Indie
Midas returned to Toronto with a new business plan. After years of big deals in the south he decided to do it better. It was always so hard to make money and do good at… Read More »Indie
The Fall of the Saudeleurs
June 1, 2023 The Legends of Lainjin series concludes in the pre-contact city of Nahn Madol. The aging hero Lainjin sails there from his home on Lae Atoll, pursuing his daughter and Ijokelekel, a young… Read More »The Fall of the Saudeleurs
The Legend Is Born
August 26, 2022 This faraway, pre-contact story begins with Helkena, a young, still untattooed girl enduring a typhoon crashing over the only island she has ever known. Her home is Wōtto, one of the dry,… Read More »The Legend Is Born
The Forbidden Man
May 1, 2022 The prequel to Man Shark, this is the story of Lainjin’s outrigger search for his mother, who was lost at sea in a typhoon the moon after his birth. The Pacific is an… Read More »The Forbidden Man
Man Shark
November 15, 2019 There is a single story amid the extensive oral literature of the Marshall Islanders that uncharacteristically has no ending. Tarmalu leaves her baby in the care of others while she leads her… Read More »Man Shark
Why We Are in Need of Tails
Our most nuanced skills for communication were lost when we lost our tails, so the story goes. Huk and Tuk explore ways we can compensate for this loss, by telling stories — tales — through polyphonic listening and by… Read More »Why We Are in Need of Tails
Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part I
In Why We Are in Need of Tails, Huk and Tuk explain why reading tales to each other is so important. In Why We Are in Need of Tales, Huk and Tuk explore intriguing questions that arise… Read More »Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part I
Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part II
In Why We Are in Need of Tails, we learn that our most nuanced skills for communication were lost when we lost our tails – or so the story goes. Huk and Tuk explore ways to… Read More »Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part II
Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part III
In Why We Are in Need of Tails, we learn how we all used to have tails that helped us connect to each other and the world around us. When we lost our tails, we also… Read More »Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part III
Why We Are in Need of Tales: Part IV
In Why We Are in Need of Tails — the first book in the Huk and Tuk series — we learn how we all used to have tails that helped us connect to each other and the… Read More »Why We Are in Need of Tales: Part IV
From Tails to Tales
Did you know we used to have tails that helped us connect to each other and the world around us? But then of course we lost our tails – or so the story goes –… Read More »From Tails to Tales
Le verger de M. Drumlin
Dans leur village à la campagne, un jeune garçon et ses amis acceptent leur vie sans souci comme une donnée de l’existence. En plus de leur monde s’articulant autour des bicyclettes, des baignades, de la… Read More »Le verger de M. Drumlin
Big White
It all began when a tree demolished a doghouse during a windstorm, revealing something momentous. Initially, Steven and John thought it was a relic from a distant past, to be examined carefully, then filed away… Read More »Big White
Flight
When a careless and headstrong teenager manages to drop a suitcase into a small central-Ontario lake, her obsessive need to recover it is the initial element that unleashes a chain of stressful and ominous events.… Read More »Flight
And Then There Was Maggie
“This book is a statement of profound gratitude for the woman who shared her life with me, my wife, Maggie. Maggie died on January 12, 2022, at the far-too-young age of seventy-one. Maggie and I had… Read More »And Then There Was Maggie
Fool’s Cap and Other Stories
What might happen when one tries to move a railway station? Do you know where Jericho is? Can someone become rich based on knowledge of an obsolete size of paper? Ever had nightmares about a… Read More »Fool’s Cap and Other Stories
Rolls
Toronto restauranteur and bookshop owner Henry Royce devotes most of his time and energy to running his quirky store and perfecting its collection of rare and used books. But when a body turns up in… Read More »Rolls
Sicilian Refuge
Ryan Chandler, a successful but apathetic student, drops out of university and is soon leading a rudderless existence. Living at home, working a dead-end part-time job, but deeply dissatisfied, he accepts a rare opportunity to… Read More »Sicilian Refuge
Walking with Albert
Written over a period of three years and across a range of styles and formats, Walking with Albert is Keith Weaver’s first short story compilation. These stories range from micro-narratives of a few pages in length to… Read More »Walking with Albert
Mr. Drumlin’s Orchard
A young boy and his friends accept their carefree village life as a given. In addition to their world of bicycles, swimming, fishing, exploring, and general horsing around, the boy becomes interested in his family’s… Read More »Mr. Drumlin’s Orchard
Un endroit sans compromis
Richard Gould anticipait avec plaisir sa retraite, à passer au moins une partie de son temps dans la maison ancestrale qu’il avait rénovée dans un village tranquille de l’Ontario, et plus particulièrement à son projet… Read More »Un endroit sans compromis
Balsam Sirens
For Mark Whelan, Private Investigator, it all begins in a sombre but entirely unremarkable way: a visit to the morgue to provide moral support to a client as he formally identifies his brother. But Whelan’s… Read More »Balsam Sirens
The Recipe Cops
It’s been a rocky couple of weeks for Jim Sanford. He’s had to deal with two life-changing deaths – first his mother, and then the man who combined father figure and best friend since his… Read More »The Recipe Cops
An Uncompromising Place
Richard Gould was looking forward to his retirement, to spending at least part of his time in the heritage home he had renovated in a quiet village in Ontario, and particularly to his major project—bringing… Read More »An Uncompromising Place
Thorneside Stories: A Mix of Sun and Cloud
“In the tradition of Stephen Leacock, Christopher Cameron’s Thorneside Stories are filled with humour and heart and pitch-perfect prose. They’ll leave you uplifted, inspired, and perhaps inclined to move to a small town on a river to… Read More »Thorneside Stories: A Mix of Sun and Cloud
Home Fires
Through the historical fiction Home Fires, Cameron weaves a story of innocence, survival, and courage. Inspired by the real-life experiences of settlers in a remote area of northern Canada just before and during World War… Read More »Home Fires
I Flew into Trouble
“Jack’s story has all of life displayed in one ordinary family’s experience of war. Based on actual letters and news articles penned by Jack Calder, his niece Patricia has crafted an epistolary novel that takes… Read More »I Flew into Trouble
Through Her Opera Glasses
It’s August 1930 and storm clouds are brewing across Europe, heralding the rise of fascism and the upheavals of the Great Depression. Even so, these frightening realities can’t stop twenty-four-year-old Betty Harbert from making the… Read More »Through Her Opera Glasses
Just Decide!
Let’s face it. Sometimes we all settle into habits that aren’t supportive of our lifestyle goals, and that can make us feel frail, tired and insecure. Just Decide! will guide you to regain and maintain the strength,… Read More »Just Decide!
Winner’s Loss
In the fertile artistic milieu of 1927 Toronto… After winning the commission to paint a war memorial mural for Christ Church Grange Park, Nora Britton is found dead on the church floor. An accidental fall… Read More »Winner’s Loss
Long Way Back
Pigeon put his hand in his pocket and took out the gun. He ran his finger along the barrel, pointed the gun at Davis and smiled.“This is how we deal with rats.” Alan Davis was… Read More »Long Way Back
Banking on Murder
Set in Vancouver and northwest BC in the late 1970s, the beautiful city’s dark underbelly is revealed. Davis, the financial mastermind behind a Vancouver east-end gang wants out, sick of the life he’s led and… Read More »Banking on Murder
boucaud in the story: 2013-2017
The stories and poetry in this book came to the writer between the years 2013 and 2017. She believes that stories have the power to disclose, heal, lead, and, for many, to transform. Her stories… Read More »boucaud in the story: 2013-2017
Quiote, el sueño de Cuco / Quiote, Cuco’s Dream
Cuco is a young boy who lives in a small Mexican town with his family. His life is pretty ordinary until one day he finds that he has something to defend. It won’t be easy,… Read More »Quiote, el sueño de Cuco / Quiote, Cuco’s Dream
Blood Is Thicker
Anthology “It was February 29 again, and I was wondering which member of my family would try to kill me this time.” From this intriguing premise, the stories in this collection of short fiction by… Read More »Blood Is Thicker
The Unexpected Journeys of Lawrence Tyrone
“A hard-drinking man. A dented Harley. A detour to an unexpected future.” Professor Lawrence Tyrone didn’t have an obvious drinking problem-or an obsession with his ex-wife-until he discovered she was marrying his brother. When crashing… Read More »The Unexpected Journeys of Lawrence Tyrone
A Snake on the Heart
The fact-is-stranger-than-fiction true story of Jan Jürgen Petersen. A spiritual guru. A Dutch SS-man. A supporter of anti-Nazi resistance. A Holocaust collaborator. Patrick Shane Wolfe is a dedicated historian and biographer who served as the… Read More »A Snake on the Heart
Storage Storeys
What is the value of an object once a person no longer uses it — that thing they once needed but now cannot seem to make space for? What makes a person relegate their belongings… Read More »Storage Storeys
Meaningless Platter Dudes
From the inventive mind of author Carolyn Bishop, Meaningless Platter Dudes: Language Transformed on a Platter of Fun is a joyous exploration of fun with language. This book of puns is a must read for… Read More »Meaningless Platter Dudes
we of the forsaken world…
In a distant corner of the globe, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe, the chief’s second son is born,… Read More »we of the forsaken world…
The Trust Trifecta
At its core, leadership is all about cultivating and maintaining the trust of others. As a leader, this is the only way you will be able to gain support for a vision, strategy or the… Read More »The Trust Trifecta
The Courts on Maple Drive
Widowed senior Heidi Allen knows all about ageism. When she takes up pickleball in her seventies, she is an easy target for the hotshot younger players. Undeterred, she sticks with it, hoping to find a… Read More »The Courts on Maple Drive
Text Me, Love Mom
In an age where our kids are helicopter parented and bubble wrapped, this mother of four isn’t looking forward to her four talented, artistic children leaving the family home. Bubble after protective bubble bursts as… Read More »Text Me, Love Mom
Wonder Walk
Get out there with the curious Johnny and his patient Mommy, in this colourful, rhyming book, celebrating all the wonders of the everyday world.
Cally’s Way
Cally is a twenty-five year old business graduate. Her mother, who was born in Crete but has always refused to talk about it, has died, leaving one instruction: before starting her first job, Cally should… Read More »Cally’s Way
Would You Hire You?
This book includes 10 tips that will help you successfully navigate the changing world of work and excel in your job. Follow these tips to become an essential employee and discover that job security and… Read More »Would You Hire You?
A Scarcity of Virgins
It is 1986 and Rita McEachern’s routine life is about to change—drastically. Eighteen years of being a stay-at-home wife and mother have turned her into a borderline agoraphobic, afraid to venture more than a few blocks… Read More »A Scarcity of Virgins
I Have Demons
A jaded young priest of a dwindling parish faces a man with a terrible secret. A lonely pensioner spends a Thanksgiving she’ll never forget at a local diner, served by an acerbic waitress who has… Read More »I Have Demons
The Oak Island Affair
Vanessa, a freelance writer who grew up in Spain, is fleeing the pain of an unravelling relationship when she goes to her grandmother’s house on Canada’s east coast, near Oak Island. Her discovery of a… Read More »The Oak Island Affair