49thShelfLAUNCHPAD Posts
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
Launchpad: The War Widow, by Tara Moss
"Retro noir with a gutsy heroine and atmospheric setting...vivid, page-turning historical crime."
Launchpad: Show Me the Honey, by Dave Doroghy
A lighthearted, self-deprecating account of one fledgling beekeeper’s misadventures.
Launchpad: War at the Snow White Motel, by Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones brilliantly captures pivotal moments small and large as characters fight for understanding, courage and a better future.
Launchpad: Speechless, by Anne Simpson
A global narrative about gender and race, about words and actions and reactions, with tough female characters who will not back down and instead stand …
Launchpad: Weekend Dad, by Naseem Hrab and Frank Viva
A picture book about what happens when parents separate, and the new reality of having two homes.