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Miss Burma
Grove Press |
May 2, 2017 |
368 pages
Set against the vibrant backdrop of Burma from the 1940s to the 1960s, Miss Burma is a powerful and epic novel that follows one prominent Burmese family struggling to overcome war and political repression while trying to build a meaningful life
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$24.00
Checkpoint
February 7, 2017 |
304 pages
A work of suspense and psychological tension set in the world of international humanitarian aid, Checkpoint is the latest bestselling novel by the founder of Doctors Without Borders, Jean-Christophe Rufin. The four men accompanying Maud on the aid convoy are very different from the clichéd image... More Info
$50.00
A Queer Love Story
UBC Press |
May 1, 2017 |
650 pages
A Queer Love Story presents the first fifteen years of letters between Jane Rule ? novelist and the first widely recognized ?public lesbian? in North America ? and Rick B?bout, journalist and editor with the Toronto-based Body Politic, an important incubator of LGBT thought and activism. Rule lived... More Info
$26.95
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
Quirk Books |
February 5, 2017 |
240 pages
A woman's place is saving the universe. Think comic books can't feature strong female protagonists? Think again! In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you'll meet the most fascinating exemplars of the powerful, compelling, entertaining, and heroic female characters who've populated comic... More Info
$25.00
By Gaslight
May 2, 2017 |
752 pages
Longlisted for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize No. 1 National Bestseller Globe and Mail's "20 Books to Read in 2016," Maclean's bestseller, Toronto Star bestseller, Ottawa Citizen's "Best on the Shelf," Huffington Post's "Best Fall 2016 Books," Publishers Weekly "Books of the Week," National Post... More Info
$12.99
Room on the Broom
Macmillan Children's Books |
April 6, 2017 |
24 pages
How the cat purred and how the witch grinned,As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird... More Info
$24.95
Turning
Hamish Hamilton |
May 2, 2017 |
304 pages
Through the heat of summer to the frozen depths of winter, Lee traces her journey swimming through 52 lakes in a single year, swimming through fear and heartbreak to find her place in the world The water slips over me like cool silk. The intimacy of touch uninhibited, rising around my legs, over my... More Info
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"What I am seeking here is a better understanding of the contradictions of capital, not of capitalism. I...
Events
2018
01
May
7:00pm
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9:00pm
Connecting Land and Sky, An evening with Indo-Canadian author, Veena Gokhale and Inuk writer Aviaq Johnston
Join us for an evening of reading and conversation with Indo-Canadian author Veena Gokhale and young Inuk writer Aviaq Johnston to launch their latest novels, Land of Fatimah and Those Who Run in the Sky!
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2018
02
May
7:00pm
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8:30pm
Book Launch with artists, activists and writers, Maureen St. Clair and Abena Beloved Green
On May 2, please join us to co-launch Maureen St. Clair and Abena Beloved Green's debut novel/poetry book Big Island, Small and The Way We Hold On.
2018
12
May
5:00pm
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7:00pm
Book of Annotations: Ottawa Launch
The Plan 99 Reading Series is pleased to host the Ottawa launch of BOOK OF ANNOTATIONS, by Cameron Anstee.
“Incredibly short and playful poems packed with enormous density.” – rob mclennan (We concur.)
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