Short & Sweet Reads

Short & Sweet Reads

Absorbing short story collections and short books make the perfect stocking stuffers.

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Chrysalis

Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.

Disembark

Award–winning author Jen Currin presents remarkable and sometimes magical new stories of queer friendship and love, against the backdrop of city life.

Kukum

A Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean’s great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community.

Manikanetish

A young teacher’s return to her remote Innu community transforms the lives of her students through the redemptive power of art.

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Searing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

The Conscious Creative

An actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.

The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society

Indelible linked stories centred around Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestor’s voices.

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.