Reviews

To support writers and their publishers, The Malahat Review posts the book reviews appearing in its print edition as each issue is published. They are arranged below by genre and within each genre, by author, listed in alphabetical order of last name. Some of the reviews posted below are expanded versions of the reviews that appeared in the print edition. Years listed are publication dates, not review dates.

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Poetry • Fiction • Nonfiction

Spotlight Review:

Brenda Leifso

Wild Madder

Wild Madder (Latin name: Rubia peregrina) is a woody climber belonging to the coffee family. The plant, which donates its name to Brenda Leifso’s latest poetry collection, appears in a poem about half way through the book.

Full review by Jay Ruzesky.

Wild Madder

Poetry

2019

Apostrophes VIII

E.D. Blodgett,
Apostrophes VIII: Nothing Is But You and I

 

Outside, America

Sarah de Leeuw,
Outside, America

 

Wild Madder

Brenda Leifso,
Wild Madder

 

Drolleries

Cassidy McFadzean,
Drolleries

 

Delivering the News

Thomas O'Grady,
Delivering the News

 

 

2018

Bec & Call

Jenna Lyn Albert,
Bec & Call

 

Happinesswise

Jonathan Bennett,
Happinesswise

 

Playing Into SilenceTina Biello,
Playing Into Silence

 

How to Avoid Huge Ships

Julie Bruck,
How to Avoid Huge Ships

 

Giacometti's Girl

Sandra Davies,
Giacometti's Girl

 

Out All Day

John Donlan,
Out All Day

 

Yellow Crane

Susan Gillis,
Yellow Crane

 

Dividing the Wayside

Jenny Haysom,
Dividing the Wayside

 

The Night Chorus

Harold Hoefle,
The Night Chorus

 

Ghost Estates

Sean Howard,
Ghost Estates

 

The Lost Cosmonauts

Ken Hunt,
The Lost Cosmonauts

 

Dreampad

Jeff Latosik,
Dreampad

 

Cartograph

Cara-Lyn Morgan,
Cartograph

 

Undiscovered Country

Al Rempel,
Undiscovered Country

 

East and West

Laura Ritland,
East and West

 

Dark Woods

Richard Sanger,
Dark Woods

 

The Broken Face

Russell Thornton,
The Broken Face

 

The Missing Field

Jennifer Zilm,
The Missing Field

 

 

2017

Cloud PhysicsKaren Enns,
Cloud Physics

 

Frequent, small loads of laundry

Rhonda Ganz,
Frequent, small loads of laundry

 

Penelope

Sue Goyette,
Penelope

 

Trailer Park Elegy

Cornelia Hoogland,
Trailer Park Elegy

 

MaunderClaire Kelly,
Maunder

 

Blowing Grass EmpireMark Lavorato,
Blowing Grass Empire

 

Beautiful Children With Pet Foxes

Jennifer LoveGrove,
Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes

 

IntertidalDaphne Marlatt,
Intertidal: The Collected Earlier Poems

 

Collected PoemsAlden Nowlan,
Collected Poems

 

The Panic RoomRebecca Pãpucaru,
The Panic Room

 

The Girls with Stone FacesArleen Paré,
The Girls with Stone Faces

 

The Rules of the Kingdom

Julie Paul,
The Rules of the Kingdom

 

Dead White Men

Shane Rhodes, Dead White Men

 

All VioletRani Rivera,
All Violet

 

Auguries

Clea Roberts, Auguries

 

Dust Blown Side of the Journey

Eleonore Schönmaier,
Dust Blown Side of the Journey

 

Helpless Angels

Tom Wayman,
Helpless Angels

 

 

2016

Injun

Jordan Abel,
Injun

 

Slick Reckoning

Ken Belford, Slick Reckoning

 

The Red Files

Lisa Bird-Wilson,
The Red Files

 

Tomorrow's Bright White Light

Jan Conn,
Tomorrow's Bright White Light

 

The Blomidon Logs

Deirdre Dwyer,
The Blomidon Logs

 

How Festive the Ambulance

Kim Fu,
How Festive the Ambulance

 

Deaf Heaven

Garry Gottfriedson,
Deaf Heaven

 

Shakespearean Blues

Shirley Graham,
Shakespearean Blues

 

Burning in this Midnight Dream

Louise Bernice Halfe,
Burning in this Midnight Dream

 

Throaty Wipes

Susan Holbrook,
Throaty Wipes

 

Caribou Run

Richard Kelly Kemick,
Caribou Run

 

Heart on Fist

M. Travis Lane,
Heart on Fist: Essays and Reviews 1970-2016

 

The Witch of the Inner Wood

M. Travis Lane,
The Witch of the Inner Wood: Collected Long Poems

 

Prometheus Reconsiders Fire

Brent MacLaine,
Prometheus Reconsiders Fire

 

Painter Poet Mountain

Susan McCaslin,
Painter, Poet, Mountain: After Cézanne

 

liminal

Jordan Mounteer,
liminal

 

How Thought Feels

Shane Neilson (ed.),
How Thought Feels: The Poetry of M. Travis Lane

 

Defending Darkness

Pamela Porter,
Defending Darkness

 

Totem Poles & Railroads

Janet Rogers,
Totem Poles & Railroads

 

Scree

Fred Wah,
Scree: The Collected Earlier Poems, 1962-1991

 

2015

Twoism

Ali Blythe,
Twoism

 

nakamowin'sa

Rita Bouvier,
nakamowin'sa for the season

 

Monologue Dogs

Méira Cook,
Monologue Dogs

 

The Days Run Away

Robert Currie,
The Days Run Away

 

The Pemmican Eaters

Marilyn Dumont,
The Pemmican Eaters

 

Eigenheim

Joanne Epp,
Eigenheim

 

Transmitter and Receiver

Raoul Fernandes,
Transmitter and Receiver

 

Impeccable Regret

Judith Fitzgerald,
Impeccable Regret

 

Catallus's Soldiers

Daniel Goodwin,
Catallus's Soldiers

 

Verge

Lynda Monahan,
Verge

 

The Gun That Starts the Race

Peter Norman,
The Gun That Starts the Race

 

Electric Affinities

Michael Pacey,
Electric Affinities

 

Realignment

Ruth Roach Pierson,
Realignment

 

2014

Light-carved Passages

Frances Boyle,
Light-carved Passages

 

Everyone Is CO2

David James Brock,
Everyone is CO2

Invasive Species

Claire Caldwell,
Invasive Species

Ur-Moth

Claire Kelly,
Ur-Moth

The Winter Count

Dilys Leman,
The Winter Count

Night Vision

Christopher Levenson,
Night Vision

Ellipses

Andrea MacPherson,
Ellipses

Designated Mourner

Catherine Owen,
Designated Mourner

Languages of Our Land

Susan Ouriou, ed., Christelle Morelli, trans., Languages of Our Land: Indigenous Poems and Stories from Quebec

Inheritance

Kerry-Lee Powell,
Inheritance

Swan Dive

Michael Prior,
Swan Dive

MxT

Sina Queyras,
MxT

North of California St

George Stanley,
North of California St.: Selected Poems

When We Were Old

Peter Unwin,
When We Were Old

MxT

Phyllis Webb,
Peacock Blue

There Are No Solid Gold Dancers Anymore

Adrienne Weiss,
There Are No Solid Gold Dancers Anymore

House Dreams

Deanna Young,
House Dreams

2013

Air-Proof GreenMaleea Acker, Air-Proof Green
Against the LightTiziano Broggiato, Against the Light (trans. Patricia Hanley, Marie Laura Mosco)
HookingMary Dalton, Hooking: A Book of Centos
Bite Down Little WhisperDon Domanski, Bite Down Little Whisper
RoveLaurie D. Graham, Rove
The Lost LettersCatherine Greenwood, The Lost Letters
Songs that Remind Us of FactoriesDanny Jacobs, Songs That Remind Us of Factories
But For NowGordon Johnston, But For Now
CarapaceLaura Lush, Carapace
LiquiditiesDaphne Marlatt, Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now
Force FieldSusan Musgrave (Ed.), Force Field: 77 Women Poets of British Columbia
AfloatJohn Reibetanz, Afloat
Exile at Last

Chava Rosenfarb, Exile at Last: Selected Poems (trans. Goldie Morgentaler)

The Grey Tote

Deena Kara Shaffer, The Grey Tote

Birds Metals Stones & Rain

Russell Thornton, Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain

The Rules of the GameLudwig Zeller, The Rules of the Game (trans. A. F. Moritz)
The November Optimist

David Zieroth, The November Optimist

 

2012

Hummingbird

John Wall Barger, Hummingbird

Soul Mouth

Marilyn Bowering, Soul Mouth

The Wind River Variations

Brian Brett, Photography by Fritz Mueller, The Wind River Variations

Allegheny BC

Rodney DeCroo, Allegheny, BC

A Lovely Gutting

Robin Durnford, A Lovely Gutting

The Cartography of Being

Nuno Júdice, The Cartography of Being (trans. Paulo da Costa)

Handfuls of Bone

Monica Kidd, Handfuls of Bone

The Hard Return

Marcus McMann, The Hard Return

For As Far As The Eye Can See

Robert Melançon, For As Far As The Eye Can See (trans. Judith Cowan)

The Major Verbs

Pierre Nepveu, The Major Verbs (trans. Donald Winkler)

No Ordinary Place

Pamela Porter, No Ordinary Place

Grid

Peter Sanger, John Stokes' Horse

Grid

Brenda Schmidt, Grid

Slow Curve Out

Maureen Scott Harris, Slow Curve Out

Floating Life

Moez Surani, Floating Life

Perfection

Patrick Warner, Perfection

Dirt of Ages

Gillian Wigmore, Dirt of Ages

 

2011

Winter Cranes

Chris Banks,
Winter Cranes

The Id Kid

Linda Besner, The Id Kid

A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth

Stephanie Bolster, A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth

Love Figures

Sam Cheuk, Love Figures

Outskirts

Sue Goyette, Outskirts

Kerosene

Jamella Hagen, Kerosene

Hydrologos

Warren Heiti, Hydrologos

Open Air Bindery

David Hickey, Open Air Bindery

Apologetic for Joy

Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst, Apologetic for Joy

Sean Howard, Incitements

Marrow, Willow

Maureen Hynes, Marrow, Willow

Groundwork

Amanda Jernigan, Groundwork

Dark Fish and Other Infernos

Catherine Owen and Joe Rosenblatt, Dark Fish and Other Infernos

Vox Humana

E. Alex Pierce, Vox Humana

A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno

Matt Rader, A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno

Err

Shane Rhodes, Err

Is

Anne Simpson, Is

Girlwood

Jennifer Still, Girlwood

Language is not the only thing that breaks

Proma Tagore, Language is not the only thing that breaks

Oyama Pink Shale

Sharon Thesen, Oyama Pink Shale

Earworm

Nick Thran, Earworm

And See What Happens: The Journey Poems

Ursula Vaira, And See What Happens: The Journey Poems

The Song Collides

Calvin Wharton, The Song Collides

The Imaginary Lives of Buster Keaton

Onjana Yawnghwe,
The Imaginary Lives of Buster Keaton

Pilgrimage: Love Poems

Patricia Young, Pilgrimage: Love Poems

 

2010

Decompositions

Ken Belford, Decompositions

On the Material

Stephen Collis, On the Material

Collected Poems, 1951-2009

Mike Doyle, Collected Poems, 1951 - 2009

the art of breathing underwater

Cathy Ford, the art of breathing underwater

Tiny, Frantic, Stronger

Jeff Latosik, Tiny, Frantic, Stronger

Burning House

Richard Lemm, Burning House

The Good News About Armageddon

Steve McOrmond, The Good News About Armageddon

Other Poems

Jay MillAr, Other Poems

understories

Al Rempel, understories

Here is where we disembark

Clea Roberts, Here is where we disembark

The Day is a Cold Grey Stone

Allan Safarik, The Day is a Cold Grey Stone

Catchment Area

Jena Schmitt, Catchment Area

Night Gears

Bren Simmers, Night Gears

I do not think that I could love a human being

Johanna Skibsrud, I do not think that I could love a human being

2009

Regreen

Madhur Anand and Adam Dickinson (Eds.),
Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry

I do not think that I could love a human being

Stephanie Bolster, Katia Grubisic, and Simon Reader (Eds.),
Penned: Zoo Poems

Coal and Roses

P. K. Page,
Coal and Roses and Cullen

 

2008

The Essential P. K. PageArlene Lampert and Théa Gray (Eds.), The Essential P. K. Page

 

Fiction

2019

The Forbidden Purple City

Philip Huynh, The Forbidden Purple City

 

Bad Ideas

Missy Marston, Bad Ideas

 


2018

Hider/Seeker

Jen Currin, Hider/Seeker

 

The Red Word

Sarah Henstra, The Red Word

 

The Colours of Birds

Rebecca Higgins,
The Colours of Birds

 

Fire Song

Adam Garnet Jones, Fire Song

 

The Ambassador of What

Adrian Michael Kelly,
The Ambassador of What: Stories

 

Dying Behaviour of Cats

Marc Labriola, Dying Behaviour of Cats

 

Worry Stones

Joanna Lilley,
Worry Stones

 

Dear Evelyn

Kathy Page,
Dear Evelyn

 

Moon of the Crusted SnowWaubgeshig Rice,
Moon of the Crusted Snow

 

Ordinary Strangers

Bill Stenson,
Ordinary Strangers

 

 

2017

Bad Endings

Carleigh Baker, Bad Endings

 

The Gold

David Carpenter, The Gold

 

The Midwife of Torment

paulo da costa,
The Midwife of Torment

 

Glass Beads

Dawn Dumont, Glass Beads

 

The End of Music

Jamie Fitzpatrick, The End of Music

 

What Can You Do

Cynthia Flood, What Can You Do

 

Two Roads Home

Daniel Griffin, Two Roads Home

 

In the Cage

Kevin Hardcastle, In the Cage

 

The House on Selkirk Avenue

Irena Karafilly, The House on Selkirk Avenue

 

Faithful and Other Stories

Daniel Karasik, Faithful and Other Stories

 

You Are Not Needed Now

Annette Lapointe, You Are Not Needed Now

 

59 Glass Bridges

Steven Peters, 59 Glass Bridges

 

The Clothesline Swing

Ahmad Danny Ramadan, The Clothesline Swing: A Novel

 

Glory

Gillian Wigmore, Glory

 

 

2016

Bad Things Happen

Kris Bertin,
Bad Things Happen

 

The Unknown Huntsman

Jean-Michel Fortier,
The Unknown Huntsman

 

It Is an Honest Ghost

John Goldbach,
It Is an Honest Ghost

 

Two-Gun and Sun

June Hutton,
Two-Gun and Sun

 

Corvus

Harold Johnson,
Corvus

 

The Conjoined

Jen Sookfong Lee,
The Conjoined

 

Corvus

Kerry-Lee Powell,
Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush

 

By GaslightSteven Price,
By Gaslight

 

BozukLinda Rogers,
Bozuk

 

Hanne and Her BrotherBill Stenson,
Hanne and Her Brother

 

Take Us to Your Chief

Drew Hayden Taylor,
Take Us to Your Chief and Other Stories

 

Double DutchLaura Trunkey,
Double Dutch

 

Teardown

Clea Young,
Teardown

 

 

2015

10 Women

George Bowering,
10 Women

 

Bearskin Diary

Carol Daniels,
Bearskin Diary

 

Debris

Kevin Hardcastle,
Debris

 

The Brink of Freedom

Stella Leventoyannis Harvey,
The Brink of Freedom

 

The Hunter and the Wild GirlPauline Holdstock,
The Hunter and the Wild Girl

 

I am what I am because you are what you are

Carole Glasser Langille,
I am what I am because you are what you are

 

The Birthday Books

Joanna Lilley,
The Birthday Books

 

I, Bartleby

Meredith Quartermain,
I, Bartleby

 

The Secrets Men Keep

Mark Sampson,
The Secrets Men Keep

2014

Cadillac Cathedral

Brenda Hasiuk, Boy Lost in Wild

Cadillac Cathedral

Jack Hodgins, Cadillac Cathedral

The Incomparable

Alexandra Leggat,
The Incomparables

SanaaqMitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Sanaaq
Paradise & Elsewhere

Kathy Page, Paradise & Elsewhere

What I Want to Tell Goes Like This

Matt Rader,
What I Want to Tell Goes Like This

Butterfly in Amber

Kenneth Radu, Butterfly in Amber

Brilliant

Denise Roig,
Brilliant

By the Book

Diane Schoemperlen, By the Book: Stories and Pictures

Grayling

Gillian Wigmore, Grayling

2013

What We Hold in Our Hands

Kim Aubrey, What We Hold in Our Hands

The Strangers' Gallery

Paul Bowdring, The Strangers' Gallery

The Green and Purple Skin of the World

paulo da costa, The Green and Purple Skin of the World

The Outside World

Barry Dempster, The Outside World

Maura Quell

Rita Donovan, Maura Quell

The Douglas Notebooks

Christine Eddie, The Douglas Notebooks (trans. Sheila Fischman)

Red Girl Rat Boy

Cynthia Flood, Red Girl Rat Boy

Keeping the Peace

Colette Maitland, Keeping the Peace

Everything Is So Political

Sandra McIntyre (ed.), Everything Is So Political: A Collection of Short Fiction by Canadian Writers

Caught

Lisa Moore, Caught

Jane and the Whales

Andrea Routley, Jane and the Whales

 


2012

Psychology and Other Stories

C. P. Boyko, Psychology and Other Stories

Siege 13

Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13

Gay Dwarves of America

Anne Fleming, Gay Dwarves of America

Castles in the Air

Mary Hagey, Castles in the Air

Book of Great Worth

Dave Margoshes, A Book of Great Worth

All the Voices Cry

Alice Petersen, All the Voices Cry

Tears of Mehndi

Raminder Sidhu, Tears of Mehndi

Dibidalen

Seán Virgo, Dibidalen: Ten Stories

Whirl Away

Russell Wangersky, Whirl Away

The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupre

Sarah Kathryn York, The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupré

2011

Suitable Precautions

Laura Boudreau, Suitable Precautions

The Antagonist

Lynn Coady, The Antagonist

Tide Road

Valerie Compton, Tide Road

The Year of Broken Glass

Joe Denham, The Year of Broken Glass

Half-Blood Blues

Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues

The Little Shadows

Marina Endicott, The Little Shadows

Not Being on a Boat

Esme Claire Keith, Not Being on a Boat

A Description of the Blazing World

Michael Murphy, A Description of the Blazing World

Not Being on a Boat

Riel Nason, The Town That Drowned

Something About the Animal

Cathy Stonehouse, Something About the Animal

Kate Story, Wrecked Upon This Shore

Hard Hed

Charles Tidler, Hard Hed: The Hoosier Chapman Papers

Irma Voth

Miriam Toews, Irma Voth

 

2010

Bird Eat Bird

Katrina Best, Bird Eat Bird

Anderson

Michael Boyce, Anderson

The Devil You Know

Jenn Farrell, The Devil You Know

The Doctrine of Affectations

Paul Headrick, The Doctrine of Affectations

Flyways

Devin Krukoff, Flyways

Light Lifting

Alexander MacLeod, Light Lifting

Therefore Choose

Keith Oatley, Therefore Choose

I'm a Registered Nurse Not a WhoreAnne Perdue, I'm a Registered Nurse Not a Whore
Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny

Caroline Woodward, Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny

Letters to Omar

Rachel Wyatt, Letters to Omar

2009

Dances With Snakes

Horacio Castellanos Moya, Dances With Snakes (trans. Lee Paula Springer)

 

Nonfiction

2019

Sea Trial

Brian Harvey,
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father

 


2018

Magnetic North

Jenna Butler,
Magnetic North

 

Almost Islands

Stephen Collis,
Almost Islands

 

GAYBCs

Rae Congdon, GAYBCs: A Queer Alphabet

Summer of the Horse

Donna Kane, Summer of the Horse

Mamaskatch

Darrel J. McLeod, Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

One Year After

RM Vaughan, One Year After

 

2017

Branches Over Ripples

Brian Bartlett, Branches Over Ripples

The Bosun Chair

Jennifer Bowering Delisle, The Bosun Chair

Where It Hurts

Sarah de Leeuw, Where It Hurts

Euclid's Orchard and Other Essays

Theresa Kishkan, Euclid's Orchard and Other Essays

The Reconciliation Manifesto

Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, The Reconciliation Manifesto

Minerva's Owl

Carol Matthews, Minerva's Owl: The Bereavement Phase of My Marriage

 

Mamaskatch

Darrel J. McLeod, Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging

Monica Meneghetti, What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging

Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots

Erin Moure, Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots

Breaking Boundaries: LGBTQ2 Writers on Coming Out and Into Canada

Lori Shwydky, Breaking Boundaries: LGBTQ2 Writers on Coming Out and Into Canada

From The Tundra to the Trenches

Eddy Weetaltuk, From the Tundra to the Trenches

 

2016

A Two-Spirit Journey

Ma-Nee Chacaby, A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

The Art of P. K. IrwinMichèl Rackham Hall,
The Art of P. K. Irwin

 

Towards a Prairie Atonement

Trevor Herriot, Towards a Prairie Atonement

The Photographer's Last Picture

Sean Howard, The Photographer's Last Picture

Firewater

Harold R. Johnson, Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours)

Chasing UtopiaDavid Leach,
Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel

 

100 Days of Cree

Neal McLeod, 100 Days of Cree

Kubrick Red

Simon Roy, Kubrick Red

 

2015

That's Why I'm a Journalist

Mark Bulgutch, ed., That's Why I'm a Journalist

Life Among the Qallunaat

Mini Aodla Freeman, Life Among the Qallunaat

Death of Small Creatures

Trisha Cull, Death of Small Creatures

Edge

Mary Dalton, Edge: Essays, Reviews, Interviews

The River

Helen Humphreys, The River

This Place a Stranger

Vici Johnstone, ed., This Place a Stranger: Canadian Women Travelling Alone

The Other 23 and a Half Hours

Catherine Owen, The Other 23 & a Half Hours

Mexican Journal

P. K. Page, Mexican Journal

Bright Eyed

R. M. Vaughan, Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures

 

2014

Conversations with a Dead Man

Mark Abley, Conversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

Echo Soundings

Jeffery Donaldson, Echo Soundings: Essays on Poetry and Poetics

The Bricoleur & His Sentences

Stan Dragland, The Bricoleur & His Sentences

Norval Morrisseau

Armand Garnet Ruffo, Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird

Born Out of This

Christine Lowther, Born Out of This

Notes and Dispatches

rob mclennan, Notes and Dispatches: Essays

Detachment

Maurice Mierau, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir

The House with the Parapet Wall

John Terpstra, The House with the Parapet Wall

2013

The Life and Art of Edythe

Christina Johnson-Dean, The Life and Art of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher

Ornithologies of Desire

Travis V. Mason, Ornithologies of Desire: Ecocritical Essays, Avian Politics, and Don McKay

Untying the Apron

Lorri Neilsen Glenn (ed.), Untying the Apron: Daughters Remember Mothers of the 1950s

Will not forget both laughter and tears

Tomoko Mitani, Will Not Forget Both Laughter and Tears (trans. Yukari F. Meldrum)

In Translation: Honouring Sheila FischmanSherry Simon (ed.), In Translation: Honouring Sheila Fischman
This Great Escape

Andrew Steinmetz, This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla

2012

Silce me some truth

Luanne Armstrong and Zoe Landale (eds.), Slice me some truth: An anthology of Canadian creative nonfiction

Journey With No Maps

Sandra Djwa, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P. K. Page

Imagining Ancient Women

Annabel Lyon, Imagining Ancient Women

Shell of the Tortoise

Don McKay, The Shell of the Tortoise

Criminal's Handbook

C. W. Michael, The Criminal's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Surviving Arrest and Incarceration in Canada

Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden

Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden: Writing from Prison

2011

A Gentleman of Pleasure

Brian Busby, A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco

Work Book

Steven Heighton, Work Book: Memos and Dispatches on Writing

Ornithologies of Desire

Theresa Kishkan, Mnemonic

Intersecting Sets

Alice Major, Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science

Gunmetal Blue

Shane Neilson, Gunmetal Blue: A Memoir

Robin Blaser

Stan Persky and Brian Fawcett, Robin Blaser

Facing the Hunter

David Adams Richards, Facing the Hunter

The Sasquatch at Home

Eden Robinson, The Sasquatch at Home

John Glassco and the Other Montreal

Carmine Starnino (ed.), John Glassco and the Other Montreal

Facing the Hunter

Fraser Sutherland, The Life and Words of Edward Lacey

2010

Making Waves

Trevor Carolan (ed.), Making Waves: Reading B. C. and Pacific Northwest Literature

Bitter Medicine

Clem and Oliver Martini, Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness

Collecting Stamps Would Have Been More Fun

Sinclair Ross, "Collecting Stamps Would Have Been More Fun": Canadian Publishing and the Correspondence of Sinclair Ross, 1933-1986

The Measure of Paris

Stephen Scobie, The Measure of Paris

Geography of Arrival

George Sipos, The Geography of Arrival: A Memoir