Non-Fiction

Essential Work, Disposable Workers

Essential Work, Disposable Workers

Mostafa Henaway’s book unspools around a brutal paradox: how can a person be at once essential and disposable? 

By Emily Raine

An Inner Grace

An Inner Grace

Elizabeth Abbott's book fictionalizes Dr. Maude Abbott’s life, revealing how she defied the bounds set for women at every turn.

By Jocelyn Parr

Girls Interrupted

Girls Interrupted

Lisa Whittington-Hill's book is an excellent read for anyone interested in modern-day feminism and pop culture's shortcomings regarding women.

By Yara El-Soueidi

Dark PR

Dark PR

Grant Ennis' book swings between carefully researched yet devastating facts and determined aspirations for a healthier collaborative future.

By Mayaluna Bierlich

Eyes on the Horizon

Eyes on the Horizon

Balarama Holness' memoir challenges Quebec society's cultural, linguistic, and racial dichotomy.

By Taylor C. Noakes

I Felt the End Before It Came

I Felt the End Before It Came

Daniel Allen Cox’s memoir is a captivating, richly layered text that dismantles any reductive ideas readers may hold.

By H Felix Chau Bradley

Out to Defend Ourselves

Out to Defend Ourselves

This memoir of Montreal’s first Haitian street gang has a bold thesis about racism and policing in Quebec society.

By Taylor C. Noakes

The Human Scale

The Human Scale

Michael Lista's collection highlights two types of tragedy: the kind found in the crimes he documents, and the risks to long-form journalism.

By Eve Thomas

Who Gets In

Who Gets In

Author Norman Ravvin dug into his family history to better understand how his late grandfather, a Jewish immigrant born in rural Poland, managed to relocate his family to Western Canada in the early 1930s.

By Jack McClelland

My Side of the River

My Side of the River

Richard Tardif describes his experience as a white journalist in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake.

By Taionrén:hote Dan David

The New Masculinity

The New Masculinity

To draw a map of new masculinity, Alex Manley asks two questions: What can’t men talk about? What don’t “real” men do?

By Meaghan Thurston