Memoir & Biography

★ The Barefoot Bingo Caller

According to the book’s afterword, Antanas Sileika’s new memoir originated in a conversation between the author, his wife, Snaige, and ECW Press co-publisher Jack David at a bar in Windsor, Ontario, during that city’s Bookfest. ... Read More »

June 8, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada’s First Female Infantry Officer

By Sandra Perron

On paper, Sandra Perron was the perfect soldier: a fit, fearless warrior who earned top marks in training, was comfortably bilingual, unquestionably dedicated to the Canadian Forces, and rose to become the first female officer ... Read More »

May 26, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis

By Jen Powley

Just Jen chronicles author Jen Powley’s life with multiple sclerosis. Forthright, illuminating, and frequently moving in her narration, Powley addresses the clichés of typical illness stories upfront. Facing the reality of her diagnosis as a ... Read More »

May 11, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Where it Hurts

By Sarah De Leeuw

Where it Hurts, by University of Northern British Columbia associate professor Sarah De Leeuw, details (among other things) the author’s life and times as a restless yet perceptive resident of remote outposts in northern B.C., ... Read More »

May 3, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations

By Richard Wagamese

The theme of healing is present in two recent non-fiction books by indigenous authors. But each author approaches the process of healing, and the question of what needs to be healed in the first place, ... Read More »

January 30, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples

Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD

By Jessica Dee Humphreys; Roméo Dallaire

For more than two decades, Roméo Dallaire, a retired lieutenant-general in the Canadian Armed Forces, has borne the inconceivably heavy weight of representing the public face of the international community’s failure to prevent the 1994 ... Read More »

January 30, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours)

By Harold R. Johnson

January 24, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples, Politics & Current Affairs

Birds Art Life

By Kyo Maclear

Back in 2012, author Kyo Maclear was feeling untethered. Her father was becoming increasingly frail, having succumbed to two strokes and a couple of bad falls. Then an MRI revealed he had an unruptured cerebral ... Read More »

January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Elephants in My Backyard

By Rajiv Surendra

If you know Rajiv Surendra at all, it’s probably from his scene-stealing performance as Kevin G., a rapping mathlete in the 2004 movie Mean Girls. He threw himself into the audition, wowed the director, and ... Read More »

November 15, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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