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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.
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Alternately serious and playful, Williams nimbly leaps between topics of discussion and, along the way, is discursive, digressive, and endlessly generous—like any great conversationalist.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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What I Mean To Say
The 2024 Massey Lectures will be delivered by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Ian Williams.
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Innie Shadows
A taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice—but where love and justice prevail.
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Dangerous Memory
A bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today.
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A unique guided journal designed to empower writers at every stage of their careers, with nurturing guidance for the successful launch of their books.
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We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
A haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of Cures for Hunger and Into the Sun.
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The intriguing, in-depth story of the most powerful woman in Canadian politics.
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The Riveter
For readers of The English Patient and All the Light We Cannot See comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.
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The Immortal Woman
By turns wry and lyrical, a generational story of identity and freedom that reveals a rarely seen insider’s view of China’s contemporary history.
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One Foot on the Platform
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She is the author of two poetry books, \u003cem\u003eL'alphabet du don\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eLa femme assise\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and the novel \u003cem\u003eGlu\u003c\/em\u003e (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Women Authors","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POETRY \/ Canadian","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POETRY \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE024000","BISACSubject_1":"POE011000","BISACSubject_2":"POE000000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLÉMENCE DUMAS-CÔTÉ\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Montreal in 1986. She studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada and holds a master's degree in creative writing. She is the author of two poetry books, \u003cem\u003eL'alphabet du don\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eLa femme assise\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and the novel \u003cem\u003eGlu\u003c\/em\u003e (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE. S. 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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.
