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🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Join us as we celebrate Pride month by diving into some of our favourite LGBTQ+ titles!

IN SEARCH OF PURE LUST by Lise Weil
STORY OF MY LIFE ONGOING by C.S. Cobb
CAROUSEL by April Ford
DEUCE by Vivian Zenari
STEEL ANIMALS by SK Dyment
THE SIZE OF A BIRD by Clementine Morrigan
DARK WATER SONGS by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes
SLOW REVEAL by Melanie Mitzner
HORSES IN THE SAND by Lorrie Potvin
FIRST GEAR by Lorrie Jorgensen

Happy Asian Heritage Month

Join us for the month of May as we celebrate the culture and history of Asian communities in literature.

Today we highlight FESTIVAL OF ALL SOULS by Jean Eng

FESTIVAL OF ALL SOULS explores the experience of an Asian woman born in Canada. Although neither fully rooted in one or the other, the influence of two different cultures allows heritage, gender and values to nonetheless, enrich a personal vision. The title refers to an Asian ceremony whereby families visit ancestral gravesites in the spring to pay their respects to the departed. During this observance of tribute and commemoration, time is also provided for contemplation and the acknowledgement of renewal that is in harmony with the season. The poetry in this collection is guided by, and ultimately expands upon themes inspired by this ritual: cycles of fullness and loss, expressions of visible and hidden energy, as well as navigations through public and private space. A definition of soul widens to include within our human capacity—plants, animals, minerals, and even weather. Whether leaves pause on the rim of a jade plant bowl, a starling understands Cantonese, or waves lunge like white dragons across Lake Ontario, an invitation is extended to celebrate the diversity of being in this world.

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