by LaurenEBC | Mar 9, 2021
Lampedusa Steven PricePublisher: McClelland and Stewart Book Description In sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, struggles to complete the novel that will be his lasting legacy,...
by LaurenEBC | Mar 9, 2021
Mistakes to Run With Yasuko ThanhPublisher: Penguin Canada Book Description Mistakes to Run With chronicles the turbulent life of Yasuko Thanh, from early childhood in the closest thing Victoria, BC, has to a slum to teen years as a sex worker and, finally, to her...
by LaurenEBC | Mar 9, 2021
Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) Hazel Jane PlantePublisher: Metonymy Press Book Description The playful and poignant novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) sifts through a queer trans woman’s unrequited love for her straight trans friend who died. A queer...
by LaurenEBC | Mar 9, 2021
How She Read Chantal GibsonPublisher: Caitlin Press Book Description HOW SHE READ is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian cultural imagination. Drawing from grade-school...
by LaurenEBC | Mar 9, 2021
on/me Francine CunninghamPublisher: Caitlin Press Book Description Francine Cunningham lives with constant reminders that she doesn’t fit the desired expectations of the world: she is a white-passing, city-raised Indigenous woman with mental illness who has lost her...
