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Myself Through Others
Dundurn 2008; US$ 24.99David Watmough, often called Canada?s senior gay male writer, tells his story through his encounters with the people he has befriended, loved, and jousted with over the years. more...
Winter Break
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 18.99I knew it wasn?t true. It couldn?t be. . . . And yet, I couldn?t help staring at him, wondering. However fleeting, there was the slightest hint of doubt in my mind. Didi Randall doesn?t think her life can get much worse than public humiliation when her boyfriend is the subject of a vicious rumor on campus. Despite their four-year relationship,... more...
Poems for a Small Park
Athabasca University Press 2008; US$ 19.95Blodgett wrote his poems for a small park in English and some in French, but was able to have some of them translated into Cree, Michif, Chinese, and Ukrainian. This reflects Edmonton?s unique multicultural ambience and the roles of diverse cultures in the making of the city. The powerful images and thoughtful metaphors in these short lyrics show readers... more...
The Book of Knights
Tom Doherty Associates 1999; US$ 6.99A fantasy novel about a young boy who discoves a wonderful book that fills him with the desire to grow up to be knight--and whose desire is granted in strange and unexpected ways. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. more...
The Lady and the Poet
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 14.99Set against the sumptuousness and intrigues of Queen Elizabeth I?s court, this powerful novel reveals the untold love affair between the famous poet John Donne and Ann More, the passionate woman who, against all odds, became his wife. Ann More, fiery and spirited daughter of the Mores of Loseley House in Surrey, came to London destined for... more...
Waiting for Ricky Tantrum
Dundurn 2010; US$ 9.99Jim Myers is a shy kid living in Torontos Bloorcourt Village. On the first day of junior high, Jim crosses paths with Charlie Crouse, a brash, mouthy boy full of wild stories about his past and present. Charlie takes Jim under his wing, and as their friendship grows, the realities of adulthood seep into their lives with surprising consequences. more...
Sweeter Life
Random House of Canada 2011; US$ 30.95Tim Wynveen, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book prize, has outdone himself with his new novel, masterfully weaving themes of creativity, memory, time, loss and reconnection into the fragmented lives of the Owen family Ten years after their parents die in a car accident, Cyrus, Isabel and Hank Owen are still trying to put their lives... more...
Dominant Impressions
University of Ottawa Press 1999; US$ 11.99Canadian critics and scholars, along with a growing number from around the world, have long recognized the achievements of Canadian short story writers. However, these critics have tended to view the Canadian short story as a historically recent phenomenon. This reappraisal corrects this mistaken view by exploring the literary and cultural antecedents... more...
Anne Hébert
Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa 2000; US$ 9.99Très rapidement, Anne Hébert trouve sa voie, singulière entre toutes celles de notre littérature : le matérialisme. Entendons par là que, récusant l?enseignement religieux, c?est dans les profondeurs du moi que l?auteure cherche la vérité de l?être ; et la plongée en soi révèle essentiellement, comme le disait Freud, le jeu des pulsions. Pulsions... more...









