by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
A Reluctant Mother Deirdre Simon DorePublisher: Ronsdale Press Book Description “Plot twists galore, along with symbols (deer, and oh yes, those ravens); and multiple perspectives abound. It takes nearly to the novel’s end to truly unravel the many up-and-down turns...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
Midway Kayla CzagaPublisher: House of Anansi Press Book Description Honest, elegiac, characteristically strange, and frequently funny, Midway is an exploration of grief in all its manifestations. “I feel like the crud / I accidentally touch sometimes, whatever it is...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
Black Sunflowers Cynthia LeBrunPublisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Book Description I will die, I will die. And nobody will know my grave. And nobody will come and remember, Only the nightingale will sing. Inspired by a real-life story, Black Sunflowers illuminates...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
wet Leanne DunicPublisher: Talonbooks Book Description In Wet, a transient Chinese American model working in Singapore thirsts for the unattainable: fair labour rights, the extinguishing of nearby forest fires, breathable air, healthy habitats for animals, human...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
Teeth Dallas HuntPublisher: Nightwood Editions Book Description This is a book about grief, death and longing. It’s about the gristle that lodges itself deep into one’s gums, between incisors and canines. Teeth details not only the symptoms of colonization, but also...
