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This Is How It Always Is

When trying for a daughter leaves Rosie with five beautiful boys, she’s unaware of what life will throw at her. Her youngest boy Claude – the one she was so sure was going to be a baby girl but ended up being a boy- is quick little learner. Claude learns to crawl, walk, and talkContinue reading “This Is How It Always Is”

The Ventriloquists

E.R. Ramzipoor presents the tale of The Ventriloquists by switching back and forth between past and present timelines. Inspired by true events, The Ventriloquists follows a group of resisters in Belgium during the Nazi reign, who have agreed to take part in a risky operation in an attempt to speak out against the oppressive regime.Continue reading “The Ventriloquists”

Five Little Indians

Five Little Indians, winner of the UBC New Fiction Prize, is a story that follows five individuals: Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie, and Maisie. This is a story of survivors of Residential Schools in Canada and of their journey in finding themselves amongst the new world they are thrown into while grappling with the fears andContinue reading “Five Little Indians”

Highway of Tears

Jessica McDiarmid, a journalist, follows the lives of families who have lost a loved one and are living with the effects of the tragedies that have befallen on not only them, but also their communities. McDiarmid focuses on the journeys of a few families and their communities highlighting their fight for justice and for change,Continue reading “Highway of Tears”

The Henna Artist

Alka Joshi’s The Henna Artist takes place in newly independent India, following the life of Lakshmi, who at the age of seventeen-years-old, managed to escape from her abusive marriage. Travelling all the way from her husband’s village to the Pink City, Jaipur, Lakshmi becomes a henna artist for some of the elite. An ambitious andContinue reading “The Henna Artist”

Baani Da Paari’vaar

Baani Da Paari’vaar is a children’s book created by Sarbdeep Johal which teaches the reader the words and names used for different family members in Punjabi. I had heard about these books somewhere on social media but slipped my mind. During a stroll through my favorite store, Indigo, I was browsing the children’s section, asContinue reading “Baani Da Paari’vaar”