by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2023
Refugee Lifeworlds: The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia By Y-Dang TroeungPublisher: Temple University Press Book Description Cambodian history is Cold War history, asserts Y-Dang Troeung in Refugee Lifeworlds. Constructing a genealogy of the afterlife of the...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make Michael J. HathawayPublisher: Princeton University Press Book Description What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery Harrison MooneyPublisher: Patrick Crean Editions | HarperCollins Canada Book Description A narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard—that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption—and a searing account of being...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
A is for Acholi Otoniya J. Okot BitekPublisher: Wolsak & Wynn Book Description A Is for Acholi is a sweeping collection exploring diaspora, the marginalization of the Acholi people, the dusty streets of Nairobi and the cold grey of Vancouver. Playfully upending...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies Tsering Yangzom LamaPublisher: McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description For readers of Homegoing and The Boat People, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family’s journey...
