by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2026
Boxing in the Bone Orchard Bruce McRaePublisher: Frontenac House Ltd. Book Description A paean to life, death, and everything in between, Boxing in the Bone Orchard is a sly, black-humoured take on post-modern absurdities. Peppered with surreal abstractions, McRae’s...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2026
The Book of Z Rahat KurdPublisher: Talonbooks Book Description The Book of Z reconsiders mystical possibilities – above all, longing for divine union – found by poets within scriptural language. For a thousand years the story of Zulaykha – “the wife of Aziz” in the...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2026
The Inferno Lorna GoodisonPublisher: Véhicule Press Book Description “Halfway tree. The journey of our life found me / there at midnight in a ramshackle state.” So begins Lorna Goodison’s astonishing new translation of The Inferno by Dante, a poet she once described...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2026
The Hunger We Pass Down Jen Sookfong LeePublisher: McClelland & Stewart Book Description Single mother Alice Chow is drowning. With a booming online business, a resentful teenage daughter, a screen-obsessed son, and a secret boyfriend, she can never get everything...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2026
Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games Kawika GuillermoPublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Book Description Of Floating Isles is a captivating collection of personal essays that unpack the mystifying and often intimate roles that video games play in our lives....
