Award-winning Métis writer, Amber Boyd’s memoir, BLOOD, BANNOCK, AND BEADS, recounts a 24-year vibrant journey of reclaiming her identity after discovering that her grandfather hid his; her path back to the Métis community includes bear encounters, traditional medicines, bead works, a birch bark canoe, and lessons with her two children…
Read MoreToronto Star crime reporter Jennifer Pagliaro’s GIRLS, INTERRUPTED, a true crime narrative examining the recent rash of teen violence, specifically focusing on the alleged swarming attack of Ken Lee, who was experiencing homelessness, at the hands of eight teenage girls, taking readers from the night of the murder to the girls’ arrest and eventual trial, and interrogating how we reconcile a brutal murder with a broken youth justice system…
Read MoreViral spoken word poet Sabrina Benaim’s CHAOTIC GOOD, an audio exclusive collection of poems and stories about staying true to yourself despite external forces, and a celebration of modern ritual and worship in the search for something to believe in, from a meditation on her daily skincare routine to the medicine of music and a devotion to Beyoncé, to Bhavna Chauhan at Doubleday Canada…
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