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A love story about fandom, an ode to music snobs, and a time-tripping work of speculative fiction-in verse.

A poet's firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis.

"e;A poet of direct speech and muscular lexicon."e;Quill & QuireNimbly slipping between personae, masks, and moods, the prosody-driven poems of Sum weigh the volatility and mutability of the self against the forces of habit, instinct, and urge. With homages to Hopkins, Graves, Wislawa Szymborska, Paul Muldoon, and more, and in allusion-dappled, playfully sprung stanzas, this third book from poet and critic Zachariah Wells both wears its influences openly and spins a sound texture all its own, in a collection far greater than its parts.Zachariah Wells is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of criticism (Career Limiting Moves, 2014).

Telephone wires, dark as a line in a schoolboy's notebook against the dawn; paint flakes from houses drifting down like dust; the hulking shadow of a desk that emerges, stock-still as a cow, in the moment of waking. Join poet Robert Melanon for a quiet celebration of his city, its inhabitants, and the language that gives it life.From "e;Eden"e;:You go forth drunk onthe multitudes, drunkon everything, whilethe lampposts sprinklenodding streets with stars.Robert Melanon, former poetry columnist for Le Devoir is a recipient of the Governor General's Award, the Prix Victor-Barbeau, and the Prix Alain-Grandbois.

Reveling in its own perversity, this horror tale accuses suburban Quebec of abusing and murdering its children-then takes revenge.

Cameron Dueck takes a motorcycle trip through Manitoba and Latin America in search of isolated enclaves of extreme Mennonites-and himself.

The eleventh installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country.

First in a series of five autobiographical novels, Aubrey McKee is a coming-of-age story for the '80s generation.

A radical revaluation of how contemporary society perceives death-and an argument for how it can make us happy.

A history of bookshops, an autobiography of a reader, a travelogue, a love letter-and, most urgently, a manifesto.

The true story of North America's first known spree killer, written by a veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

In this intimate portrait of a friendship between two young women, Lahey reflects on cancer and coming of age.

Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of year, but Charles Dickens and other great ghost story writers felt otherwise!

Norm Sibum's poems are field notes from the end of empire, a satirist's barbs, verse letters from a poet to his enemies and friends.

A must-read for anyone with a stake in contemporary Canadian literature, or with curiosity about poetry on the world stage.

An assured collection of short stories and a novella about faith, doubt, and grace.

After spending a night with his mother's dead body, a six-year-old boy stows away on an ocean liner.

Poems mapping the many contours of history-political, social, personal, and spiritual-and considering the ways we shape and are shaped by the land.

Hyperrealist 21st century bildungsroman about a dishwasher fighting a gambling addiction. Anthony Bourdain meets Dostoyevsky, with metalhead appeal.

A annual collection of the best Canadian short stories selected by legendary editor and champion of short fiction, John Metcalf.

Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Ted Lindsay, and Brendan Shanahan. Bob Duff's 50 Greatest Red Wings is the definitive list of Hockeytown's heroes. Including members of the famous Production Line and The Red Army, 50 Greatest Red Wings features full statistics and in-depth player analysis. With rarely seen photos and astonishing anecdotes, this book is essential to any hockey collection.Bob Duff has covered the NHL since 1988 and is a contributor to the Hockey News. Duff's other book credits include Marcel Pronovost, The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower, and The Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Goalies.

A debut collection from a powerful new literary voice chronicling the intersection of politics and daily lives.

A neglected teenage girl connects with an older sectarian woman who reveals a secret that precipitates a devastating series of events.

A practical and illuminating collection of essays on writing and reading fiction, focusing on the relationship between form and theme.

Stunned by an unexpected blockbuster art show, three plucky misfits cycle the Camino de Santiago-backward.

A moving account of the experience of exile and the complex relationship between a daughter and her larger-than-life father.

An A.V. Club Book to Read for June 2019In moments of exile and self-exile, exodus and return, Elise Levine's uncanny narratives lay bare the secret grammar of their characters' psyches. An ill-tempered divinity-school candidate refuses to minister to a dying man's wife; a couple fails to connect as they tour an ersatz cave in the south of France; holy women grieve in medieval England, and a pregnant runaway hitches a ride with a Church leader of dubious intentions. Propelled by their longing for pasts that no longer exist, these reluctant Adams and contemporary Eves confront the unspoken, the maligned, the abject aspects of their inner geographies, mining them for gems that glint and scatter in the light. Uncompromising and honest, lyrical and wry, This Wicked Tongue dares to tell the truth about the places we have come from and the new ones we might find.

A photo history of Chatham from its settlement days to 1950 that's a must-read for local history buffs.

From Indonesia's Mount Tambora to the frozen Thames, these contemplative vignettes reflect on humanity's drive for survival and power.