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White Lies (for my mother)
Liza Potvin
Liza Potvin
Based on fifteen years of her own journal entries, the author explores her scattered memories of being sexually abused by her father and grandfather and the impact of this abuse upon her relationship with her mother.
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Whiter Shade of Pale (A)/Becoming Emma
Caterina Edwards
Caterina Edwards
Two novellas that pull the reader into the sensual worlds of two individuals who are trying to find personal meaning and identity amid the struggle to reconcile present regrets with the events and actions of the past.
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Widows (The)
Suzette Mayr
Suzette Mayr
Daring to defy a world that believes old women should not be seen or heard, three women steal a barrel from a travelling show and plan to go over Niagara Falls.
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Wild Daisies in the Sand: Life in a Canadian Internment Camp
Tom Sando
Tom Sando
In 1942 Tom Sando was imprisoned in Canadian concentration camps for standing up for his right as a Japanese Canadian. This is his journal, and it relates Sando’s internment experience of loneliness, fear, and, eventually, friendship and hope.
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Wireless Room (The)
Shane Rhodes
Shane Rhodes
The Wireless Room is a stunning first collection of poems ranging from studies in western pastoral history through highflying evocations of the sub-atomic particles to deeply personal poems about and for parents.
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With Unfailing Dedication: Rural Teachers in the War Years
Elizabeth McLachlan
Elizabeth McLachlan
The sequel to With Unshakeable Persistence. McLachlan takes us into the next decade, relating with vivid, sometimes shocking detail, the experiences of prairie teachers during and after the second world war.
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With Unshakeable Persistence: Rural Teachers of the Depression
Elizabeth McLachlan
Elizabeth McLachlan
A compilation of individual stories based on the author’s interviews and correspondence with several depression era teachers.
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Without Reserve: Stories from Urban Natives
Lynda Shorten
Lynda Shorten
This collection of real-life stories of First Nations people living in Canadian cities relies on individual voices and words to convey a sense of the difficulty, diversity, joy and pride in being a contemporary urban Native.
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Witness to a Conga and Other Plays
Stewart Lemoine
Stewart Lemoine
Three brilliant, moving plays from Canada's master of comic theatre.
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Wonderfull
William Neil Scott
William Neil Scott
When Emma Brodie, local prophet and mother of three, steals a boat and exiles herself to the middle of the bay for seven days and seven nights, she sets about a chain of strange and wonderful events in the village of Garfax.
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Working North: From DEW Line to Drill Ship
Rick Ranson
Rick Ranson
This is the story of Rick Ranson who worked on the DEW Line and drill ships in the Arctic. The characters, landscapes, and perils of the North combine with its beauty and mystery in this remarkable narrative.
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Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada. An Anthology
Jeanne Perreault & Sylvia Vance
Jeanne Perreault & Sylvia Vance
This anthology of stories, poetry, essays, and biographical pieces from western and northwestern Canadian Native women makes available seldom-heard voices.
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Yamoria the Lawmaker: Stories of the Dene
George Blondin
George Blondin
Dene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the Northern Canadian Dene came to depend on the European fur traders. The result is a magical journey for readers of any heritage.
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