49thShelfLAUNCHPAD Posts
Ann Eriksson Launches BIRD'S EYE VIEW
"Anyone, young or old, who wants to learn more about the birds that live in their neighbourhood or on the other side of the planet will love this book." …
Marianne Boucher's TALKING TO STRANGERS
Launching the graphic memoir Talking to Strangers: A Memoir of My Escape from a Cult.
Literatures, Communities, and Learning
9 conversations with Indigenous writers about the relationship between Indigenous literatures and learning, and how their writing relates to communities. …
Launchpad: Good Mothers Don't, by Laura Best
"An unlikely page turner replete with hushed surprises, unexpected crescendos, endless love and boundless vitality."
Launchpad: Legacy of Trees, by Nina Shoroplova
"A fascinating answer to why we should care about trees in the first place." —Wayne Grady
Launchpad: Murmurations, by Annick MacAskill
Populating her poems with birdsong and murmurings of the natural world, MacAskill highlights how poets and lovers share much with birders on the twitch, …
Launchpad: In Veritas, by C.J. Lavigne
“The perfect mix of incandescent writing and enthralling storytelling. C.J. Lavigne has given us something we can believe in. Learn to see the dragons.” …
Launchpad: Makhno and Memory, by Sean Patterson
The story of "the Ukrainian Robin Hood."
Launchpad: The End of Me, by John Gould
"John Gould's skill with the short form is miraculous in the way of bonsai, the grand made to bloom within the small. And who knew death could be so wise, …
Launchpad: The Home Stretch, by George K. Ilsley
"A wonderful book—witty, tender, and lucidly written—about the caregiving of sons and the complicated inheritances of fathers" —David Chariandy