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Torngat Mountains, A New Waiver
Noah Richler's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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To Sweep the Light
A new short story by award-winning author Pasha Malla.
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Three Days
A new short story from 2012 Scotiabank-Giller Prize finalist Russell Wangersky.
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Samuel's New Voyage
Rabindranth Maharaj's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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Queen Rat
Lynn Crosbie brought her unique voice to the forefront of Canadian poetry with this important collection of verse.
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Orphan Love
A beautiful, dark, and wholly original love story about two subterranean souls, searching for redemption.
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Northwords
A cross-platform project that takes urban Canadian writers to some of the world's most extreme environments, to join the conversation about the north.
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La Guerre, Yes Sir!
This first novel in Roch Carrier's La Guerre trilogy contains a wedding, a funeral, and a full company of Carrier's joyful, blaspheming characters.
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A House Divided
In this Anansi Digital work, James Laxer analyzes the descent of the United States into civil conflict.
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Homeland
Alissa York's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban Canadian writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.
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The Heaviest Dress
“[Silcoff is] like a latter-day Fran Lebowitz, or a less acidic David Rakoff." — Globe and Mail
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Far to Go
This epic novel takes you inside an affluent Jewish family in the lead-up to Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia.
