Canadian Fiction

Mon nom est Samuel et, aujourd’hui, c’est ma fête. YI-PIIII! Non... ARK, plutôt... Parce que, dans ma famille, on ne donne pas des cadeaux qui fonctionnent avec des piles. Alors, tu comprends ce que ça veut dire, HEIN? Encore et encore des cadeaux FULL poches. Parmi les niaiseries sans intérêt que j’ai reçues, il y a ce journal. Ma mère m’a dit que ça va être l’fun d’y écrire ce que je vis et TOUT ce qui me passe par la tête.

The author of How to Do Everything and Red Green's Beginner's Guide to Women has never been afraid to take on jobs doomed to failure. This latest project is perhaps the nearest he has come to a triumph. In The Woulda Coulda Shoulda Guide to Canadian Inventions, Red surveys, analyzes, critiques, and in some cases tells you how to re-create at home the best Canadian inventions, from the Wonderbra to the hard-cup jockstrap, by way of insulin, the walkie-talkie, synchronized swimming, and more.

Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business. They enlist the help of their daughter, Jessica, who has just returned home after a messy breakup and a messier firing. Together with their son, Dustin, and niece, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage.

From the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries.

"A journey, with a life of its own, one of those books that you wish would never end. like a 3D movie on the inside of your eyelids. You read, stop, digest, and are hungry for more." Young Celtic Annish, once adopted by an indigenous community now dreams of an exciting Hunter-Warrior's life rather than the traditional domestic role set out for her. A moving solo hunter's adventure odyssey unfolds bringing Spirit World visions, Ancestor guidance, powerful mysterious forces and life defining soul challenges. As a hunting expedition ends a bigger mission ensues, fulfilling an ancient prophecy....

When Brett's hockey dreams slide onto thin ice after a nasty ACL tear last season, he's left clutching the boards. Used to relying on physical hustle to keep his past addiction demons at bay, he's desperate to get back in the game. But with physical therapy slots filling up faster than a slapshot, he's on the verge of being shut out.

Norris is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Texas. Plunked into a new high school, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it’s time to go back to Canada, where he belongs. Yet those labels soon become actual people to Norris....

Based on first impressions, I'm the last person Ryan should hire as a nanny for the summer. With his grumpy, judgmental attitude, plus the fact that he looks annoyingly good in T-shirts, I shouldn't want the job. But since I'm fighting a custody battle and he's desperate, plus the fact that our girls are best friends, I took his offer.

In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive....

George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's closest friend. Martel, a brilliant doctor passionately concerned with social justice, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. His sudden return to Montreal precipitates the central crisis of the novel.

Discover the power of second chances in this heartwarming series of love, loss, and a fresh start from bestselling author Sylvia Price. Beth Campbell, the owner of Campbell's Bed and Breakfast, is asked by child services to provide a home for her troubled ten-year-old neighbor, Abigail Miller, when her grandfather has a stroke. As a mother of two adult children, Beth is understandably hesitant at first, but she is encouraged by her friend Sean Pennington to take on the challenge. As Abigail settles into her new home, Beth struggles to keep up with her energy and constant troublemaking. ...

Dylan Campbell, a CSIS officer, has been undercover hundreds of times before and is ready to get out of the game. But before he can tell his bosses at the Canadian spy agency, he discovers a terrorist plot that could take him―and millions of others―out permanently. Getting the information up the chain of command proves complicated, though, when Dylan's cover is blown and he's captured and thrown in an African prison. Will he be the first test subject for the new and deadly virus about to be unleashed on the world? CIA officer Elizabeth Spencer is undercover for one reason―to find ...

Les Castors de Bâton-sur-Glace ont beaucoup de mal à performer contre le club des Vipères, malgré la venue de nouveaux joueurs. Il faut dire que Ti-Guy et ses amis ont eu leur lot de surprises ces derniers jours. Avec le départ d’un coéquipier, l’arrivée inattendue d’une autre équipe et le comportement étrange de Marc Aubut, le capitaine ne sait plus où donner de la tête. Les Castors sont les plus forts. Vraiment? C’est ce qu’on va voir!

Discover the power of second chances in this heartwarming series of love, loss, and a fresh start from bestselling author Sylvia Price. Kathy Linville, a successful house flipper, devoted churchgoer, and best friend of Beth Campbell, has always put others before herself. But beneath the surface, she longs for something more: love and a family of her own. When widower Earl Bowman shows interest in her, she's torn between her fears and her feelings. As they spend more time together, Earl opens up to Kathy about his tragic past and his struggles as a single father of three. Despite her growing...

Tout le monde m’appelle Miss Parfaite et s’imagine que ma vie est géniale, que je possède tous les talents et que j’ai de la chance. La vérité est que je me retrouve toujours dans des situations abracadabrantes. Et que ma vie est loin d’être parfaite. La preuve: c’est la Saint-Valentin et j’ai reçu, en pleine classe, deux roses de deux prétendants. Mais il y a un gros problème. L’un d’eux est Milan, le crush de mon ex meilleure amie, et l’autre est Anthony, le gars que toutes les filles admirent et qui sort avec Chloé, la reine incontestée de l’école.

While researching why Freud failed to win a Nobel Prize at the Nobel Archives in Sweden, a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery. Among the piles of papers in the "Crackpot" file are letters addressed to the executor of Alfred Nobel's will, written by several notable Nobel laureates - including Rudyard Kipling and Marie Curie - each offering an explanation of why and how Stonehenge was constructed. Diligent research uncovers that Alfred Nobel added a secret codicil to his will, a prize for the Nobel laureate who solves the mystery of Stonehenge.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Margaret's Patient: Margaret paused a moment at the gate and looked back at the quaint old house under its snowy firs with a thrill of proprietary affection.

This epic tale sweeps across continents and time, hovers over a key era in American history, and deftly realizes the humanity of a whole cast of characters. Told through flashbacks and alternating points of view, The Last Crossing is about redemption, about seeking and finding, about human feelings and strengths, about personal honor, and about that moment in life when we must decide to cross over and surrender to love.

Devant la chute drastique de la fécondité, la république de Gilead, récemment fondée par des fanatiques religieux, a réduit au rang d'esclaves sexuelles les quelques femmes encore fertiles. Vêtue de rouge, Defred, "servante écarlate" parmi d'autres, à qui l'on a ôté jusqu'à son nom, met donc son corps au service.

A woman drowning in sorrow. Invisible. The man that sees it all. Sees her. The only thing that gets Charlotte Prescott through the day is the haunting eyes and magnetic voice that uplifts her in the subway station every evening. All Montgomery Logan wants to do is ease the pain of the woman he feels a strange, protective draw to. He serenades her from afar, knowing their worlds will never intersect. Until the day they do. And everything changes. Will their differences make them stronger or tear them apart?