Humor
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Mosaic through East-Facing Glass
A Collection of Personal Essays by Marg Heidebrecht
2020. Yeah, that. Everything stopped except Marg Heidebrecht's habit of writing for ninety minutes a day. Four years, forty essays later, the author of In the Shade: Friendship, Loss, and the Bruce Trail provides us with this new collection....
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The Principal Chronicles Two/Too/II/As Well
by David Garlick
David Garlick, your favourite educational storyteller, is back with a new collection of short stories: The Principal Chronicles Two/Too/II/As Well. It’s a ‘mostly true’ memoir that follows Garlick from pre-school to post retirement. The majority...
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Mushy Mashed Bananas
by Karen Lee
A cute little monkey has trouble trying to squish and squash all kinds of fruit. He does not peel and eat bananas like other monkeys but instead likes to squish and squash his bananas. He has so much fun eating mushy mashed bananas in his pyjamas!
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In Circles
A memoir in vignettes - Poems written in 40 countries by Basil Dillon-Malone
In Circles is the follow-up publication to the author’s widely-acclaimed parody novel, The Last Smoker on Earth and the End of Literature [Friesen Press, Vancouver, 2021]. The poems were composed in 40 countries around the world. The collection...
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123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine
by Stan Lubin
A baby is born, after a long nerve-wracking labour. A family struggles to make the right end-of-life decision for an elderly relative. Addicts and eccentrics find themselves in hospital emergency rooms. And doctors are there: treating patients...
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Herbie Has a Fall
An Owlet Story by Vanessa Morrell
Something is missing in Owl's life. She wants owlets to love and soon three very different owlets are hatched. She teaches them all she knows but can't stop her mischievious son getting into big trouble.
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The Wife, The Dog and Animation
by Scott Baltjes
Previously found on social media and inside birthday cards, Scott’s beloved work is now available as a collection! Featuring such series as Adventure Anne: International Woman of Fortune, Scott Wars, and Bella-Boo: Where Are You?, this first...
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Kindred Mischief (and Scrawls)
by Ron Sokol
What’s the point of always being intelligent, or sophisticated, or really anything but silly? Mischief is a good thing. Zaniness is it own reward. And drawing, even if you can’t even connect the dots, you can emote. Emoting is a good thing. It’s...
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Short Bear Tales
by Leonard Brett
Bears can be scary beasts…or do dumb things like getting stuck in garbage cans. In this charmingly illustrated collection of humorous poems and stories, author/illustrator Leonard Brett celebrates all things bears, particularly human/bear...
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Cat of the North and Other Tales
by Shirley M. McGrath
There’s something about cats. And love. And the Northwest Territories. In this book of short stories, Shirley M. McGrath takes you on a journey to a little known place called Prelude Lake, just north of Yellowknife. There she lived in a magical...