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venous hum
Amber Dawn
Suzette Mayr
In this stunning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts and transgresses the classic hero’s quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision not for the faint of heart. Sub Rosa’s reluctant heroine, a teenaged runaway unable to remember her real name, stumbles upon an underground society of ghosts and magicians, missing girls and would-be johns: a place called Sub Rosa. See also How Poetry Saved My Life (page 15).
A monstrously funny novel, Venous Hum charts the lives of Lai Fun Kugelheim and Stefanja Dumanowski, best friends who, upon hearing the news of an old high school acquaintance’s death, are gripped by an insatiable nostalgia and organize a twenty-year reunion. A satire on race, gender, sexual preference, and vegetarianism, this novel will throw your assumptions of the world and the people who inhabit it out the window.
“A uniquely rewarding read.” —The Globe and Mail
“Never fails to impress. Brash, macabre and irreverent.” —Vancouver Sun
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lambda literary award winner
english, women’s studies isbn 978-1-55152-361-3•
320 pages softcover $22.95 • $19.95 us
english, lgbtq, multicultural, women’s studies isbn 978-1-55152-170-1 •
232 pages softcover $21.95 • $16.95 us
when fox is a thousand
the young in one another’s arms
Larissa Lai
Jane Rule with an introduction by Katherine V. Forrest
One part history, one part fairytale, one part urban discontent, this delightful novel cracks open all preconceptions of Asian women, gender, sexuality, family, faith, and the flow of time. Smart, funny, and fully-imagined, When Fox is a Thousand is beautiful, enchanting, and composed with a sure narrative hand. Features an afterword by the author, who teaches English at the University of British Columbia. See also Automaton Biographies (page 23).
a little sister’s classic
“A particularly acute pleasure.” —The Advocate
asian studies, english, lgbtq, multicultural, women’s studies isbn 978-1-55152-168-8 •
The Young in One Another’s Arms by the legendary lesbian writer Jane Rule is about the building of female communities. Combining issues of race, gender, sexuality, and politics, this warm, sophisticated novel celebrates the camaraderie and strength of women against a backdrop of war and tragedy. Includes an appendix of historical material.
264 pages softcover $21.95 • $17.95 us
english, lgbtq, women’s studies isbn 978-1-55152-181-7 •
240 pages softcover $21.95 • $16.95 us
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