Non-Fiction

This Is My Real Name

This Is My Real Name

Cid V Brunet's memoir is a smooth read studded with golden nuggets of deft description and clever turns of phrase.

By Elise Moser

Waswanipi

Waswanipi

Jean-Yves Soucy's memoir Waswanipi is a short but very readable and important piece of historic literature.

By Daniel J. Rowe

Made-Up

Made-Up

Daphné B. captures the clash between beauty culture and progressive values in her third book, Made-Up.

By Yara El-Soueidi

Montreal and the Bomb

Montreal and the Bomb

Gilles Sabourin’s Montreal and the Bomb recalls the time when Montreal was the stage of important nuclear research.

By Clarence Hatton-Proulx

Rebel Musics, Volume 2

Rebel Musics, Volume 2

In this collection, seven essayists write on a diverse array of intersections between music and politics.

By Malcolm Fraser

Recognition and Revelation

Recognition and Revelation

This collection of Margaret Laurence's non-fiction is valuable for researchers as well as more casual readers.

By Danielle Barkley

Concrete

Concrete

Mary Soderstrom's Concrete features a lively mix of field visits, interdisciplinary research, and personal anecdotes, interwoven with historical research and technical data.

By Morgan Charles

Neglected No More

Neglected No More

Neglected No More, André Picard’s mix of exposé and impassioned plea, is summed up in the book’s subtitle, The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic.

By Malcolm Fraser

We Still Here

We Still Here

Indigenous voices, immigrant stories, linguistic diversity, gender, and generational divides are at the forefront of this exploration of hip hop’s evolution as a medium both of expression and entertainment in Canada since the mid-1980s

By Darcy MacDonald