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Body So Fluorescent

by Amanda Cordner, David Di Giovanni ...

What happened last night on the dance floor? Gary knows he went to the club with his friend Desiree, but now all he has is a fuzzy memory and a text saying, “We’re done.” Desiree has known something’s been up with Gary, but she always kept her thoughts to herself. Until last night ended in an explosive fight. As Gary and Desiree retrace their steps to figure out the chain of events, perspectives ... Read more

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What happened last night on the dance floor? Gary knows he went to the club with his friend Desiree, but now all he has is a fuzzy memory and a text saying, “We’re done.” Desiree has known something’s been up with Gary, but she always kept her thoughts to herself. Until last night ended in an explosive fight. As Gary and Desiree retrace their steps to figure out the chain of events, perspectives
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The Beguiling

by Zsuzsi Gartner ...

Narrated by Amanda Cordner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

An electrifying debut novel from the Giller Prize-shortlisted author of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives that takes readers for a wild ride with urban-gothic flair and delectably wicked humour.Lucy is a lapsed-Catholic whose adolescent pretensions to sainthood are unexpectedly revived.It all starts when her cousin Zoltan, in hospital following a bizarre incident at a party, offers her a ... Read more

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An electrifying debut novel from the Giller Prize-shortlisted author of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives that takes readers for a wild ride with urban-gothic flair and delectably wicked humour.Lucy is a lapsed-Catholic whose adolescent pretensions to sainthood are unexpectedly revived.It all starts when her cousin Zoltan, in hospital following a bizarre incident at a party, offers her a
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Burning Questions

Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004-2022

by Margaret Atwood ...

Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Omar El Akkad, Naomi Alderman, Stephanie Belding, Amanda Cordner, Lorna Crozier, Tess Degenstein, Ann Dowd, Esi Edugyan, Kaniehtiio Horn0, Amelia Sargisson1, Ann-Marie MacDonald2 ...

Unabridged

19 hours 28 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:**Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet?Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:**Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet?Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do
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Dayspring

by Anthony Oliveira ...

Narrated by Anthony Oliveira, Davin Babulal, Landon Doak, Kai Cheng Thom, David Demchuk, Rowan Jette Knox, Alicia Elliott, Nadia Shammas, Iain Stewart, Amanda Cordner0, Carole Pope1 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYNE OGILVIE PRIZE FOR LGBTQ2S+ EMERGING WRITERS • One of Indigo's Top 10 Literary Fiction Books of 2024 and Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of CBC's Best Canadian Fiction of 2024A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of biblical tales and an unforgettable contemporary coming-of-age story, connected in ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYNE OGILVIE PRIZE FOR LGBTQ2S+ EMERGING WRITERS • One of Indigo's Top 10 Literary Fiction Books of 2024 and Top 100 Books of 2024 • One of CBC's Best Canadian Fiction of 2024A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of biblical tales and an unforgettable contemporary coming-of-age story, connected in
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I Become a Delight to My Enemies

by Sara Peters ...

Narrated by Angela Asher, Amanda Cordner, Tess Degenstein, Pearl Harbour, Maggie Huculak, Pam Hyatt, Jani Lauzon, Justin Miller, Amy Nostbakken, Paloma Nuñez, Norah Sadava, Amelia Sargisson, Nicole Stamp, Michaela Washburn ...

Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

Dark, cutting, and coursed through with bright flashes of humour, crystalline imagery, and razor-sharp detail, I Become a Delight to My Enemies is a gut-wrenchingly powerful, breathtakingly beautiful meditation on the violence and shame inflicted on the female body and psyche.An experimental fiction, I Become a Delight to My Enemies uses many different voices and forms to tell the stories of the ... Read more

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Dark, cutting, and coursed through with bright flashes of humour, crystalline imagery, and razor-sharp detail, I Become a Delight to My Enemies is a gut-wrenchingly powerful, breathtakingly beautiful meditation on the violence and shame inflicted on the female body and psyche.An experimental fiction, I Become a Delight to My Enemies uses many different voices and forms to tell the stories of the
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We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

by Emma Hooper ...

Narrated by Amanda Cordner, Rong Fu, Maggie Huculak, Hailey Gillis, Alison Deon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.**During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village. They race each other through lemon orchards and ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.**During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village. They race each other through lemon orchards and
... Read more

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Wild Life

by Amanda Leduc ...

Narrated by Eli Ham, Rebecca Auerbach, Zak Annette, Tara Samuel, Jillian Rees-Brown, Glen Gould, Justin Miller, Ellora Patnaik, Alison Deon, Danny Pagett, Emily Nixon, Alastair Forbes, Anand Rajaram, Amanda Cordner ...

Unabridged

11 hours

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZEAmanda Leduc’s dazzling new novel follows two walking, talking hyenas as they interact with humans over decades. Blurring the line between human and animal, these strange messengers reveal what is possible when the cages that contain us are broken.**In 19th-century Scotland, young Josiah is banished by his father for seeing the divine in the animals around him ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZEAmanda Leduc’s dazzling new novel follows two walking, talking hyenas as they interact with humans over decades. Blurring the line between human and animal, these strange messengers reveal what is possible when the cages that contain us are broken.**In 19th-century Scotland, young Josiah is banished by his father for seeing the divine in the animals around him
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Last Woman

Stories

by Carleigh Baker ...

Narrated by Tricia Black, Amanda Cordner, Jani Lauzon, Michaela Washburn, Rachel Cairns, Jenny Pudavick, Tanaya Beatty ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

From one of the country’s most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and absolutely unforgettable.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 today’s hellscape world, there’s no shortage of ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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From one of the country’s most celebrated new writers, a blistering collection of short fiction that is bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and absolutely unforgettable.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 today’s hellscape world, there’s no shortage of
... Read more

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The Afterdark

by E. Latimer ...

Narrated by Amanda Cordner, Emily Nixon, Thom Nyhuus ...

Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

Queer horror at a boarding school with a Lovecraftian twist in this new YA novel from E. Latimer, author of the acclaimed The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray.Northcroft is an elite boarding school with a deadly secret. Each night as the bell tolls and the shutters slam down, cutting off the outside world, the Afterdark descends, turning the surrounding old growth forest into a macabre ... Read more

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Queer horror at a boarding school with a Lovecraftian twist in this new YA novel from E. Latimer, author of the acclaimed The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray.Northcroft is an elite boarding school with a deadly secret. Each night as the bell tolls and the shutters slam down, cutting off the outside world, the Afterdark descends, turning the surrounding old growth forest into a macabre
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A Country You Can Leave

A Novel

by Asale Angel-Ajani ...

Narrated by Amanda Cordner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

**"A tour de force of character, and a captivating story to match. Vivid, tender and unflinching. I loved this journey. " *—*Ann-Marie MacDonaldA stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert.**When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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**"A tour de force of character, and a captivating story to match. Vivid, tender and unflinching. I loved this journey. " *—*Ann-Marie MacDonaldA stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert.**When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless
... Read more

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An Astonishment of Stars

Stories

by Kirti Bhadresa ...

Narrated by Roveena Gnanabakthan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 28 min

A beautifully written short story collection that charts the lives of racialized women as they navigate their relationships, aspirations, and the burdens of memory and expectations“Sharply observed and gracefully told, this is a collection shining with all the unexpected delights and defeats that make up a life.” — Anuja Varghese, author of ChrysalisThe wife who uses the name of her white husband ... Read more

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A beautifully written short story collection that charts the lives of racialized women as they navigate their relationships, aspirations, and the burdens of memory and expectations“Sharply observed and gracefully told, this is a collection shining with all the unexpected delights and defeats that make up a life.” — Anuja Varghese, author of ChrysalisThe wife who uses the name of her white husband
... Read more
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How It Works Out

by Myriam Lacroix ...

Narrated by Anika Venkatesh, Lucy Ellis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE (SPECULATIVE FICTION)*“Audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring.” —GEORGE SAUNDERS“Madcap, delirious, exhilaratingly good.” —KELLY LINK“A delightfully bizarre and unabashedly queer revelation.” —TEGAN and SARA QUIN“A beautifully brilliant, hilariously sad stunner of a debut that never ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE (SPECULATIVE FICTION)*“Audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring.” —GEORGE SAUNDERS“Madcap, delirious, exhilaratingly good.” —KELLY LINK“A delightfully bizarre and unabashedly queer revelation.” —TEGAN and SARA QUIN“A beautifully brilliant, hilariously sad stunner of a debut that never
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