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• Son of a Trickster

  Robinson, Eden

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  Eden Robinson introduces us to Jared, a 16 year old who is trying his best to navigate through life with a mother who never quite grew out of her party phase. Taking place in Northern British Columbia around the Kitimat area, this blending of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  The world Yumi occupies is one of light and wonder with basic needs being met thanks to the help of Spirits. The Spirits grant everything from light to food to warmth and Yumi is special as one of the only people in the world able to summon them and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is How You Lose the Time War

  El-Mohtar, Amal

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  Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hell-bent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky

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  "Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, teaching her lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leviathan Wakes

  Corey, James S. A.

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  "Corey (the shared pseudonym of Ty Franck and Hugo-nominated fantasist Daniel Abraham) kicks off a sprawling space opera series with this riveting interplanetary thriller." -- Publishers Weekly

• Mitêwâcimowina

  Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling

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  The first collection of Indigenous science fiction stories to be published in Canada. The title is Cree for extraordinary stories.

• Cryptonomicon

  Stephenson, Neal

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  Witty, fast-paced and unbelievably intricate, Stephenson's hard sci-fi classic will draw you in.

• A Killer in King's Cove

  Whishaw, Iona, 1948-

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  The first book in Whishaw's Lane Winslow mystery series. Set in the 1940s, ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow has left London for a new life in small town, interior British Columbia. Her new surroundings are idyllic at first, but when the body of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last of the Lumberman

  Fawcett, Brian, 1944-2022

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  This is a great hockey book! As a player in his mid-forties, Andy Bathgate has seen better days, His team, the Mohawks, is in last place in their league standings. Andy has a complicated life and is burdened by feelings of guilt stemming from a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Honourable John Norquay

  Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman

  Friesen, Gerald

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  From the Red River Settlement to Ottawa John Norquay was a powerhouse at the time taking on such familiar faces as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald and railway baron George Stephen for the fate of his people. He was a leader among the Scots Cree and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mâtowak

  Woman Who Cries

  Butler, Joylene Nowell

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  This Canadian murder mystery features Corporal Danny Killian, an Aboriginal man still struggling with grief following his wife’s unsolved murder. His new case involves the murder of Minister of Natural Defense, Leland Warner. The chief suspect is…Read moreRead more of this annotation