iii is a summation of the dread, the absence and the anguish a man in his mid-thirties experiences as he contemplates his past and future. It has a lot to say about alcohol, drugs and sexual politics. iii is a lesson in what not to do, who to avoid, what choices to rethink. Then again,…

Ali Riley applies her unique and inventive poetics to our National identity. Breaking down and remixing our familiar icons – for example, The Hudson‘s Bay Company, Susannah Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush – the poet finds that wanderlust, geography, solitude and a thirst for exploration still underlie the Canadian Spirit.…

Thorough, authoritative, and filled with over 700 superb previously unpublished photographs, Yukon Wings is an illustrated history of the birth and development of the aviation industry in the Yukon. An astonishing book of ingenuity, courage and determination, by engineer, researcher and pilot: Robert Cameron.…

At once organic, spiritual and technical, the work uses QR codes to send readers outside the book to new vantage points. Goddess… is an upsurge, an uprising of feminine divine energy that Sheri-D says will quell the madness of our times.…

The uplifting story of a woman, 27-year old Frieda Zweig, whose uncanny connection with a kindred spirit named Gladys causes her to see her life in a new way – as anything but ordinary.…

The third site monograph of the Baikal Archaeology Project series presents archaeological and human osteological data from fieldwork conducted at the mortuary site Kurma XI in the extensively researched Little Sea area of Lake Baikal, Siberia. Twenty-six graves were excavated by Russian and Canadian teams. Many very rare inclusions were found, with a bronze medallion…

Tender, satirical and occasionally absurd, Barb Howard’s Western Taxidermy is a perfect introduction to one of Western Canada’s most high-spirited literary voices. These sixteen stories effortlessly balance wry social commentary and prairie gothic.…

How do you rebuild a life? In this unsentimental collection of poems, Barbara Langhorst revisits a violent personal tragedy through startling imagery that rends even as it heals. Restless White Fields is unique, unexpected, and impossible to ignore.…

Drawing inspiration from such diverse works as Pauline Réage’s The Story of O and Marian Engel’s Bear, poet Sarah de Leeuw uses the varied landscape of Canada—from the forests of North Vancouver through the Rocky Mountains, the prairies, and all the way to the Maritimes—to map the highs and lows of an explicit and raw sexual journey, from…

This publication is a compendium of some of the most visionary thinking about art and technology to have taken place in the last few decades…

Kids will roll on the floor with laughter reading these silly and ridiculous jokes, and then run to tell their friends! Jokes for Canadian Kids is chock full of good, clean laughs: Q: What trees do ghouls like best? A: Ceme-trees! Did you hear about the girl who started dating a boy and found out…

Visual Orgasm showcases the history of Canadian graffiti and its American inspiration, featuring Canadian graffiti artists and images of the last thirty years. The foreword is by graffiti legend Zephyr, known for his graffiti in New York in the 1980s.…

Webber frames images of the overlooked, the feral, the discarded, the unexpected and mysterious.Aritha van Herk’s strong gritty text complements and extends this unusual view of a changing Calgary.…

An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the work of Eric Cameron, Cover and Uncover combines critical discussion with beautiful, full-colour reproductions of Cameron’s works in multiple media. A painter, writer, and teacher, Eric Cameron is a major contemporary Canadian artist. Born in Leicester, England in 1935, he arrived in Canada in the 1970s and quickly became…

The Do-Gooders, a rich source of information on the history of women in Calgary and Canada, focuses on the Calgary Local Council of Women.…

These illustrative articles describe the creative arts in research and practice within neighbourhoods, villages, and cities for community and cultural change.…

A humble doctor performs medical miracles for a dollar apiece in a tiny farm outside Ottawa. A teenager from Cincinnati passes himself off to Toronto newspapers as a “wilderness boy” making his first trip into civilization on a mission of revenge. A clause in an eccentric millionaire’s will triggers a national “baby derby,” and a…

Once of Alberta’s most prominent and influential public historians reflects on Alberta’s cultural growth, history, and his own eventful life in this fascinating memoir. Hugh Dempsey has for decades been one of Alberta’s most prolific and influential public historians. Author of more than twenty books, he has also been “in on the ground floor” of…

More than a book, this is a play-space where the audience becomes the artist and artist becomes the audience.  The title features interactive exercises from seventeen professional spoken word artists.…

An engaging collection of texts and images that explores science as expressed by individuals, artists, scientists and teachers, from cafes and classrooms all the way to theatre and Hollywood.…