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The Cine Star Salon

by Leah Ranada

Sophia is pulled between the life she imagines for herself with the hair salon she runs and her fiancé, the life her parents imagine she’ll live, and what the world has in store for her.

“...this powerful debut by Leah Ranada is an important new work in the literary scene.” ~ Hiromi Goto, author of Shadow Life and Chorus of Mushrooms

Trade Paperback / Oct 1, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-032-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-77439-032-0 BISAC 1: FIC054000 BISAC 2: FIC082000 BISAC 3: FIC051000 336 PP / 5.5 x 8.5 / $21.95 CdN $17.95 uSd

rump + flank

by Carol Harvey Steski

A tenacious and unapologetic debut that explores the body in nature’s many incarnations: human, animal, plant, microbe, even chemical.

“Cutting, sharp and sonically rich, the poems in rump + flank dazzle with rhythm, image and meaning. ~ Catherine Graham, author of The Celery Forest and Aether: An Out-ofBody Lyric

Trade Paperback / Sept 1, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-028-0 ISBN 13: 978-1-77439-028-3 BISAC 1: POE011000 BISAC 2: POE023000 BISAC 3: POE024000 96 PP / 5.5 x 9 / $19.95 CdN $15.95 uSd

Tenure

by Kieran Egan

A wildly entertaining satire mash-up, where campus culture collides with crime.

“Tenure establishes Egan as an exciting and distinct new voice in Canadian crime fiction.” ~ A.J. Devlin, award-winning author of Cobra Clutch and Rolling Thunder

Trade Paperback / Sept 15, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-030-3 ISBN 13: 978-77439-030-6 BISAC 1: FIC052000 BISAC 2: FIC016000 BISAC 3: FIC031000 264 PP / 5.5 x 8 .5 / $21.95 CdN $17.95 uSd

Icefields: Landmark Edition

by Thomas Wharton

• New edition with author interview and an afterword by Suzette Mayr.

First published in 1995, Icefields is an astonishing historical novel set in a mesmerizing literary landscape impacted by a surging and retreating glacier and unpredictable weather.

“Ice, when it is touched, can sear the flesh: in Icefields it fires the imagination.” ~ Emily Mitchell, People

Trade Paperback / Oct 15, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-036-1 ISBN 13: 978-1-177439-036-8 BISAC 1: FIC014000 BISAC 2: FIC077000 BISAC 3: FIC019000 336 PP / 4.75 x 7 / $23.95 CdN $19.95 uSd

Last Tide

by Andy Zuliani

This vital debut novel is an edgy glimpse at a world just beyond tomorrow, and a sharp reminder of what society deems valuable.

“With four emotionally complicated characters and a cunning setting, Last Tide’s detailed story of gentrification and the power of money pales before the stunning power of nature.” ~ Camille-Yvette Welsch, Foreword Reviews

Trade Paperback / Oct 1, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-034-5 ISBN 13: 978-77439-034-4 BISAC 1: FIC077000 BISAC 2: FIC070000 BISAC 3: FIC019000 240 PP / 5.5 x 8.5 / $21.95 CdN $17.95 uSd

Coconut

by Nisha Patel

In her debut collection, Canadian National Slam Champion Nisha Patel commands her formidable insight and youthful, engaged voice to relay experiences of racism, sexuality, empowerment, grief, and love.

“Coconut is a book of conversationstarters. It prompts questions we didn’t realize we needed to ask and challenges those answers we thought we knew best.” ~ Anuja Varghese, Hamilton Review of Books

Trade Paperback / April 1, 2021 ISBN 10: 1-77439-023-x ISBN 13: 978-1-77439-023-8 BISAC 1: POE023040 BISAC 2: POE011000 106 PP / 5.5 x 9 / $19.95 CdN $14.95 uSd