Diversity in CanLit
Canadians have written a wide range of diverse books — here are a few to add to the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign. "We Need Diverse Books is a grassroots organization created to ... recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities." However, as Léonicka of #DiverseCanLit explains, a lot of the problem is that there is no cross-over in the genres. An immigrant story is marketed as *just* an immigrant story; a sci-fi Aboriginal narrative is marketed as *just* Aboriginal, not sci-fi; or their experiences are used as tropes and clichés. This is part of the problem—that diverse characters and backgrounds aren't reflected in all genres or story types.
Maggie's Chopsticks
Something Fierce
Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
Six Metres of Pavement
A Really Good Brown Girl
The Headmaster's Wager
Changing Lives
Women and the Northern Ontario Experience
Three Souls
Kicking the Sky
Indian Horse
(you) Set Me On Fire
Bone and Bread
The Amazing Absorbing Boy
Gender Failure
So Long Been Dreaming
Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Return
Morning on the Lake
Shi-shi-etko
Shin-chi's Canoe
As Long as the Rivers Flow
Lesser Blessed
Little You
Masculindians
Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
Pakwa Che Menisu
