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The Immortal Woman
A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider’s view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.
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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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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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Safekeeping
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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Ambitious and talented with a work ethic to match, Freeland has had an impressive run since she entered politics in 2013: spearheading major trade negotiations, expertly navigating relations with an erratic US president, speaking out about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, and standing up to Vladimir Putin’s aggressions in Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith her impeccable research, seasoned perspective, and accessible style, Tsalikis brings Freeland’s story to life. The defining moments and experiences that shaped Freeland’s particular worldview illuminate the answers to larger social questions: how to live a good, useful life; how to hold fast to guiding principles; how to break through glass ceilings. 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I was mesmerized.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eDeon Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fresh, searing, gritty, richly vivid, and fearless, \u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows \u003c\/em\u003eis not afraid to speak its truth. \u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows \u003c\/em\u003ewill take you deep into a world ruled by desire, greed, lust, and the raw destruction of all that is vulnerable, precious, and innocent. But there is love, hope, joy, and rebirth. As a character in the book says, ‘And you say there's nothing beautiful here.’ There most certainly is.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eLisa de Nikolits, author of \u003cem\u003eEverything You Dream is Real\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRotten Peaches\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Witchdoctor’s Bones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Olivia M. 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Even in its darkest moments, it brims with life.\" —\u003cstrong \u003eKathy Friedman, author of \u003cem\u003eAll the Shining People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e was originally written in a dialect of Afrikaans called Afrikaaps, or Kaaps. It was a language created in settler-colonial South Africa during encounters between Indigenous African, South-East Asian, Dutch, Portuguese, and English people. Today, Kaaps is most commonly used by working-class speakers and people of colour in the Western Cape of South Africa, specifically on the Cape Flats, an area in Cape Town where many disenfranchised people were forcibly moved by the apartheid government.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKaaps is a language synonymous with Cape Town and is considered one of the most stigmatized variations of Afrikaans. It was a marker of a person’s origins, used by the apartheid Race Classification Board. Until recently, it was a spoken language only. The first-ever dictionary was launched in 2021. \u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e will be the first novel translated from Kaaps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOlivia M. Coetzee (N. American pronounciation: KOOT-SEE) is active in the movement to “legitimize” the Kaaps language and identity, even according it status as a language distinct from Afrikaans, rather than a mere dialect. She guest edited a Kaaps-focused edition of the digital magazine \u003cem\u003eWord without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e and has translated the Bible and fairy tales into Kaaps. She also translated \u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e from Kaaps into English.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Coetzee’s tale is anything but formulaic … What sets it apart from most other whodunits is that after introducing us to a corpse and a cop, Coetzee keeps Detective Ley nearly entirely off screen … Instead, she opts to follow a broad cast of characters over nearly a fortnight, letting the solution to the mystery unspool through their day-to-day lives.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“An often painful but nonetheless compelling and eye-opening read. “ — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“There can be no doubt that Olivia Coetzee’s \u003cem\u003eInnie Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is an impressive debut novel.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Miramichi Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice—but where love and justice prevail.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2024","PrizeName_1":"Literary Review of Canada Best Book Cover","PrizeYear_0":"2024","PrizeYear_1":"2024","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2024-10-15","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice—but where love and justice prevail.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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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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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What I Mean to Say
The 2024 Massey Lectures will be delivered by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Ian Williams.
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In Too Deep
The unlikely story of a bunch of small-town Canadian punks who conquered the global music industry
