Browse Books in Biography & Autobiography

Emily Carr

Kon Ichikawa

Love Strong as Death
Lucy Peel’s Canadian Journal, 1833-1836
Breakfast with the Devil

Abundant Beauty
The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist

Shelter From the Storm
A Sailor's Life of Havens, High Seas, and Discovery
Of Dissonance And Shadows
Eleventh Toe
Red Promises

Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian
His Life, Times, and Legacy

Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission

Thinking Like A Woman
Personal Life and Political Ideas

St. Lawrence and Me

The Siren Years
A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945

Chasing Grandma

Details from a Larger Canvas

My Second Life
Living with Parkinson's Disease

Waltzing the Tango
A Late Boomer Dances to the Wrong Tune

People in Transition
Reflections on Becoming Canadian

Holy Writ

No Plaster Saint
The Life of Mildred Osterhout Fahrni

Honeymoon in Purdah
An Iranian Journey

Losing the Dead
A Family Memoir

Working in Women’s Archives
Researching Women’s Private Literature and Archival Documents