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07/18/2025

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07/15/2025

A QUIET DISAPPEARANCE by RABINDRANATH MAHARAJ was reviewed in the Quill and Quire: https://quillandquire.com/review/a-quiet-disappearance/

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07/11/2025

Cover Reveal for TRACHEA AND OTHER STORIES by MAYANK BHATT.

Trachea and Other Stories is a novel in linked episodes, told in unaffected direct prose, about the life of an Indian man called Sharad, who becomes a Canadian—of sorts.

Trachea and Other Stories is out on July 22, and is now available to pre-order from our website: https://bit.ly/3U6OMLu

07/08/2025

A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES by JAMES YÉKÚ lingers on a poetics of elsewhere, as seen through poems that evoke various memories.

This poetry collection is hot off the press as it was released on June 30!

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07/04/2025

We'll be publishing SASENARINE PERSAUD's newest poetry collection, A SCENT OF INDIA, on September 9.

Ignited by the soul and spirit of India, these poems are inspired by the inimitable musical rhythms and ragas of India, the scents of its spices, the riotous colours, the exquisite temple sculptures and ancient dances, as well as the mathematics, philosophies, and multitudinous languages and cultures.

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07/04/2025

06/27/2025

WANTING IN ARABIC by TRISH SALAH is a refusal of convenient silences, convenient stories.

Braiding theoretical concerns with the ambivalences of sexed and raced identity, with profound romanticism, Wanting in Arabic attempts to traverse the fantasies of foundational loss and aggressive nostalgia in order to further a poetics of a conscious partiality of being, of generous struggle and comic rather than tragic misrecognition.

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06/25/2025

We've got your next book right here! We published Chandrakant P Shah's memoir, TO CHANGE THE WORLD: MY WORK WITH DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION IN CANADA in 2023. We think it's the perfect book to read to wrap up National Indigenous History Month.

Chandrakant P Shah, Professor Emeritus at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, is a retired physician, public-health practitioner, and advocate for improving the health and well-being of marginalized groups in Canada. After he retired from the University, he worked at the Anishnawbe Health Centre Toronto from 2001–2016, where he provided primary health care to Indigenous people in Toronto; he also conducted research on urban Indigenous health issues. His research and advocacy work on employment equity had a profound impact on Canadian universities’ hiring policies.

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06/24/2025

Journeys North, Journey's End by Kue Young is now available!

Kue Young's story is an inspiration for Canadians to look beyond their communities, learn about and from other peoples and cultures, and seek opportunities to make the world a better place. This memoir traces his complex journeys and provides the context to his rather unusual and winding career path.

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06/21/2025

Engage with diverse voices and perspectives during National Indigenous Peoples Day through these impactful books.

Explore our Indigenous titles on our website: https://bit.ly/IndigenousTitles