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Hope Matters

by Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb, Tania Carter ...

Hope Matters, written by multiple award-winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, focuses on the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation.Maracle states that the book, "is also about the journey of myself and my two daughters." During their youth, Bobb and Carter wrote poetry with their mother, and eventually they all ... Read more

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Hope Matters, written by multiple award-winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, focuses on the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation.Maracle states that the book, "is also about the journey of myself and my two daughters." During their youth, Bobb and Carter wrote poetry with their mother, and eventually they all
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Celia’s Song

by Lee Maracle ...

Narrated by Columpa Bobb ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nuu’Chahlnuth territory.Celia is a seer who — despite being convinced she’s a little “off” — must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews.While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off ... Read more

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Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nuu’Chahlnuth territory.Celia is a seer who — despite being convinced she’s a little “off” — must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews.While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off
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Keeper'n Me

by Richard Wagamese ...

Narrated by Deneh'Cho Thompson, Sam Bob ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city.Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a ... Read more

$24.00 CAD

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When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city.Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a
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For Joshua

An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son

by Richard Wagamese ...

Narrated by Craig Lauzon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

The heartfelt memoir from one of Canada's most beloved writers.Staring the modern world in the eye, Richard Wagamese confronts its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, looking for roots without understanding what constitutes home, searching for acceptance without extending reciprocal respect, and longing for love without knowing how to offer it.He sees this because he ... Read more

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The heartfelt memoir from one of Canada's most beloved writers.Staring the modern world in the eye, Richard Wagamese confronts its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, looking for roots without understanding what constitutes home, searching for acceptance without extending reciprocal respect, and longing for love without knowing how to offer it.He sees this because he
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Pure Colour

by Sheila Heti ...

Narrated by Sheila Heti ...

Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

**WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER • THE GLOBE AND MAIL • VULTURE • CBC • GLAMOUR • READER'S DIGEST CANADA“True and newly alive.” —Los Angeles Times“One-of-a-kind. . . . nothing less than vital.” —The GuardianA new novel about art, love, death and time f... ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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**WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER • THE GLOBE AND MAIL • VULTURE • CBC • GLAMOUR • READER'S DIGEST CANADA“True and newly alive.” —Los Angeles Times“One-of-a-kind. . . . nothing less than vital.” —The GuardianA new novel about art, love, death and time f...
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The Winter Knight

by Jes Battis ...

Narrated by Gail Shalan, Dylan Kiedman, Lee Osorio, Gabra Zackman, Nicky Endres ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heartThe knights of the round table are alive in Vancouver, but when one winds up dead, it’s clear the familiar stories have taken a left turn. Hildie, a Valkyrie and the investigator assigned to the case, wants to find the killer ― and maybe figure her life out while she’s at it. On her short list of suspects is ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heartThe knights of the round table are alive in Vancouver, but when one winds up dead, it’s clear the familiar stories have taken a left turn. Hildie, a Valkyrie and the investigator assigned to the case, wants to find the killer ― and maybe figure her life out while she’s at it. On her short list of suspects is
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Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

by Cherie Dimaline ...

Narrated by Tara Sky, Jessica Matten ...

Unabridged

8 hours 16 min

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth
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The Boat People

by Sharon Bala ...

Narrated by Athena Karkanis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land.When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land.When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British
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Moon of the Crusted Snow

A Novel

by Waubgeshig Rice ...

2023 Canada Reads Longlist SelectionNational BestsellerWinner of the 2019 OLA Forest of Reading Evergreen AwardShortlisted for the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial AwardShortlisted for the 2019/20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award2020 Burlington Library Selection; 2020 Hamilton Reads One Book One Community Selection; 2020 Region of Water... ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

2023 Canada Reads Longlist SelectionNational BestsellerWinner of the 2019 OLA Forest of Reading Evergreen AwardShortlisted for the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial AwardShortlisted for the 2019/20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award2020 Burlington Library Selection; 2020 Hamilton Reads One Book One Community Selection; 2020 Region of Water...
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is ... Read more

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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is
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Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice ...

**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERTwelve years after the lights go out . . .An epic journey to a forgotten homelandThe hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.**In the years since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy, Evan Whitesky has led his community in remote northern Canada off the rez and ... Read more

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**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERTwelve years after the lights go out . . .An epic journey to a forgotten homelandThe hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.**In the years since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy, Evan Whitesky has led his community in remote northern Canada off the rez and
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Bad Cree

A Novel

by Jessica Johns ...

2024 CBC CANADA READS SELECTIONAMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTA CBC BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ALEX AWARD WINNERAURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL SHORTLISTRAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION SHORTLISTNATIONAL BESTSELLERA haunting debut novel where dreams,... ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

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2024 CBC CANADA READS SELECTIONAMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTA CBC BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ALEX AWARD WINNERAURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL SHORTLISTRAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION SHORTLISTNATIONAL BESTSELLERA haunting debut novel where dreams,...
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