Novels

Bettina

Bettina

Thomas J. Childs

An unusual, charming and quirky look at the nature of love in the 20th century told by an aging French bus who takes matters into her own hands as she tries to ensure that modern lovers have a... >>

Body Trade

Body Trade

Margaret Macpherson

In a deeply personal narrative that explores power, sexual manipulation, cultural consumption and trust, Body Trade asks the ultimate question: To what terrifying places will we journey, and at what... >>

It Is Just That Your House Is So Far Away

It Is Just That Your House Is So Far Away

Steve Noyes

His father dead, approaching forty, Jeff Mott is drifting across China, because he wants to learn the language. The Chinese agree that his Mandarin is pretty good, but only want to speak English... >>

Last Days of Montreal

Last Days of Montreal

John Brooke

This novel captures that unique Montreal joie de vivre that survives despite bitter politics, economic downturns, language laws, record snowfalls, crumbling streets, and a baseball team on the verge... >>

Le soleil du lac qui se couche/The Setting Lake Sun (ebook)

Le soleil du lac qui se couche/The Setting Lake Sun (ebook)

J.R. Léveillé

Translated by S.E. Stewart

With an introduction by Marc Gontard

Angèle is a young Métis woman who dreams of becoming an architect. One evening in a Winnipeg art gallery at a show by a Native artist... >>

Released

Released

Margaret Macpherson

A book of rare emotional honesty, Released reveals the selfishness of the so-called righteous, the intense cruelty of human beings, and their divine capability for real love. >>

Solitaria

Solitaria

Genni Gunn

When Vito Santoro's body is inadvertently unearthed by a demolition crew in Fregene, Italy, his siblings are thrown into turmoil, having been told by their sister Piera that Vito had fled to... >>

Sosi

Sosi

Linda Ghan

The realities of war, genocide and global immigration and their impact on subsequent generations are revealed through the story of Sosi: a survivor, a traveller, a mother, an Armenian. >>

Still Lives

Still Lives

Pierre Nepvue

Translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth

From four-time Governor General Award winner Pierre Nepveu comes this novel about a man for whom time has stopped for twenty years, since the disappearance of his wife and daughter. When his... >>

The Checkout Girl

The Checkout Girl

Susan Zettell

In Varnum, Ontario, the smell of industry is the smell of money, and a lot of that money's heading south just like the young hockey sensation Bobby Orr. Checkout girl Kathy Rausch is fighting off... >>