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The Book Auction to Support Prisoners
"This year has marked a sea change in how we perceive racism and our justice system, and we hope this event will further …
Launchpad: THE BARREN GROUNDS, by David A. Robertson
"David A. Robertson has written such a fine, beautiful novel. He manages to combine hard truths about our history with a …
TreeTalk-ing or, "How I Became a Serial Poetry Monogamist"
"I knew I wanted to do more than just sit in a booth, eating chicken and waffles, and writing. It had to do something th …
Books for Orange Shirt Day
Books to connect younger readers with the tragic legacy of Canada's residential schools.
The Chat with Emily Urquhart
In The Age of Creativity (House of Anansi Press), Emily Urquhart challenges us to reconsider our thinking around artisti …
Launchpad: NOOPIMING, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
"This is bold storytelling drawing upon a rich history to present a possible future. Simpson is generously gifting reade …
Super September Giveaway!
Did we call it this because of the alliteration? Maybe, but more because the books up for grabs here are SO GOOD. Enter …
Launchpad: CROSSHAIRS, by Catherine Hernandez
"Crosshairs asks us what we will do to resist and build a better future when faced with such momentous and dangerous tim …
The Chat with Bahar Orang
Bahar Orang’s Where Things Touch is a stirring, wholly invigorating meditation on beauty and memory. Part prose, part …
Results for keyword: “indigenous fiction”
Launchpad: ANGEL WING SPLASH PATTERN, by Richard Van Camp
Last spring—as launches, festivals and other events were cancelled across the country—49th Shelf helped Canadian authors launch more than 50 new books with LAUNCHPAD. And now we're back this fall, but with a twist.
LAUNCHPAD 2.0 features new releases selected by great Canadian writers who've chosen books that absolutely deserve to find their way into the hands of readers.
Today, award-winning storyteller Richard Van Camp is championing the first book by young emerging author...Richard Van Camp. That's right! Van Camp's first book Angel Wing Splash Pattern has been reissued in a Special 20th Anniversary Edition.
Van Camp writes in the new introduction to his book:
"Angel Wing Splash Pattern, looking back now, was me using the short story as a celebration of being Tłįchϙ Dene and being raised in Fort Smith, NWT. Our home growing up was filled with music, books, stories, visiting, laughter, and a fun sense of community… I’ve braided the best of the ’80s with the best of the North in Angel Wing Splash Pattern, and, typing here in our home wit …
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Launchpad: ANGEL WING SPLASH PATTERN, by Richard Van Camp
Last spring—as launches, festivals and other events were cancelled across the country—49th Shelf helped Canadian authors launch more than 50 new books with LAUNCHPAD. And now we're back this fall, but with a twist.
LAUNCHPAD 2.0 features new releases selected by great Canadian writers who've chosen books that absolutely deserve to find their way into the hands of readers.
Today, award-winning storyteller Richard Van Camp is championing the first book by young emerging author...Richard Van Camp. That's right! Van Camp's first book Angel Wing Splash Pattern has been reissued in a Special 20th Anniversary Edition.
Van Camp writes in the new introduction to his book:
"Angel Wing Splash Pattern, looking back now, was me using the short story as a celebration of being Tłįchϙ Dene and being raised in Fort Smith, NWT. Our home growing up was filled with music, books, stories, visiting, laughter, and a fun sense of community… I’ve braided the best of the ’80s with the best of the North in Angel Wing Splash Pattern, and, typing here in our home wit …
