Memoir & Biography

Persephone’s Children: A Life in Fragments

Winnipeg author Rowan McCandless's glowing debut, Persephone’s Children, pushes the boundaries of memoir and personal essay. The discovery of voice and identity and the process of healing after an abusive relationship are central to this story. ... Read More »

January 25, 2022 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Our Little Secret

By Emily Carrington

Emily Carrington’s debut graphic memoir is a deeply affecting and incisive examination of her experiences of childhood sexual abuse. The illustrated format allows for increased emotional impact in a story that is often difficult to ... Read More »

January 11, 2022 | Filed under: Graphica, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Permanent Astonishment

By Tomson Highway

The winner of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Permanent Astonishment is playwright and novelist Tomson Highway’s brilliant, funny, beautiful account of his childhood in both Canada’s remote North and at the Guy ... Read More »

December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Spílǝxm: A Weaving of Recovery,  Resilience, and Resurgence

By Nicola I. Campbell

Spílǝxm takes the painful threads of one Indigenous woman’s story and weaves them into a vibrant sash. Part poetry and part prose, this challenging and experimental work intimately describes the journey of Nicola I. Campbell ... Read More »

December 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By Omar Mouallem

Writer, journalist, and filmmaker Omar Mouallem’s Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas is a fascinating exploration of the many manifestations of Islam across cultures, traditions, communities, and political lines. Mouallem’s journey takes ... Read More »

November 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Permanent Astonishment

By Tomson Highway

Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Permanent Astonishment is playwright and novelist Tomson Highway’s brilliant, funny, beautiful account of his childhood in both Canada’s remote North and at the Guy Hill ... Read More »

October 29, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples, Reviews

Waswanipi

By Jean-Yves Soucy; Peter McCambridge (trans.)

It was 1963 when a young Jean-Yves Soucy, the late Montreal-based writer, publisher, and journalist, arrived by floatplane for a summer job as a fire warden in the thick boreal forest of Waswanipi in central ... Read More »

October 6, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ My Mother, My Translator

By Jaspreet Singh

“My mother fantasized about becoming a writer. So did her father. Their fantasies became mine. Slowly a strong desire took over and ruined me forever,” writes Jaspreet Singh in his memoir, which marks a return ... Read More »

October 6, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door

By Molly Peacock

The subtitle to Molly Peacock’s new book about Edwardian-era painter Mary Hiester Reid suggests this isn’t a typical biography or survey of an artist’s work, and indeed Flower Diary is a refreshing treatment of a ... Read More »

October 5, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points in Between

By Ceilidh Michelle

Cheryl Strayed’s blockbuster Wild marked a formidable shift in the women’s memoir category, essentially taking Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love from a Contiki tour to a blistering bootcamp detox. Somewhere along the marketing way, these ... Read More »

August 26, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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Persephone’s Children: A Life in Fragments

★ Our Little Secret

★ Permanent Astonishment

Spílǝxm: A Weaving of Recovery,  Resilience, and Resurgence

Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas

★ Permanent Astonishment

Waswanipi

★ My Mother, My Translator

★ Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door

Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points in Between

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