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Governor General's Award-winning author Robert Calder recently said this of Mark Abley's Conversations with a Dead Man: "I've been absolutely absorbed ... It is a book that every Canadian (and American) should read ... Mark is doing what all Canadians should be doing: revising his understanding of the place of Indigenous peoples in the country's history as attitudes change and new evidence keeps emerging."

Jann Everard launched Blue Runaways at McNally Books on the weekend. What book launch is complete without on-theme cookies and a handmade quilt of the cover?

This week our readers (and editors) are recommending some great Canadian books! Which one do you want to read?

Our very own reviews editor, Owen Percy from Dundas is loving Sonnets from a Cell by Bradley Peters and says, "this book is a crucible where freedom and institutionalizations wrestle it out."

Sue Nador from Ottawa strongly recommends Blue Runaways by Jann Everard, a story collection that introduces women at their respective turning points: "Each woman is figuring out how to fill a hole in her heart."

Read the full recommendations at the link in our bio!

A few photos from the launch party for The Death of Tony by Antanas Sileika. The room was so crowded half the audience stood at the back!

Photos by Jordan Grace.

Steven Beattie writes that if Blue Runaways “is any indication of the calibre of writing we can expect in the future, [Stonehewer Books] promises to be a publisher to watch in the coming months and years.”

The characters in Jann Everard’s sensitive and precisely calibrated stories have profound relationships with the natural world – That Shakespearean Rag Brief EncountersCanLitShort Fiction The characters in Jann Everard’s sensitive and precisely calibrated stories have profound relationships with the natural world March 18, 2024March 18, 2024by Steven Beattie Blue Runaways is the first fiction publication from Stonehewer Books, a new independent p...

Jann Everard's debut collection Blue Runaways launches today!

The women in these stories face the most human of fears: that dear ones die, love is a risk, and no promise is certain. By confronting the sorrow of being alive, Blue Runaways reveals the joy of knowing we are not alone. Find a copy at your local bookstore, Indigo, or Amazon.

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/blue-runaways-stories/9781738993307.html

Tėviškės žiburių reviewed The Death of Tony, calling Sileika "the voice of a generation when he speaks of [...] feeling invisible, of being 'Eastern European,' of the inner conflict between nostalgia and reality, and the constant search for homeland that echoes in our hearts."

The “Quiet Star of CanLit” Still Shines - TĖVIŠKĖS ŽIBURIAI - The Lights of Homeland The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds by Antanas Šileika 230 pages, Stonehewer Books Victoria, BC, 2024   “There is no end to  my scribbling,” he writes, “I need to rush to write up my latest dreams”. Canadian author Antanas Šileika is certainly wasting no time. Right on the heel...

Today is publication day for Antanas Sileika's memoir The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds, which details the author's upbringing in a Lithuanian-Canadian community and his involvement in Lithuanian independence. Find it at your local bookstore, Indigo, or Amazon: https://shorturl.at/hLRSV

Photo credit Liudas Masys.

Mark Abley discusses the origins of his fascination with Duncan Campbell Scott in this piece for Unlikeminded, a blog of the Rhodes Trust.

https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/unlikeminded/archive/indigenous-rights-and-the-legacy-of-duncan-campbell-scott/

Conversations with a Dead Man, the 2nd edition of Mark Abley's incisive, acclaimed, and strikingly original biography of Duncan Campbell Scott, is now available through your local bookstore, Indigo, or Amazon.

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/conversations-with-a-dead-man-indigenous-rights-and-the-legacy-of-duncan-campbell-scott/9781738993321.html