Fiction, Cultural Heritage
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The Ice Widow
A Story of Love and Redemption by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak
During her first teaching year away from her Halifax home—in Endor, an Inuit community on the far northern coast of Labrador—Anna Caine falls deeply in love with the raw beauty of the land, the warmth and acceptance of its people, and with Joshua...
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La Kanada Verkaro
by La Societo Por Kanada Antologio
La Kanada Verkaro estas antaŭ ĉio antologio de noveloj, rakontoj kaj legendoj el la literaruroj angla, franca, kaj indiĝena de Kanado ek de 1789 ĝis 2007. Jen kelkaj de la aŭtoroj: Francis Brooke, L. Frechette, Jessie Georgina Sime, Stephen...
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Lily's Story
From the Congo by Charles Thomas
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), inhuman conditions within its vast mining industry, and endemic corruption at the highest levels of government are hardly uncommon. But when native son, Jean Amani, rises to the role of minister of...
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To Walk in Their Footsteps
Coming to Canada by Wilma H. Lewis
Back in the 1960's tracing your Family Tree was just becoming an interesting hobby. Now, like a lazy little babbling stream merrily following the course of time, that stream has metamorphosed into a huge, directed waterfall and on to an almost...
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Aunt Edwina's Fabulous Wishes
by Lynne Christensen
When free-spirited painter Julie Fincher discovers that her fiancé is a gold-digger, she reluctantly decides to go ahead with the wedding to please her ailing father. Sadly, the family’s beloved ninety-two-year-old Lady Edwina Greymore passes...
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Frankie Ryan's Inheritance
by Don Myrick
Frankie Ryan leaves behind a small Newfoundland fishing community to study for the priesthood in Toronto. Within months seminary life begins to take a toll and he finds himself going through an intellectual and spiritual crisis that he can’t seem...
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FanGong Seawall
by Jiwen
THIS STORY RECEIVED YANGTZE RIVER NETWORK LITERATURE COMPETITION AWARD FOR 2020. Set 1,000 years ago (AD 1021-1026) during China’s Song Dynasty, it centres on the life and times of Fan Zhongyan, a real historical figure in ancient China. “Fan” is...
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In Truth
by Arti Auburne
In the grinding poverty of the post-war prairies, little Amélie Marchand always seems to be in the way. The youngest daughter of dirt-poor French-Canadian farmers, she must negotiate linguistic tensions, familial secrets, and the coldness of her...
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Moonlight - The Journey Begins
by Purabi Sinha Das
When Chandni Rai turned thirteen, two things happened to change the course of her entire life. Her father died suddenly. And, she discovered a clue to the mystery of her missing grandmother who had been a child-bride - a piece of paper stuck...
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The Gods of Thought and Memory
by Trish Gauntlett
A fresh start in Scotland's Orkney Islands is just what artist Caris MacLeod needs. Leaving British Columbia and a broken marriage behind for the wild coast of Orkney, Caris is immediately captivated by Mark Raffin, a mysterious, aloof neighbour...