by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2025
Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love Sarah LeavittPublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Book Description A poignant and beautifully illustrated graphic memoir about love and loss and navigating a new life In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt’s partner of...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2025
Coexistence: Stories Billy-Ray BelcourtPublisher: Hamish Hamilton Book Description A collection of intersecting stories about Indigenous love and loneliness from one of contemporary literature’s most boundless minds. Across the prairies and Canada’s west coast, on...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
The Cure for Drowning Loghan PaylorPublisher: Random House Canada Book Description Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism Christopher CheungPublisher: UBC Press, Purich Books Book Description Canada’s multiculturalism stops where most newsrooms begin. Despite recent efforts to increase diversity...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 9, 2025
Last Woman: Stories Carleigh BakerPublisher: McClelland & Stewart Book Description There’s a hole in the ozone layer. Are teenage girls to blame? Floods and wildfires, toxic culture, billionaires in outer space, or a purse-related disaster while on mushrooms—in...
