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New Art Books

Florine Stettheimer

Florine Stettheimer

New Directions in Multimodal Modernism

edited by Irene Gammell & Suzanne Zelazo

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Michael Snow

Michael Snow

Lives and Works

by James King

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The Group of Seven Reimagined

The Group of Seven Reimagined

Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings

edited by Karen Schauber

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Light Revealed

Light Revealed

Scratchboard Engravings by Scott McKowen

illustrated by Scott McKowen
introduction by Peter Hinton

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Try Not to Get Too Attached

Try Not to Get Too Attached

by Robin Richardson

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Voices from the Skeena

Voices from the Skeena

An Illustrated Oral History

illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers
by Robert Budd

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Fluevog

Fluevog

50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls

by John Fluevog

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Ruling Out Art

Ruling Out Art

Media Art Meets Law in Ontario’s Censor Wars

by Taryn Sirove

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Unbecoming Nationalism

Unbecoming Nationalism

From Commemoration to Redress in Canada

by Helene Vosters

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The Story of Painting

The Story of Painting

How art was made

by DK
foreword by Ross King

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Art as Revolt

Art as Revolt

Thinking Politics through Immanent Aesthetics

edited by David Fancy & Hans Skott-Myhre

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Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe

Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe

illustrated by James Stokoe

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Itee Pootoogook

Itee Pootoogook

Hymns to the Silence

by Nancy Campbell
by (artist) Itee Pootoogook

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Diversity Counts

Diversity Counts

Gender, Race, and Representation in Canadian Art Galleries

by Anne Dymond

"Dymond gives artists and contemporary arts practitioners in Canada the numbers that allow us to assess what we have achieved and where we are failing …

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Tear Gas Epiphanies

Tear Gas Epiphanies

Protest, Culture, Museums

by Kirsty Robertson

"Tear Gas Epiphanies presents high-quality, well-designed, and well-examined case studies in the context of political debates around art, museums, and …

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Perception

Perception

A Photo Series

by KC Adams
other primary creator Cathy Mattes
foreword by Katherena Vermette

We hear the saying, “A picture can say a thousand words” quite often, but sometimes we don’t take the time to actually look at what we are seei …

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Into the Light

Into the Light

The Art of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald

edited by Sarah Milroy & Ian A.C. Dejardin

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People Among the People

People Among the People

The Public Art of Susan Point

by Robert D. Watt
preface by Susan A. Point
foreword by Anthony Alan Shelton

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New Ground

New Ground

A Memoir of Art in the Kootenays

by Ann Kujundzic

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Making a Life

Making a Life

Twenty-five Years of Hooking Rugs

by Deanne Fitzpatrick
foreword by Sheree Fitch

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Incorporating Culture

Incorporating Culture

How Indigenous People Are Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry

by Solen Roth

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Final Fire

Final Fire

A Memoir

by Michael Mitchell

 

“Following the success of The Molly Fire, Michael Mitchell proves once again that he’s as accomplished a wordsmith as he is photographer. Laced w …

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Don Proch

Don Proch

Masking and Mapping

by Patricia Bovey

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Plastic Capitalism

Plastic Capitalism

Contemporary Art and the Drive to Waste

by Amanda Boetzkes

Boetzkes offers a broad and subtle discussion of sustainability, art, and plastic waste in a world governed by neoliberal capitalism. The book shows u …

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On the Curve

On the Curve

The Life and Art of Sybil Andrews

by Janet Nicol
by (artist) Sybil Andrews

'Nicol has produced a compelling narrative of Andrews' life, from her early years in Bury St Edmunds, to the artistic and musical communities she nurt …

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Within the Frame, 10th Anniversary Edition

Within the Frame, 10th Anniversary Edition

The Journey of Photographic Vision

by David Duchemin

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Québec

Québec

Un tableau d'Adam Miller

by Clarence Epstein; Donald Kuspit; Alexandre Turgeon & François-Marc Gagnon

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Things Come Apart

Things Come Apart

A Teardown Manual for Modern Living

by Todd Mclellan

A new book full of gorgeous and meticulously organized photographs of old school and modern tech broken down and laid bare.—The Huffington Post

The p …

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Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry

Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry

The Art, The Artists, The History

by Alexander Dawkins
foreword by Corrine Hunt

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What Was History Painting and What Is It Now?

What Was History Painting and What Is It Now?

edited by Mark Salber Phillips & Jordan Bear

"This coherent and well-integrated collective work is the result of a brilliant idea, that of rejecting a simple definition of history painting and a …

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Slow Seconds

Slow Seconds

The Photography of George Thomas Taylor

by Ronald Rees & Joshua Green
photographs by George T. Taylor

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Beau Dick

Beau Dick

Devoured by Consumerism

by LaTiesha Fazakas; Candice Hopkins & John Cussans

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E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia

E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia

by Robert Amos

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A Casual Reconstruction

A Casual Reconstruction

by (artist) Nadia Myre
contributions by Louise Bernice Halfe & Sara Matthews
foreword by Suzanne Luke

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Inside Killjoy’s Kastle

Inside Killjoy’s Kastle

Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings

edited by Allyson Mitchell & Cait McKinney

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Sculpting Towards the Light

Sculpting Towards the Light

by Luigi Costanzo

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Toronto Makes

Toronto Makes

The Things We Love and the People Who Make Them

by Randi Bergman

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Zaagi'idiwin

Zaagi'idiwin

Silent, Unquestionable Act of Love

by (artist) Leanna Marshall
contributions by Vera Wabegijig & Susan Neylan
foreword by Suzanne Luke

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Everything is Relevant

Everything is Relevant

Writings on Art and Life, 1991-2018

by Ken Lum & Kitty Scott

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Becoming Our Future

Becoming Our Future

Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice

edited by Julie Nagam; Carly Lane & Megan Tamati-Quennell

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Art and Politics

Art and Politics

The History of the National Arts Centre, Second Edition

by Sarah Jennings

"Jennings has done a service to all who care about the arts in Canada today by offering this powerfully reported history." Literary Review of Canada

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Emily Carr

Emily Carr

Fresh Seeing - French Modernism and the West Coast

by Kiriko Watanabe; Robin Laurence; Michal Polay & Kathryn Bridge

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Gabor Szilasi

Gabor Szilasi

The Art World in Montreal, 1960-1980

edited by Zoë Tousignant

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Florine Stettheimer
Michael Snow
The Group of Seven Reimagined
Light Revealed
Try Not to Get Too Attached
Voices from the Skeena
Fluevog
Ruling Out Art
Unbecoming Nationalism
The Story of Painting
Art as Revolt
Grunt: The Art and Unpublished Comics of James Stokoe
Itee Pootoogook
Diversity Counts
Tear Gas Epiphanies
Perception
Into the Light
People Among the People
New Ground
Making a Life
Incorporating Culture
Final Fire
Don Proch
Plastic Capitalism
On the Curve
Within the Frame, 10th Anniversary Edition
Québec
Things Come Apart
Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry
What Was History Painting and What Is It Now?
Slow Seconds
Beau Dick
E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia
A Casual Reconstruction
Inside Killjoy’s Kastle
Sculpting Towards the Light
Toronto Makes
Zaagi'idiwin
Everything is Relevant
Becoming Our Future
Art and Politics
Emily Carr
Gabor Szilasi
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Your Fall 2019 Literary Festival Guide

By 49th Shelf Staff

Summer might be approaching its end, but literary festival season is just beginning! Find out what's happening near you, or even farther afield—because literary festivals make for good road trips. Just saying.

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Radiant Voices

By carla bergman

Storytelling that is about displacement and finding belonging, and of course, some Radiant Voices.

The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Don Gillmor

The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Don Gillmor

By Trevor Corkum

The winner of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction is Don Gillmor for his memoir To The River: Losing My Brother.

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Journeys to Exile

By Laisha Rosnau

In Little Fortress, Rosnau bases her fiction on real-life figures, Italian nobility escaping fascism in the 1930s and finding exile in Vernon, BC. With this recommended reading list, she suggests book …

The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Gwen Benaway

The Chat with Governor General's Literary Award Winner Gwen Benaway

By Trevor Corkum

Next up in our special 2019 Governor General’s Award edition of The Chat is our conversation with Gwen Benaway. Her collection Holy Wild won this year’s Governor General’s Award for Poetry.

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Books for Remembrance Day

By Kerry Clare

On the occasion of Remembrance Day, we're sharing these 14 recent books approaching war and remembrance from a variety of perspectives. 

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2019 Scotiabank Giller Shortlist

Immigrant City Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club The Innocents Dual Citizens Lampedusa Reproduction
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Canadians on the Dublin 2020 Longlist

Warlight The Boat People The Saturday Night Ghost Club Washington Black Catching the Light The Red Word Women Talking The Luminous Sea Transparent City French Exit
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2019 Writers' Trust Award Winners

Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. Days by Moonlight Dancing Lessons Cockroach Once in Blockadia We Are All Made of Molecules The Journey Prize Stories 31
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Women Who Work

Journeywoman My Mother's Daughter Campie Our Turn Whenever You’re Ready Bomb Girls Mothers and Others Light Years Eating Dirt Mudgirls Manifesto Mayann Francis Shrewed
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