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Since its initial publication and multiple reprints in hardcover in 2005, Teachers Have It Easy has attracted the attention of teachers nationwide, appearing on the New York Times extended bestseller list, C-SPAN, and NPR's Marketplace, in additio...
Inspired by the work of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Catherine Hernandez and Wayson Choy, this unforgettable novel follows the reunification of Filipino caregiver families over one Canadian winter—and the mysterious progress of Monolith, who appears and disappears in their lives. When five-year-old Monolith is taken from the Philippines to live with his mother in Canada, he immediately lashes out. Unable or unwilling to speak, he attacks her and destroys his new home. Everyone wants to know why—and everyone has a theory. But unlike the solid certainty his name suggests, the answer isn’t so simple. From a cliffside town in the Tagaytay highlands of the Philippines, to the Filipino communiti...
Cosmopolitan and curious seventeen-year-old Chrysler Wong suffers from a debilitating fear brought on by belief in a family curse. Three of her siblings have died after turning eighteen and venturing beyond the borders of their tiny rural Alberta town, and the fourth, her favourite, has recently left and is incommunicado. Is she destined to share their fate – or worse, doomed to live a circumscribed life?
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Monique Keiran provides a compelling narrative and dynamic illustrations for these stories about rare dinosaur fossils discovered in northwestern Alberta
The eleventh installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. Culled from leading Canadian magazines and journals, Best Canadian Essays 2019 contains award-winning and award-nominated nonfiction articles that are topical and engaging and have their finger on the pulse of our contemporary psyches.
The Greatest Feminist Classics in One Volume curates an unparalleled collection of literary works that together trace the evolution and impact of feminist thought across generations and geographies. Including an array of literary styles from the pioneering novel to insightful essays, and groundbreaking plays this anthology situates itself within a critical period of social and literary history where the voices of women, and some supportive men, began to loudly question and dismantle the patriarchal structures limiting their lives. The breadth of diversity and the literary richness of works, inclusive of seminal pieces by figures like Virginia Woolf and Harriet Martineau, illustrate the multi...