Fiction, Historical
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The Nisselinka Claims
by Robert Longe
In the early years of the 20th century Edward Wickford, a settler in northern British Columbia, lays claim to a rich vein of copper and gold. But events outside his control wreak havoc with his plans and dreams of wealth. Two world wars and two...
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Toya
La Veuve Balkar by Vasco M'benga N’kutula
Le long voyage, dans la société Balkar, d’une mère et veuve attentionnée. Toya, une jeune perle balkar de treize ans, est arrachée trop tôt de l’école pour être offerte en mariage à Nathan, un veuf âgé de trente et un ans. Ici le coup de foudre...
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Black Crow
by Paul River
Explore a story of resilience, self-discovery, and the intricate balance between past and present in Black Crow. Tom Joseph, a young Indigenous airline pilot, skillfully lands a damaged aircraft on a remote frozen mountain lake and wakes up in an...
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A Will within a Wheel
Women Racers of the 1890s by T.R. Ormond
Six-day races, record-breaking rides, and renegade leagues are at the heart of this fascinating short fiction collection that explores women’s competitive cycling in the late Victorian era. Each of the stories contained in this meticulously...
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Camila Boldsky
by Manuel Buchwald
It is 1936, and at fifty-five years old, Camila Boldsky is lost. As she retires ownership of her factory and frets about her estranged son’s emigration to Chile, political tensions in Vienna only grow thicker. But despite being a Jew, Camila...
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Harold's Field
Barnstormers on the Frontiers of Flight by Myrna Brown
To fly a biplane you need a rock, a string, and a clock. Will is fifteen when he leaves his father’s house forever, ready to take to the sky. It is the earliest days of barnstorming, and Will starts out with nothing but a dream: he’s determined...
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Pathfinder
His priority of getting to WW2 became bringing everyone home by Lionel Bennett
In the spring of 1940, on a path barely lit by a thin, crescent moon, a schoolteacher with a hard-held dream sets out on a sixteen-mile trek through Ontario bush. Arriving in time to catch the midnight train, he settles in for the ride to...
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The '37
Rebels and Lovers in Old Canada by John Kalbfleisch
Why does young, reform-minded lawyer George-Étienne Cartier join an armed uprising only to later reject violence as a means to achieve responsible government for Canada? In 1837, Lower Canada seethes with discontent. After savage rioting in...
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Origins
by Cheryl Lynn
Every family has its legends and myths—a history filtered through the lens of beliefs and values and embroidered for retelling. This origin story is of the fictional Davis family, English immigrants determined to farm in Canada’s North-West...
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Earth's Harmony
by Geoffrey Currens
Part thrilling sci-fi adventure, part historical fiction, Earth’s Harmony is an endlessly imaginative tale from the creative mind of debut author Geoffrey Currens. In the near future, perhaps tomorrow, humanity receives a message from deep space...
