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Dangerous Grounds

Coming soon to a democracy near you

The Collapse of Syria

The story of a nation’s unravelling, one neighbourhood at a time

Trompe Le Toil

The modern conundrum of overwork

Caroline Noël

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Stacked Deck

An engrossing book by Michelle Hébert September 2024
As legend has it, a vengeful witch once placed a spell on all McQuinn women. Their fate? Generations of terrific misfortune. Each of the Love men, on the other hand, suffers a fatal heart attack before his forty-eighth birthday. It’s no surprise then that the young people in the latest accursed generation of the McQuinn-Love clan have little hope for the…

Kiss and Tell

Aley Waterman’s new novel March 2024
In Mudflowers, Aley Waterman honestly and painfully depicts the challenge of finding intimacy in an individualistic culture. At once a tale of friendship and heartbreak, an exploration of grief, and an endearing portrait of the Toronto art scene in the early 2010s, the novel offers an all too relatable story encapsulated by its first line: “I wanted so badly to love in a good way.” That declaration is made by the…