Biography & Autobiography
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Instinctive Measures
The Guinea Pig Soldiers and the Poison Pill by Stephen Beardwood
When the battle ends, the real fight begins. For Stephen Beardwood, the war didn't stop when he returned home from deployment. Having been administered mefloquine, a controversial drug that had not passed clinical trials, he faced a different...
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Leaving La-La Land
Escape to Reality by Robert K. Bosscha
Rob is working on renovating his condo when his life is turned upside down. One fateful day, his contractor hears him collapse from the other room. When Rob awakens in the hospital, little does he know, his life—and brain—have changed forever . ....
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Harris and Me
Living with Fragile X Syndrome by Cari Forteath
In 1980, Cari Forteath and her husband George welcomed their first child, Harris, into the world. They instantly fell in love with their son, whose first few months were peaceful. Soon, though, Cari and George recognized that Harris wasn’t...
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The Chameleon
by JP Robinson
Born into a working-class family in England, Paul Robinson moved to Canada as a teenager. After training as a hairdresser, he soon owned a chain of popular salons in Victoria, BC, with his wife, Deborah, and travelled the world as an educator in...
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Savoured Moments
by Bailey Ennig
On June 25th, 2023, a single phone call marked the beginning of a harrowing journey. In just three weeks, Bailey Ennig’s world was irrevocably changed by the sudden loss of his father to cancer. Savoured Moments is a poetic graphic memoir born...
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Mental(ish)
A Memoir of Insanity and the Search for Stability by Melissa Pang Howard
Mental(ish) is a raw and unflinching exploration of Melissa Pang Howard’s journey through c-PTSD, chronic illness, and medical negligence. Diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder at nineteen, she unravels the experiences that shaped her before and...
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Making a Mark
Becoming a Public Purpose Community Developer by Mark Tigan
Like a great municipal development project, Making a Mark is a book that delivers on multiple fronts—part memoir full of interesting stories and people, part field guide to public-oriented community development, and all compelling read. Author...
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Edge of the Ledge
A Memoir of Adventures Lived and Lessons Learned by Linda Brierly
One day, age four, I opened the door of our house, closed it quietly, and started walking. All by myself. I walked and walked. I looked at each house, at the trees, the grass, the swings, at the occasional person going by. I walked right past the...
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Somehow I'll Find My Way Home
by Ian MacPherson
This book chronicles the author's life journey and the adventures of a family crossing the Atlantic 3 times with a kaleidoscope of antics in each continent. The family's motto, as it grew, was 'Carpe Diem'. The saga of these events has been a fun...
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Adrianne's Ears
A Story of Endurance and Freedom by A.J. Haynes
In this thoughtful and compelling memoir, author Adrianne Haynes traces the incredible story of her survival. Growing up in post-war London, Adrianne grows up in an unimaginably toxic environment, contending with an alcoholic, abusive mother who...
