Non-Fiction

Restless in Sleep Country

Restless in Sleep Country

In his book, Paul Huebener proposes a critical analysis of sleep as a human activity and as a symbol in Canadian culture.

By Karolina Roman

Cosmic Wonder

Cosmic Wonder

Hellner-Mestelman's debut is a travel guide for explorers with no known destination. Put another way, this is a book of questions.

By Meaghan Thurston

Before Canada

Before Canada

Eleven of the smartest minds define, demystify, and dismantle the imagined histories of the centuries preceding Canadian federation.

By Jack McClelland

Arsenic mon amour

Arsenic mon amour

Québécois writers Jean-Lou David and Gabrielle Izaguirré-Falardeau weave a tapestry of longing and rejection, nostalgia and despair.

By Emma Dollery

The Lost Supper

The Lost Supper

Grescoe shuttles the reader between the foodways of antiquity and the front lines of sustainable agriculture.

By Adam Hill

Buzz Kill

Buzz Kill

A deeply researched, thought-provoking account of the bureaucratic, social, and ethical mess of cannabis legalization.

By JB Staniforth

Furniture Music

Furniture Music

Montreal-based poet Gail Scott's experimental prose memoir archives the ordinary in the midst of upheaval.

By Aishwarya Singh

Paths of Pollen

Paths of Pollen

Stephen Humphrey's book attempts to untangle the messy, ancient, multispecies relationships at the heart of plant life.

By Sara Spike

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

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

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