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Secret wartime letters, a volatile love triangle, an unmarked grave—a revelatory mother-daughter memoir about discovery, love, and forgiveness.
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{"id":7329572585531,"title":"The Hand of Iman","handle":"the-hand-of-iman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Robert-Cliche First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist, Governor General's Award for French-language Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed African country devoured by rampant urbanization and haunted by the mirages of Western prosperity, where for a few CFA francs a child can be bought and sold for slavery, Toumani's earliest education is in the tolerance of suffering. 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The Hand of Iman
In this award-winning debut novel, dreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.
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{"id":7403451285563,"title":"Universal","handle":"universal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 2025 Massey Lectures delivered by human rights activist and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada Alex Neve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversality is the core promise of the human rights order born out of the devastation of World War II and the Holocaust: these rights extend to everyone, everywhere, at all times, without exception. But the cruel reality is that the word \u003cem\u003euniversal\u003c\/em\u003e also screams of our profound failure to keep the promise. Too often, human rights are applied selectively, withdrawn on the whims of political leaders, or ignored altogether, and the broken promise is palpable in humanity’s darkest moments, not only in violent conflict, but also in the economic, political, and social structures of our fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not universality’s finest hour. 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The 2025 Massey Lectures delivered by human rights activist and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada Alex Neve.
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Letters to Kafka
A sweeping, tragic romance and feminist adventure about translator and resistance fighter Milena Jesenská’s torrid love affair with Franz Kafka.
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Procession
At once descendants and future ancestors, Procession explores the connections we have with ourselves, with friends, and within families and Nations.
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John Candy
The definitive biography of film legend John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars.
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As the Earth Dreams
A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
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I Make My Own Fun
The sinister side of celebrity fandom is inverted in this razor-sharp debut following the descent of the world’s most beloved movie star into a dark and disastrous obsession—perfect for readers of You and My Sister, the Serial Killer.
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On Wholeness
A brilliant exploration of the body as a site of settler colonial impact, centring embodied wholeness as a pathway to our collective liberation.
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Planet Earth
International-award-winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline.
