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{"id":6816108118075,"title":"On Writing","handle":"on-writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/em\u003e features missives from A. L. Kennedy's hugely popular \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e blog. Readers and aspiring writers will have almost everything they need to know about the complexities of researching, writing, and publishing fiction from one of the funniest and most alert of our contemporary authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter six novels, five story collections and two books of non-fiction, and countless international prizes, A.L. Kennedy certainly has the authority to talk about the craft of writing books – it’s just a wonder she’s found the time. \u003cem\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/em\u003e features writing from the authorial front line – urgent and vivid, full of the excitement, fury and frustration of trying to make thousands of words into a publishable book. 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On Writing
Readers will have in this book almost everything they need to know about the complexities of researching, writing, and publishing fiction.
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Clarkson places particular emphasis on the Canadian model, which promotes immigration, parliamentary democracy, and the rule of law, and the First Nations circle, which embodies notions of expansion and equality. 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She concludes by looking forward, using the Bhutanese example of Gross National Happiness to determine how we measure up today and how far we have to go to bring into being the citizen, and the society, of tomorrow."}
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Belonging
Former Governor General and bestselling author Adrienne Clarkson delivers the 2014 CBC Massey Lectures on citizenship.
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{"id":6816107626555,"title":"Congotronic","handle":"congotronic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second collection from Canadian poet and filmmaker Shane Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once original, strange, funny, and unnerving, Shane Book’s \u003cem\u003eCongotronic\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader into unstable territory, where multiple layers of voice, diction, and music collide. Some of these poems have the sparse directness of a kind of bleak prayer; others mingle the earthbound rhythms of hip-hop with the will-to-transcendence of high Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarnessing techniques of the cinematic and audio arts, Book’s poems splice, sample, collage, and jump-cut language from an array of sources, including slave narratives, Western philosophy, hip hop lyrics, and the diaries of plantation owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book’s anchoring series contains an apocryphal narrative grounded in the journey of the Middle Passage and an older mythic history from the West African epic of Sundiata. Here is a world poet of the Sonic Global South sheathed in a Northern Hemispheric glow suit, high “on Coltrane, on Zeus” but also on the old and new schools of Descartes, M.I.A., Cecil Taylor, Gilbert Ryle, Freud, and Jay-Z, among others — or as one poem puts it, the \"aural truths.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-12-15T08:49:49-05:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:43:55-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult Poetry","Anansi International","By (author) Book Shane","pub date: 2014-09-27"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40213526446139,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770898745","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Congotronic - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770898745","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_21b48e85-43ac-4bc4-b293-0788af3a7e22.jpg?v=1678595733"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_21b48e85-43ac-4bc4-b293-0788af3a7e22.jpg?v=1678595733","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324469035067,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":600,"width":375,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_21b48e85-43ac-4bc4-b293-0788af3a7e22.jpg?v=1678595733"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_21b48e85-43ac-4bc4-b293-0788af3a7e22.jpg?v=1678595733","width":375}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe second collection from Canadian poet and filmmaker Shane Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once original, strange, funny, and unnerving, Shane Book’s \u003cem\u003eCongotronic\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader into unstable territory, where multiple layers of voice, diction, and music collide. Some of these poems have the sparse directness of a kind of bleak prayer; others mingle the earthbound rhythms of hip-hop with the will-to-transcendence of high Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarnessing techniques of the cinematic and audio arts, Book’s poems splice, sample, collage, and jump-cut language from an array of sources, including slave narratives, Western philosophy, hip hop lyrics, and the diaries of plantation owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book’s anchoring series contains an apocryphal narrative grounded in the journey of the Middle Passage and an older mythic history from the West African epic of Sundiata. Here is a world poet of the Sonic Global South sheathed in a Northern Hemispheric glow suit, high “on Coltrane, on Zeus” but also on the old and new schools of Descartes, M.I.A., Cecil Taylor, Gilbert Ryle, Freud, and Jay-Z, among others — or as one poem puts it, the \"aural truths.\"\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Congotronic
The second collection from Canadian poet and filmmaker Shane Book.
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{"id":6816106774587,"title":"Sam!","handle":"sam","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarie-Louise Gay’s beloved books about Stella’s little brother, Sam, are all here in this vibrant and humorous collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren all around the world have read about Stella and Sam, and their gently funny, nurturing relationship. Stella has a creative and whimsical answer for all of Sam’s many questions, and their explorations of the world are sweet, silly and often poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together all three books about Stella’s little brother — \u003cem\u003eGood Morning, Sam\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGood Night, Sam\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat Are You Doing, Sam?\u003c\/em\u003e — for the first time. 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Marie-Louise Gay's beloved books about Stella's little brother, Sam, are all here in this vibrant and humorous collection.
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Subway Stations of the Cross
A journey of an ancient faith in today’s restless world based on the solo show by critically acclaimed playwright and actor Ins Choi.
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to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
The Traveling Circus
Husband-and-wife team Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel create a sequel to their popular series about a quirky, curious family and their world travels.
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Parvana's Journey
This gripping novel and sequel to the international bestseller The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana's quest to find her family in Afghanistan.
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Specimen
A bold debut collection of short stories that explore the intersection of science and the human heart.
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Guacamole is the third title of Jorge Argueta's popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrating the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food.
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The Exclusives
The Exclusives is a thriller that examines a schoolgirl friendship gone awry at an elite private school.
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Death Goes Better With Coca-Cola
Originally published in 1967, Death Goes Better with Coca-Cola features stories about hunting — in Florida, in Africa, and in northern Ontario.
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{"id":6815263883323,"title":"Into the Sun","handle":"into-the-sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this monumental novel, Deni Ellis Béchard explores the personal impact of America’s imperial misadventures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKabul — 10 years after 9\/11: When a car bomb explodes in a crowded part of the city, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the vehicle’s passengers were acquaintances — three fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle. Alexandra was a Canadian human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan women. Justin was a born-again Christian from Louisiana who taught at a local school. Clay was an ex-soldier who worked as a private contractor. The car’s driver, Idris, one of Justin’s most promising pupils, is missing. Convinced the events that led to the fatal explosion weren’t random, the journalist is determined to uncover why these three people were targeted, and who is responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn vivid and evocative prose, Deni Ellis Béchard brings to life the city of Kabul, along with the people who live there: the hungry, determined, and resourceful locals who are just as willing as their occupiers to reinvent themselves to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T12:06:43-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T09:45:46-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Book Club Pick","By (author) Béchard Deni","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2016-09-24","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209189306427,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001391","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Into the Sun - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":480,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487001391","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209191796795,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001407","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Into the Sun - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001407","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209193828411,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001414","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Into the Sun - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001414","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4b79e8b-2fbc-4113-96fa-45f15eda1dbe.jpg?v=1705815863"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4b79e8b-2fbc-4113-96fa-45f15eda1dbe.jpg?v=1705815863","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24119029891131,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":2408,"width":1581,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4b79e8b-2fbc-4113-96fa-45f15eda1dbe.jpg?v=1705815863"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":2408,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4b79e8b-2fbc-4113-96fa-45f15eda1dbe.jpg?v=1705815863","width":1581}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this monumental novel, Deni Ellis Béchard explores the personal impact of America’s imperial misadventures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKabul — 10 years after 9\/11: When a car bomb explodes in a crowded part of the city, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the vehicle’s passengers were acquaintances — three fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle. Alexandra was a Canadian human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan women. Justin was a born-again Christian from Louisiana who taught at a local school. Clay was an ex-soldier who worked as a private contractor. The car’s driver, Idris, one of Justin’s most promising pupils, is missing. Convinced the events that led to the fatal explosion weren’t random, the journalist is determined to uncover why these three people were targeted, and who is responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn vivid and evocative prose, Deni Ellis Béchard brings to life the city of Kabul, along with the people who live there: the hungry, determined, and resourceful locals who are just as willing as their occupiers to reinvent themselves to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Into the Sun
When a car bomb explodes, a journalist is shocked to discover that the vehicle’s passengers three fellow ex-pats in an unlikely love triangle.
