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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
In a sequence of five feverish elegies, Ridley combines narrative lyric and experimental verse styles to manifest dark themes related… to love and loss: the traumas of psychological suffering (isolation and confinement), physical abuse (by parent and partner), terminal illness (brain tumour and heart attack), revelation, resolution, and healing. With a blend of fervour and sangfroid, these serial poems accrue into a book-length testament to a grief both personal and human, leaving readers with the redemptive grace that comes from poetry's ability to wrestle chaos into meaning. Because of its overarching themes and serial form, "Silvija" is best read cover-to-cover, analogous to a work of fiction, rather than a book of individual or occasional poems. 2016.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
In the stunning poems of "Settler Education", Graham explores the Plains Cree uprising at Frog Lake -- the death of… nine settlers, the hanging of six Cree warriors, the imprisonment of Big Bear, and the opening of the Prairies to unfettered settlement. In ways possible only with such an honest act of imagination, and with language at once terse and capacious, she reckons with how these pasts repeat and reconstitute themselves in the present. Poems from this book won the 2013 Thomas Morton Poetry Prize. 2016. Uniform title: Poems.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
In this time of ecological precarity, "Rag Cosmology" is an urgent invitation to reinvent our modes of engagement with the… environment we not only inhabit, but are. Refusing the lamentation that leaves us as resigned witnesses to devastation, "Rag Cosmology" counters fatalist narratives with the pleasures of ecological entanglement and engagement. Tracing relationships between seemingly irreconcilable things--economy and ecology, weather and lust, bills and inner voices, wages of avoidance and wages of listening--these poems offer the intimate and lush language of thought that yearn for an imaginative reinvention of how we understand what we are part of and what we are losing. Winner of the 2017 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.
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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Music biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Takes us deep inside Gordon Lightfoot’s world, from his idyllic childhood in Orillia, the wild sixties, and his canoe trips… into Canada’s North to his heady times atop the music world. Jennings explores the toll that success took on his personal life - including his troubled relationships, his battle with alcohol and his near-death experiences - and the extraordinary drive and tenacity that pulled him through it all. Rich in voices from fellow musicians, close friends, Lightfoot’s family and the singer’s own reminiscences, the biography tells the stories behind some of his best-known love songs, including “Beautiful” and “Song for a Winter’s Night,” as well as the infidelity and divorce that resulted in classics like “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” Bestseller. 2017.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
What our lives permit us to perceive as givens, Nguyen reveals as mere conditions, inextricably tied to and guided by… greater forces - from the economy to the environment, from the Mayan predictions to the menstrual cycle, from the weight of history to the burden of the future. The poems contain a sense of dis-ease, rupture, things frayed, and grief as love shimmers the edges. As grounded in the earth as in the stars, the poems are reminders of the possibilities of contemplation in every space and moment. 2016. Uniform title: Poems.
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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Politics and government biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
October 2018 marks twenty-five years since Jean Chrétien took the helm as Prime Minister. In this collection of short essays,… he has picked up his pen to reminisce about his long years in the public eye, and the many luminaries he met and worked with. Readers will learn why his commonsense judgment continues to influence our lives to this day, in ways both profound and subtle: from forging long-lasting relationships with foreign countries to making it easy to identify our national airline when we travel. He recalls a memorable trip with the royal family to the Northwest Territories in 1970, and how Ross Perot tried to influence his views on free trade in 1992. Of course, many familiar names figure into these stories, including George W. Bush, Boris Yeltsin, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Pierre Trudeau, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. There are reflections on the many different posts over Chrétien's career, including becoming Canada's first-ever francophone finance minister. He pays tribute to old friends and colleagues, where the values of honour and dedication to public service transcend political views. He reserves his greatest admiration for his wife of more than sixty years, Aline, whom he calls his Rock of Gibraltar. Bestseller. 2018. Uniform title: Mes histoires.
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Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
Wayside Sang concerns entwined migrations of Black-other diaspora coming to terms with fossil-fuel psyches in times of trauma and movement.… This is a poetic account of economy travel on North American roadways, across Peace and Ambassador bridges and through the Fleetway tunnel, above and beneath Great Lake rivers between nation states. Nicholson reimagines the trajectories of her birth father and his labour as it criss-crossed these borders in a study that engages the automobile object, its industry, roadways and hospitality, through and beyond the Great Lakes region. Winner of the 2018 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. 2018. Uniform title: Poems.
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Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Fantasy
Nineteenth-century England. After her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her… most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem. Winner of the 2018 Governor General’s Award for Young People's Literature. Grades 4-7. 2018.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short stories
A collection of linked short stories inspired by the paintings of Alex Colville. Each character appears in at least two… of the stories, in a greater or lesser role. The most common link is a ghost who directly or indirectly "haunts" the book throughout. There is more than a hint of the uncanny in some of the stories, and a strong whiff of the gothic. At its lightest, this book is dark, reflecting the edgy, distrubing quality found in much of Alex Colville's work. The common theme is the vulnerability of the elder heart. Many of the characters are aged sixty and up. Inwardly, however, they are ageless--yearning for each other sexually and emotionally, falling in and out of love, forming new ties or rediscovering old ones. Not all characters are human - a dog, a horse, and an octopus play small but pivotal roles. Death is a constant, taking both peaceful and violent forms. Its presence renders the characters' lives and relationships all the more poignant for being ephemeral. 2018.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
When a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose… death was ruled "misadventure," he is reluctant to get involved. Then the producer dies in the exact same manner, and Thumps finds himself solving two cases. 2019.
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General fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Set in Toronto, this short novel is a portrait of two pivotal times in the life of Miriam Moscowitz. The… first section describes her experiences as a bright young university student in the 1950s and recounts the discrimination she faced as a woman; the second section revisits Miriam's life half a century later, exploring the changes in her community and within herself. 2019.
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Politics and government, Canadian politics and government, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
The history of the Press Gallery is rich in anecdotes and insights about the people on Parliament Hill who have… covered our leaders for more than 150 years. Mining the archives and his own interviews, former Maclean's editor-in-chief Robert Lewis turns the spotlight on the watchers, including reporters who got too close to Sir John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier, and others who kept their distance from Pierre Trudeau and Stephen Harper. The Riel Rebellion, the Pacific scandal, two world wars, the Depression, Quebec separatism, and terrorism are all part of the sweeping background to this lively account of how the news gets made, manipulated, and, sometimes, mangled. Since Watergate, Press Gallery coverage has become more confrontational - a fact, Lewis argues, that fails Canadian democracy. 2018.
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Gay and lesbian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
For as long as she can remember, Maisie has spent her summers on Kingfisher Island. She and her beloved cousin… Una run wild, and Maisie feels the warm embrace of her big, extended family. This summer Maisie needs that escape more than ever. But now everything on Kingfisher has changed: Una has returned from her mainland school a sophisticated young woman too mature for childish games, and even worse, she has an all-consuming infatuation with David Meyer, both an old friend and an older man. Soon Maisie finds herself playing second fiddle-jealous of Una and David's closeness, and unsure of what those feelings mean. When Maisie's greatest attempt to maintain the special magic of her friendship with Una goes up in smoke, it seems as though all is lost. But with an enormous revelation, and a heartrending intervention, Maisie may finally discover the strength she needs to find the same peace that the island has brought her within herself. Grades 5-8. 2019.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Il n'est pas toujours avisé de se mêler des affaires des gens puissants. Pour avoir galamment raccompagné Patricia Fortin Rousseau… dans son manoir de Cap-Rouge après une beuverie, l'ex-prisonnier Daniel Hurteloup se voit offrir un boulot de gardien de nuit chez TV6, qu'elle dirige. Comme réhabilitation, il ne pouvait rêver mieux. Mais peu après ce coup de chance, le malheur frappe : Patricia est retrouvée pendue dans le studio B. Pour la police comme pour la famille de la victime, de riches industriels à la tête de Fortin Médiacom, Daniel fait un suspect tout désigné. Déterminée à disculper son frère, Sophie Hurteloup mène l'enquête, qui semble vouloir se transformer en leçon d'histoire : le meurtre de Patricia serait-il le contre-coup d'un conflit de travail ayant secoué l'empire Fortin quarante ans auparavant ? « Prolétaires de tous les pays, qui tricote vos chaussettes ? » La question lancée autrefois par les grévistes de l'usine de bas Forty attend toujours sa réponse. 2017.
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Multi-cultural fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
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Health and medicine, Psychology, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Nul n'est à l'abri de la dépression. Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé, en 2020 la dépression majeure sera la… deuxième cause d'invalidité chez l'être humain, après les maladies cardio vasculaires, un bond phénoménal depuis les dernières années. Devant ce constat inquiétant, on ne peut que s'interroger sur les origines d'un tel fléau que certains appellent le cancer de l'âme. Cette maladie, qui n'est malheureusement pas toujours reconnue comme telle, est certes le fruit de causes multiples, mais également celui d'une société où la quête de sens est peu valorisée et où l'avoir prédomine sur l'être. Au-delà du témoignage vibrant que nous livre l'auteure sur l'effondrement intérieur qu'elle a subi à deux reprises à cause de la dépression, ce livre offre aussi des outils précieux aux personnes qui sont en train de reconstruire leur estime de soi et leurs relations avec les autres après avoir vécu une expérience de même type. Cet ouvrage lumineux sera aussi utile aux aidants naturels et aux intervenants du milieu de la santé. Un message d'espoir pour tous ceux qui cherchent la lumière au bout du tunnel. - Une analyse minutieuse des mécanismes qui conduisent à la dépression du point de vue du malade. - Des conseils pratiques pour détecter les symptômes et redévelopper l'estime de soi. 2015.
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Short stories, Canadian authors (Fiction), Award winning fiction
Ce n'est pas comme ça que ça aurait dû se passer. D'habitude, les choses sont différentes. Mais voilà, il y… a les bouchons de circulation, la pression familiale, la curiosité ou la guerre, et soudain les événements prennent un tournant inattendu. Et cette chaleur qui pèse et exacerbe toutes les tensions...En dix-huit nouvelles, Aurélie Resch explore les désordres possibles lorsque le soleil, la fièvre ou le feu font sentir leurs effets et obligent les personnages à composer avec des circonstances extrêmes. Gagnant de Prix Trillium 2018. 2017.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
Un serial killer sévit à New York, pourchassant et assassinant ceux dont, à ses yeux, les crimes sont restés impunis.… Quand le détective Zach Jordan et sa partenaire Kylie McDonald du NYPD Red entrent en scène, une découverte macabre est faite : le cadavre d'une femme influente tournant sur le manège de Central Park. 2015.
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Native peoples fiction, Native peoples of Canada fiction, Award winning fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Lorsque qu'une jeune Métisse est victime d'une violente agression, les contrecoups se font sentir dans toute la communauté du quartier… North End de Winnipeg. Policiers chargés de l'enquête, famille, amis et connaissances voient leurs certitudes ébranlées à mesure que se précise le fil des évènements. Entre les femmes qui se relaient au chevet de l'adolescente et celles qui errent dans l'ombre, au dehors, des liens puissants se dessinent, esquissant le portrait d'une identité morcelée. Les voix de chacune prennent de l'ampleur, jusqu'à ce que la ligne brisée de leurs destins en vienne à former un arbre généalogique aux racines profondément ancrées dans le territoire manitobain. 2017.
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Literature, Essays, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Prenant le parti de la liberté, de la science, de la nature, de la langue française, Jean Paré observe, dans… cet ouvrage foisonnant, le retour inquiétant des religions, les limites de l'image et du numérique, les espoirs et les misères de l'école, la nostalgie, bien sûr, et sa fille, la poésie. 2017.