kayas nohcin

By Mary Louise Rockthunder
Edited by Jean L. Okimasis & Arok Wolvengrey
Categories:
Indigenous

Indigenous Languages

Indigenous

Non-classifiable

Series Our Own Words

Mary Louise (née Bangs) Rockthunder, wêpanâkit, was an Elder of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda descent. Born in 1913, raised and married at nehiyawipwatinahk / Piapot First Nation, Mary Louise, a much-loved ...

Châhkâpâs

By John Peastitute
Edited by Marguerite MacKenzie
Translated by Julie Brittain & Silas Nabinicaboo
Illustrated by Elizabeth Jancewicz
Contributions by Bill Jancewicz
Categories:
Indigenous Languages

Indigenous

Non-classifiable

Series First Nation Language Readers

Châhkâpâs: A Naskapi Legend shares the story of Châhkâpâs, a heroic figure in First Nations storytelling, who performs feats of strength and skill in spite of his diminutive size.

The book shares ...

Bread & Water

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Categories:
Culinary

Essays

Personal Memoirs

Canadian

Essays

The lyricism of Bread & Water interweaves culinary insights and literary essays to pose fundamental questions about how we live––and how we feed––the larger hungers that motivate our lives.

“When ...

Black Writers Matter

Edited by Whitney French
Foreword by Afua Cooper
Categories:
General

African American

Canadian

"Black Writers? African, Bluesy, Classical, Disrespectful, Erudite, Fiery, Groovy, Haunting, Inspiring, Jazzy, Knowing, Liberating, Militant, Nervy, Optimistic, Pugnacious, Quixotic, Rambunctious, Seductive, ...

kisiskâciwan

Edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber
Category Indigenous

This groundbreaking anthology from territory that is now Saskatchewan, kisiskâciwan, includes rich oral narratives from Cree, Saulteaux, Nakoda, Dakota, Dene, and Metis cultures; early writings from ...

Aaniiih/Gros Ventre Stories

Compiled by Terry Brockie & Andrew Cowell
Categories:
Indigenous Languages

Indigenous

Series First Nation Language Readers

The first-ever collection of Aaniiih/Gros Ventre narratives to be published in the Aaniiih/Gros Ventre language, this book contains traditional trickster tales and war stories. Some of these stories were ...

Measures of Astonishment

Introduction by Glen Sorestad
Compiled by League of Canadian Poets
Categories:
Essays

Speeches

Poetry

Series Oskana Poetry & Poetics

"A society without poetry and the other arts would have broken its mirror and cut out its heart. "Margaret Atwood

So boldly insists one of our greatest writers in Measures of Astonishment, a refreshing ...

These Are Our Legends

Translated by Jan van Eijk
Illustrated by Marie Abraham
Categories:
Indigenous

Alphabets & Writing Systems

Series First Nation Language Readers

Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the ...

The New Wascana Anthology

Edited by Medrie Purdham & Michael Trussler
Categories:
Canadian

General

English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The New Wascana Anthology is named for the Cree word "oskana," meaning "bones,"* but this anthology is no literary graveyard. It will introduce you to stories, poems, and essays that can be discussed ...

-30-: Thirty Years of Journalism and Democracy in Canada

Edited by Mitch Diamantopoulos
Categories:
Essays

Essays

Democracy

Series University of Regina(UR)

Journalism matters--and this book proves it.

This insightful, eloquent and entertaining anthology paints a compelling portrait of Canada and Canadian journalism in a rapidly changing world. It brings ...