth

    by Joseph Boyden ...
    Before internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden penned his bestselling novel Three Day Road and his Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, Through Black Spruce, he published a powerful collection of thirteen stories about modern Aboriginal life that made readers and reviewers take notice. These stories of love, loss, rage and resilience match virtuosic style with clever wit to turn ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Ragged Company

    A Novel

    by Richard Wagamese ...
    Four chronically homeless people–Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger–seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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