The tales of E. Lily Yu’s brilliant, sparkling collection "Jewel Box" are fantastical, rich, and strange. They brim with imagination and insights and are diverse when it comes to geography and cultural details. Here, inanimate objects... Read More

"Lies about Black People" is an antiracist, activist text that dissects harmful racist myths. With a penetrating blend of history, anecdotes, interviews, and poetry, Omekongo Dibinga analyzes some common stereotypes about Black people,... Read More

In Elizabeth Fremantle’s historical novel "Disobedient", an artist fights for freedom and restitution. Rome is buzzing. The talent of young painter Artemisia Gentileschi defies all expectations. The quality of her work has already... Read More

Norman Ravvin’s "Who Gets In" uses a family immigration story to expose Canada’s bureaucratic practice of white nation building despite claims of multiculturalism. Ravvin’s grandfather, Yehuda Yosef Eisenstein, came to Canada’s... Read More

Noting that camping rocketed in popularity during COVID-19, "Making Camp" explores the history of recreational camping, from its nineteenth-century Adirondack beginnings through to the present. With an abundance of vintage illustrations... Read More

Musicians converge on a single stage for a contest that will separate technical skill from true genius in "Honeybees and Distant Thunder", a novel that cements Riku Onda as a virtuosic talent. How does music make you feel? For one... Read More

In D. M. S. Fick’s cozy mystery novel "Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys", a country music festival is the stage for an unsettling murder. Lewis is a hardworking country musician who’s striving toward his band’s big break.... Read More

Thomas Cirotteau, Jennifer Kerner, and Éric Pincas’s "Lady Sapiens" is a vibrant history book about how ancient women lived and what they contributed to society. Steeped in interdisciplinary scholarship, "Lady Sapiens" synthesizes... Read More