Backlist

The Response of Weeds

by Bertrand Bickersteth

• Winner of the 2021 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award; the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry; the High Plains Book Award for First Book; and the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry!

“...a vigorous and erudite excavation of history and a carefully constructed reclamation of place.” ~ Steven W. Beattie, Quill & Quire (starred review)

Trade Paperback / Apr. 1, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-988732-79-4 88 pp / 5.5 x 9 / $18.95 cdN $15.95 uSd

In Veritas

by C.J. Lavigne

• Finalist for the 2021 Crawford Award! • Best of List for Tor.com and Every Book a Doorway!

“Lavigne’s debut urban fantasy novel, part of the ‘Nunatak First Fiction’ series, is full of wonder, darkness, and hope.... Reminiscent of the best of Charles de Lint, this is a book readers will not want to put down.” ~ Jennifer Beach, Library Journal

Trade Paperback / May 1, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-988732-83-1 344 pp / 6 x 9 / $ 21.95 cdN $19.95 uSd

Hunger Moon

by Traci Skuce

• Shortlisted for the Seventh Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, Literary Fiction Category!

“The artful writing and the complexity of the emotional landscape heighten the appeal and significance of each story.” ~ Marjorie Anderson, Winnipeg Free Press

Trade Paperback / Apr. 15, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-988732-80-0 216 pp / 5.5 x 8.5 / $ 19.95 cdN $17.95 uSd

Horseplay

by Norm Boucher

• Shortlisted for the Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book at the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence!

“True crime buffs will find much to admire in this eye-opening personal narrative.” ~ Publishers Weekly

Trade Paperback / Nov. 15, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-988732-98-5 280 pp / 5.5 x 8.5 / $ 21.95 cdN $19.95 uSd

Taken by the Muse

by Anne Wheeler

• Finalist for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize at the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards and for the 2021 High Plains Book Awards, Nonfiction Category!

“What Taken by the Muse ultimately demonstrates is that ... moments of growth and joy occur when you veer off a given path and create something worthwhile out of the diversion.” ~ Madeleine Wall, Quill & Quire

Trade Paperback / Oct. 15, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-77439- 001-6 256 pp / 5.5 x 8.5 / $ 20.95 cdN $16.95 uSd

Goth Girls of Banff

by John O’Neill

• Shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Awards, Short Fiction Category!

“The depth and variety of perspectives O’Neill writes make this collection a staggeringly endearing pastiche.” ~ Courtney Eathorne, Booklist

Trade Paperback / Nov. 15, 2020 ISBN 13: 978-1-988732-95-4 208 pp / 5.5 x 8 .5 / $19.95 cdN $15.95 uSd