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The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel
Deborah Ellis's bestselling novel The Breadwinner, now available as a stunningly illustrated graphic novel.
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Comparisons to Sally Rooney and Eileen Myles have been made, but there’s something in Crocker’s forthright descriptions of physical bodies and their functions that feels closer to the work of Ottessa Moshfegh . . . It is Crocker’s straightforward honesty and forthrightness that is most refreshing.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“There are novels that feel alive. There is no other way to describe it, because words like ‘fresh’ or ‘current’ are not enough. These novels are more than just a compelling plot or strong writing. They do more than tap into current events or debates. These novels offer access to something made animate on the page, and speak from a perspective that feels somehow deeply familiar and entirely unknown; Eva Crocker’s All I Ask is one such novel . . . 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All I Ask by the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Eva Crocker is a defining novel of a generation.
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Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Share\u003c\/em\u003e. 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He was also the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eAfterlands\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in six countries, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor’s Choice, and was a “best of year” selection from ten publications in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The novel was optioned for film by Pall Grimsson. His other poetry collections include \u003cem\u003eThe Ecstasy of Skeptics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Address Book\u003c\/em\u003e. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in \u003cem\u003eBest English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/em\u003e; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Share\u003c\/em\u003e. To listen, visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\"\u003ewww.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heighton, Steven (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Raymond Souster Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Steven Heighton's poetry collection is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernor General’s Literary Award finalist and bestselling author Steven Heighton returns with a collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us. The poet challenges the boundaries of sleep and even death in these meditations on what lies just beneath the surface of contemporary life. These are poems that trouble over the idea of failure even as they continually recommit to the present moment. 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The Waking Comes Late special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Steven Heighton's poetry collection The Waking Comes Late is limited to 50 copies.
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{"id":6814263443515,"title":"Heart Residence","handle":"heart-residence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark collection from one of Canada’s literary icons, and the founder of House of Anansi Press, \u003ci\u003eHeart Residence\u003c\/i\u003e collects for the first time work from all corners of Dennis Lee’s extraordinary career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an exhilarating revelation. No other poet in Canada has the depth and range of Dennis Lee — jazzman, jester, and metaphysician, hardball political thinker and passionate lover, he has been publishing poems for fifty years. His first book, \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1967, was the founding publication of House of Anansi Press. Since then Lee has produced work across the poetic spectrum, from nursery rhymes and skipping songs to uncompromising moral introspection to full-tilt love songs, plangent psalms, and ecstatic, solitary prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are poets’ poets and people’s poets. And then there are those few who are neither and both: the few who become, over time, part of the warp and weft of their culture. \u003ci\u003eHeart Residence\u003c\/i\u003e collects, for the first time, work from all corners of this extraordinary career. In its verve and variety, this is a one-of-a-kind collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-12-15T08:49:51-05:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T13:27:54-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Lee Dennis","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2017-04-08"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"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":40206695530555,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001490","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Heart Residence - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2995,"weight":720,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487001490","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b3cc354a-fcc9-4429-8c0f-7de8232b665d.jpg?v=1678601480"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b3cc354a-fcc9-4429-8c0f-7de8232b665d.jpg?v=1678601480","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324561539131,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":2625,"width":1725,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b3cc354a-fcc9-4429-8c0f-7de8232b665d.jpg?v=1678601480"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":2625,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b3cc354a-fcc9-4429-8c0f-7de8232b665d.jpg?v=1678601480","width":1725}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark collection from one of Canada’s literary icons, and the founder of House of Anansi Press, \u003ci\u003eHeart Residence\u003c\/i\u003e collects for the first time work from all corners of Dennis Lee’s extraordinary career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an exhilarating revelation. No other poet in Canada has the depth and range of Dennis Lee — jazzman, jester, and metaphysician, hardball political thinker and passionate lover, he has been publishing poems for fifty years. His first book, \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1967, was the founding publication of House of Anansi Press. Since then Lee has produced work across the poetic spectrum, from nursery rhymes and skipping songs to uncompromising moral introspection to full-tilt love songs, plangent psalms, and ecstatic, solitary prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are poets’ poets and people’s poets. And then there are those few who are neither and both: the few who become, over time, part of the warp and weft of their culture. \u003ci\u003eHeart Residence\u003c\/i\u003e collects, for the first time, work from all corners of this extraordinary career. In its verve and variety, this is a one-of-a-kind collection.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Heart Residence
A landmark collection from one of Canada’s literary icons, and the co-founder of House of Anansi Press.
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{"id":6813801447483,"title":"The Whirlpool","handle":"the-whirlpool","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Laurel Croza comes a mesmerizing collection of short stories about the whirlpool of adolescence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharity takes small steps to escape her controlling father. Jasmine endures the rumors about her at school, even though no one really knows what happened last summer. The Oh! So Perfect Hair Dolly wishes for just the right child to take her home from the store. Nicola has a run-in with a classmate on her first day at a new school in the big city — or is the classmate a wolf in disguise? A squirrel ruminates on the nature of life and death. Dani fights for her dream, in spite of her father’s insistence that her older brother should be the one to play hockey. 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ages 14
to 10
/ grades 9
to 5
The Whirlpool
From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Laurel Croza comes a mesmerizing collection of short stories about the whirlpool of adolescence.
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A collection of poems inspired by young children that address common themes such as having a hard day at school, feeling shy or being a newcomer.
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When I Listen to Silence
When a child is asked to “Please, be quiet!” they sit silent … and their imagination sweeps them away on a breathtaking journey.
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The Outlaw
A small town lives in terror of the Outlaw, but one day, he disappears – and a mysterious stranger rides into town …
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Gargantua (Jr!)
Before Gargantua Junior was born, Mom had a reputation for being a little wild. Now Junior wants to help her repair damage and protect the Earth!
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The Diamond Queen of Singapore
Ava Lee investigates a fraudulent investment scheme that sends her on the trail of illegal diamonds, drugs, and offshore banking.
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And things don’t get any better when the monsters themselves try to help out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of puns and visual jokes, Super Duper Monster Viewer pokes gentle fun at our obsession with technology and the next cool thing. And while the two monsters we meet in this book might be terrible at tech support, they make pretty fun companions just the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten and illustrated by the irrepressibly funny and highly acclaimed children’s author Kevin Sylvester, \u003cem\u003eSuper-Duper Monster Viewer\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to bring laughter — and maybe a little mayhem — into your day.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554989263","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"23","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"For today's generation of digital learners, this picturebook comes as a much welcomed surprise as it unites traditional picturebook format with familiar concepts of modern technology . . . monsterifically magnificent - a must have for any home or school collection.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"Kevin Sylvester's digitally created illustrations are packed with laugh-out-loud details . . . pure interactive fun.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"Seemingly interactive, Super-Duper Monster Viewer will have children feeling like they are the ones in control of the device when it's all courtesy of Kevin Sylvester's wacky imagination and quirky illustrations.","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“For today's generation of digital learners, this picturebook comes as a much welcomed surprise as it unites traditional picturebook format with familiar concepts of modern technology . . . monsterifically magnificent - a must have for any home or school collection.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCM: Canadian Review of Materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Christina Quintiliani","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_1":"Kevin Sylvester's digitally created illustrations are packed with laugh-out-loud details . . . pure interactive fun.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"National Reading Campaign","OtherText_Review_2":"Seemingly interactive, Super-Duper Monster Viewer will have children feeling like they are the ones in control of the device when it's all courtesy of Kevin Sylvester's wacky imagination and quirky illustrations.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"CanLit for LittleCanadians","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"When a child tries to use a monster viewer that is cleverly disguised as an ordinary book, monster mayhem ensues.","ProductFormDescription":"EPUB, fixed","PublicationDate":"2016-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"When a child tries to use a monster viewer that is cleverly disguised as an ordinary book, monster mayhem ensues."}
ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Super-Duper Monster Viewer
When a child tries to use a monster viewer that is cleverly disguised as an ordinary book, monster mayhem ensues.
