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I Make My Own Fun

I Make My Own Fun

An unhinged romp through fame, obsession, and fandom

On a yellow background is the red stencil of a cityscape. In front of the cityscape is the close-up of a woman’s head and neck. She has light skin tone and black hair. Her face is empty and the title is placed across it. Text: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. Choo Nam-Joo. The Million Copy International Bestseller. “I loved this novel… So important and so powerful.” Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.

Cover: Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe. Two black outlines of papyrus swamp plants appear in front of a green background.

Everything Is Fine Here

A beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people.

Cover: The Hand of Iman by Ryad Assani-Razaki. The title appears in large white text against an orange-yellow gradient background that evokes a sunset. Two silhouetted hands appear, one at the top reaching down, the other at the bottom reaching up. The author's name appears at the bottom in yellow text.

The Hand of Iman

In this award-winning debut novel, dreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.

Cover: The Librarianist, a novel by Patrick deWitt, bestselling author of French Exit. The cover has a cream background, and the text is in grey type. A grid of blue lines listing three columns — date due, borrower’s name, and notes — reminiscent of a library circulation card. There are date due stamps of various dates between 1956 and 1999.

The Librarianist

A new novel from bestselling author Patrick deWitt explores the life of an ordinary man whose world is turned upside down by a chance encounter.

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

Cover: The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland, international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. An illustrated border of light pink and yellow flowers with thin green leaves, brown moths with blue markings, conical seashells, ribbons of water, seaweed, and light peach and pink sea anemone surrounds a background of dark blue night sky with stars. At the bottom of the border is a dark bird with a long curved neck, outstretched wings, and an orange beak.

The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

A haunting, magical novel about joy, grief, courage and transformation from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.

Cover: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, edited by Terese Mason Pierre. Features a stylized, colourful bee illustration on a dark background.

As the Earth Dreams

A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.

Cover: Her First Palestinian and Other Stories by Saeed Teebi. 'Intelligent, original and bursting with vitality' - Ayelet Tsabari, Author of The Art of Leaving. A soft yellow background with an small orange, unpeeled with the peel spiraling to its right.

Her First Palestinian

Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.

Cover: Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-joo Translated by Jamie Chang. From the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. Four portraits appear in four boxes. The faces have hair but no facial features. All the figures are wearing hot pink shirts of different kinds and have purple hair styles. The title appears in strong white capital letters in the centre of the four boxes.

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Searing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

The Best Kind of People

The Best Kind of People

From award-winning author Zoe Whittall comes The Best Kind of People, a stunning tour de force about the unravelling of an all-American family.

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

Megan Gail Coles’s debut novel exposes class, gender, and racial tensions over the course of one Valentine’s Day in the dead of a winter storm.

Who Will Bury You?

Who Will Bury You?

Intimate stories about Zimbabweans in moments of transition that force them to decide who they really are and choose the people they call their own.

This image is a series of scenes. The scene above is a yellow photograph of a strip mall and a stoplight. Signs read, ÒDonuts, Muffins, CakesÓ and ÒGrocery StoreÓ. Two sections, one red and one yellow, with black polka dots, show the title. The scene below is a black and green image of the Toronto skyline on a red background. Text: Frying Plantain. Zalika Reid-Benta. Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist. ÒAn unforgettable debut.Ó Ð Paul Beaty, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout.

Frying Plantain

Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates Black identity in a predominantly white society.

Cover: The Immortal Woman, A Novel by Su Chang. A graphic of a woman is shown in profile from the shoulders up, wearing a black mandarin collar jacket. The woman has a medium skin tone and her black hair is in a ponytail with blunt bangs with a pattern of green bamboo overlaid on top. In the background on the right side is a faint photographic image of a traditional Chinese temple overlooking water. The left side and bottom of the cover is being consumed by red and orange flames that encroach on the woman.

The Immortal Woman

A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider’s view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.

Broughtupsy

Broughtupsy

Broughtupsy gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.

Cover: Peacocks of Instagram: stories by Deepa Rajagopalan. Over a background with blocks of pink, green, and yellow, a black-and-white hand is extended holding a mirror. A dozen eyes fill the reflective space, also in black and white. On the top right corner, a blurb from Souvankham Thammavongsa reads,

Peacocks of Instagram

Engrossing, witty yet devastating stories about diasporic Indians that deftly question what it means to be safe, to survive, and to call a place home.

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Mysteries and Thrillers

From the cozy sleuth to the true crime fan, we've got something for everyone.

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New and Notable Nonfiction

Cover: John Candy: A Life in Comedy, by Paul Myers. Foreword by Dan Aykroyd. A black and white photograph of the comedian and actor John Candy, shown from the chest up, wearing a tuxedo, and looking directly into the camera, with just the hint of a smile. The main title and author’s name appear in large, pink block letters. The sub-title appears in a white, handwritten typeface. The foreword attribution appears in the same block letters as the title, but smaller and in white.

John Candy

The definitive biography of film legend John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars.

Cover: CBC Massey Lectures. Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World by Alex Neve. The entire cover is framed in a white box according to the CBC Massey Lectures series look. Within the frame is an abstract illustration of several faces created from a collage of multicoloured fragments. The author's name and the title are set in the lower half of the cover against this background.

Universal

The 2025 Massey Lectures delivered by human rights activist and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada Alex Neve.

Cover: In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World, by Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel. The cover has a red background with white and black text. It features a grainy black photograph of an unidentified guitarist jumping in the air in front of a microphone stand.

In Too Deep

The unlikely story of a bunch of small-town Canadian punks who conquered the global music industry

Cover: CBC Massey Lectures, The Age of Insecurity: On the Collapse of Our Economic, Emotional, and Ecological Well-being by Astra Taylor. A white arrow points downward, framed by red and black geometric shapes.

The Age of Insecurity

These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?

Cover: Soft as Bones, A Memoir by Chyana Marie Sage. A stark black-and-white image of a deer's skull on a grey background.

Soft as Bones

A poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing

Seven Fallen Feathers

Seven Fallen Feathers

The shocking true story of seven young Indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city over the span of seven years.

Cover: A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City by Edward Chisholm. The cover features three horizontal bands in red, white, and blue to match the French flag, along with a vintage black and white photograph of servers in white shirts, white aprons, and black pants chatting and moving through a narrow European street.

A Waiter in Paris

A brilliant portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light.

Cover: Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising by Brandi Morin. A painted portrait shows a woman with medium-dark skin tone and black hair beating a drum. She wears a cream-coloured dress and stands before a red circle.

Our Voice of Fire

A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.

One Foot on the Platform

One Foot on the Platform

The final word from one of popular music's greatest critics.

Cover: North of Nowhere, Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner by Marie Wilson. Marie Wilson stands in a flat, snowy field against a backdrop of snow-dusted hills with coniferous trees under a blue sky with a wisp of cloud. Marie Wilson smiles and looks to the side into the sun. She wears grey pants, a fur hat, and a parka with fringed sleeves and blue and orange beaded flowers. One hand is in her parka pocket, and the other hangs by her side wearing a mitten.

North of Nowhere

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.

Cover: The Golden Daughter: My Mother's Secret Past as a Ukrainian Slave Worker in Nazi Germany by Halina St. James. An illustration of three sunflowers in descending size from the left on a dark blue background: the biggest flower has orange petals, the middle one is yellow, and the smallest one is pink; they all have green stems with leaves.

The Golden Daughter

Secret wartime letters, a volatile love triangle, an unmarked grave—a revelatory mother-daughter memoir about discovery, love, and forgiveness.

Small glittering, gold shapes are against a light blue background. The shapes appear to drop from the top of the cover, where they fall into place to form mandala-like patterns at the bottom of the cover. Text: Breaking the Ocean. A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation. Annahid Dashtgard. “A profound and candid reflection on the realities of race today.” – Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow.

Breaking the Ocean

Diversity and inclusion specialist Dashtgard addresses the impacts of exile, immigration, and racism through an account of her life and work.

Shrewed

Shrewed

An intelligent and insightful collection of essays on women and feminism from bestselling author and Globe and Mail columnist Elizabeth Renzetti.

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The covers of The Riveter, Ridgerunner, A Daughter's Place, and Letters to Kafka on a red background.

Historical Fiction

Traverse history with these compelling novels.

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Covers of Chinatown Vancouver, The Lost Words, The Lost Spells, and Heydays at the June Motel on a gold background.

Guaranteed Gifts

Gorgeous gifts for your hard-to-buy-for loved one.

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Poetic Presents

Cover: procession by katherena vermette. The title and author's name all appear in white text, stylized in lower case. The backdrop is a close-up image of a beaded quilt, vibrant and detailed, with flowers, paisley, and more designs appearing. The edge of the quilt is beaded in red, and a yellow surface beneath the quilt appears at the bottom-left corner.

Procession

At once descendants and future ancestors, Procession explores the connections we have with ourselves, with friends, and within families and Nations.

Wellwater

Wellwater

The poems in Karen Solie’s sixth collection explore the intersection of cultural, economic, and personal ideas of value.

Scientific Marvel

Scientific Marvel

Marked by rhythmic drive, humour, and surprise, Undi’s poems consider what is left out from the history and ongoing realities of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

river woman

river woman

Award–winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette’s second collection, river woman, explores her relationship to nature.

Cover: Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor. Over a bright yellow background, the cover features an illustrated pair of hands making casting a shadow puppet in the shape of a dog.

Shadow Price

Shadow Price is a stunning debut that examines the idea of value in a world that burns under our capitalist lens. 

Cover: House of Anansi presents Xanax Cowboy, poems, written and directed by Hannah Green. The cover is yellow, monochrome. The title text is large and black, and the font appears as though stamped with ink.

Xanax Cowboy

This edgy, often darkly comedic long poem considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness via the romanticization of the Wild West.

Cover: Myth by Terese Mason Pierre. A seascape appears in silhouette, with a beachy area in the foreground that features a luminous bush and the edge of the water line. Behind this are rolling hills and a palm tree; in the background, large mountains. Three rings of muted colour populate the sky in red, yellow, and blue, with a cloud in the foreground.

Myth

The much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre.

Cover: The Seated Woman, poems by Clémence Dumas-Côté, translated by E.S. Taillon. Over a dark landscape, an illustrated red comet descends through the night sky, with flares in purple, pink, and yellow emitting from behind it. On the ground appears a silhouette of an angel, lit at the edges in red from the comet.

The Seated Woman

With flexibility and invisible acrobatics, The Seated Woman presents, as in the theatre, a competitive dialogue between a woman and her poems.

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YA Page Turners

Cover: Wavelength by Cale Plett. When fame and love are on the line, everyone’s hearts are in the mosh pit. Two people, facing away from us, stand on a stage in front of a large crowd looking into each other’s eyes. The person on the left has light skin tone and brown hair. They hold the microphone while they sing. The person on the right has light skin tone and dark brown hair with an undercut. They have a purple guitar slung over their shoulder.

Wavelength

Hannah Montana meets Heartstopper in this story of a nonbinary pop star on the run who collides with a regular teenager and her alt-rock band.

Cover: There Is No Map for This. By Tom Birdseye. From a bird's eye view, we see a landscape of pine forests, lakes and a road winding through the trees. The title letters are stretched out above the landscape, as if they are hanging above the ground, casting a shadow. A boy falls from the sky, arms outstretched, facing the ground. He has pale skin tone and blond hair. He wears a black hoodie with a skull design on the back, jeans and running shoes. A cell phone peeks out of his back pants pocket.

There Is No Map for This

Ren feels lucky to be living with his older brother, Levi, and Levi’s girlfriend, Ellie — until a tragic accident leaves Ren and Ellie on their own.

Cover: The Butterfly’s Sting by Abbie Harlow. A teen girl, visible from the waist up, holds her fists in front of her with a focused expression on her face. Her hair is in a braid and she’s wearing a sports bra and athletic pants. The image is depicted in black and red.

The Butterfly's Sting

For Bo and her siblings, the underground fight club may finally provide escape from life with an abusive uncle — but only if she can win.

Who We Are in Real Life. Victoria Koops. Two teens sit at a gaming table. The girl has medium skin tone, dark curly hair and glasses, and wears a red plaid shirt over a black top. She looks over at the boy, who smiles back. He has red hair, pale skin tone and freckles. He wears a blue shirt. Above them, two fantasy characters appear back to back. One is a witch with a pointed black hat, a plague mask and pink hair. The other is a tiefling rogue with gray skin, horns and long black hair.

Who We Are in Real Life

Fans of Rainbow Rowell and Casey McQuiston will fall for this story of tabletop gaming, romance and epic campaigns — both in game and IRL.

This One Summer

This One Summer

A unique story of friendship from the creators of the award-winning graphic novel Skim.

We see the back of a boy with light skin tone and blond hair. He wears a pink jacket with dark pink sketches and drawings along the bottom and sleeves. It takes up most of the cover. A girl with light skin tone and black hair stands in front of him with her hands around his neck and shoulders. One of her eyes is visible over his shoulder. Behind them are tropical plants and a power line. Text: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me. Mariko Tamaki. New York Times Bestselling Author. Rosemary Valero-O’Connell.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

From This One Summer co-creator Mariko Tamaki comes a hilarious and poignant story of teen heartbreak and friendship.

Wildful. Kengo Kurimoto. A young girl sits on a fallen log in the woods, with a black dog beside her. Branches and vines tangle together to form a canopy over their heads, and the silhouette of a deer is visible behind them. The girl has light skin tone, black hair in pigtails, and wears a striped shirt and black pants.

Wildful

Reminiscent of The Secret Garden, this breathtaking graphic novel explores how we can find magic in the wilderness – and in ourselves.

Cleaning Up by Leanne Lieberman. The title is scrawled on the backing of a broken mirror in a purple frame hung on a wall, against floral wallpaper. Shards of glass left in the mirror show a girl's reflection. She has light skin tone, long dark hair, blue eyes and wears a purple shirt.

Cleaning Up

Cleaning houses is just a way for Jess to earn money for college – until she finds a hidden diary in the trashed bedroom of a fancy country house.

Suck it in and Smile by Laurence Beaudoin-Masse. A black line drawing against a pink background shows a figure in a sitting position with crossed legs. Their legs are crossed at the calf. Where the navel would be, the figure stops, and black outlines of wildflowers and leaves sprout from the center in place of the torso.

Suck It in and Smile

A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.

Say Yes and Keep Smiling by Laurence Beaudoin-Masse. The sequel to Suck It In and Smile. There is a line drawing of a person's torso against the pale green background. Flowers and leaves grow from the person's neck in place of a head. They cover the flowers with their hands. A review quote at the bottom of the cover says:

Say Yes and Keep Smiling

In the sequel to Suck it In and Smile, Ellie is wrestling her life under control — but how long can she keep it together, and does she even want to?

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An image of the covers of King of the Dump, Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, Cats and Us, West Coast Wild ABC, and My Book of Frogs and Toads on a gold background.

Gifts for Young Readers

Old favourites and beautiful new releases for the season of giving.

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The covers of Eyes on the Ice, The Rehearsal Club, Maggie Lou Meets Her Match and The Sunshine Project on a red background.

Tween Reads

Books for middle grade readers.

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