Non-Fiction

Black Teeth & Other North End Souvenirs

Black Teeth & Other North End Souvenirs

Ryszard Dubanski

The son of WW II survivors, Ryszard Dubanski was born in a displaced persons' camp in the Sherwood Forest and moved to Winnipeg's North End when he was two. This is a poignant, personal collection... >>

Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School

Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School

Denise Roig

Butter Cream is the chronicle of an intense year of learning and tasting, dramas at the stove and in the locker room. It's about fights, friendship and competition, fallen cakes and rising doughs.... >>

Continental Drifter

Continental Drifter

Dave Cameron

Fleeing the increasing pressure to settle down, a restless young man heeds the call of the road and sets out on a meandering four-month bus trip from Dawson City, Yukon, to Key West, Florida.... >>

From Fire to Flood: A History of Theatre in Manitoba

From Fire to Flood: A History of Theatre in Manitoba

Kevin Longfield

An examination of Manitoba theatre from its beginnings, placing prairie theatre in its social and historical context. >>

Gaston Petit - The Kimono and the Cross

Gaston Petit - The Kimono and the Cross

Linda Ghan

Gaston Petit—world traveller, renowned artist, perpetual seeker. In this fascinating portrait we come to know a man whose grand curiosity brings joy and beauty into the world. >>

Homo Erectus…& Others Popular Tales of True Romance

Homo Erectus…& Others Popular Tales of True Romance

Joel Yanofsky

A confessed Transitional Man, Yanofsky conducts a hilarious examination of dating habits in the wild, Intimacy 101, the challenges of being short and balding, and getting dumped gracefully, to name... >>

Marrying Hungary

Marrying Hungary

Linda Leith

When the 18-year-old daughter of Irish Communists meets a debonair young refugee from Hungary, she knows little about his country. But what she does know is so appealing that she never really stands... >>

Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss

Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss

Charlene Diehl

Out of Grief, Singing is an achingly beautiful account of how a woman comes to terms with the loss of her newborn. >>

Scatter the Mud: A Traveller’s Medley

Scatter the Mud: A Traveller’s Medley

Nancy Lyon

Both an accomplished musician and travel writer with credits in The New York Times, GEO, Ms., Montreal Gazette, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald, to name a few, Lyon recounts her unique experiences... >>

Tango on the Main

Tango on the Main

Joe Fiorito

In this award-winning collection, Joe Fiorito reveals the true heart and soul of a large city, the real people who live and work there, toiling in obscurity, never front-page news. In these... >>