2015 Festival Reading List

There’s something here for every taste – history and mystery, love and revenge, big ideas and small treasures.

FICTION

• A History of Forgetting by Caroline Adderson
• Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson
• A Pitying of Doves by Steve Burrows
• Subway Stations of the Cross by Ins Choi
• Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
• Close to Hugh by Marina Endicott
• English is Not a Magic Language by Sheila Fischman
• His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay
• The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
• The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
• Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
• Sleep by Nino Ricci
• Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier
• Martin John by Anakana Schofield
• The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart

CHILDREN’S FICTION

• Norman Speak! by Caroline Adderson
• The Incredible Space Raiders from Space! by Wesley King
• Punch Like a Girl by Karen Krossing
• Galloping Through History by Elizabeth MacLeod
• Best Friends Through Eternity by Sylvia McNicoll
• Our Flag: The Story of Canada’s Maple Leaf by Ann-Maureen Owens
• Boo by Neil Smith

SHORT FICTION

• Swing in the House and Other Stories by Anita Anand
• A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism by Tomson Highway
• Knife Party at the Hotel Europa by Mark Anthony Jarman
• The Secrets Men Keep by Mark Sampson
• The Pain Tree by Olive Senior
• Cover Before Striking by Priscila Uppal
• Sabotage by Priscila Uppal

POETRY

• Endangered Hydrocarbons by Lesley Battler
• The Wrong Cat by Lorna Crozier
• Frayed opus for strings and wind instruments by Ulrikka Gernes
• a thin line between by Wanda Praamsma
• The First Little Bastard to Call Me Grampa by Bill Richardson
• Careen by Carolyn Smart

NONFICTION

• Dogs and Underdogs by Elizabeth Abbott
• The Human Age by Diane Ackerman
• Kill the Messengers by Mark Bourrie
• Free Days With George by Colin Campbell
• Moncalm and Wolfe by Roch Carrier
• This is Happy by Camilla Gibb
• Act Normal by Greg Hollingshead
• JK: The Jamie Kennedy Cookbook by Jamie Kennedy
• The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
• Le sortilège de Louisbourg by Daniel Marchildon
• Sir John’s Table by Lindy Mechefske
• Slick Water by Andrew Nikiforuk
• Alone Against the North by Adam Shoalts
• Make Ahead Meals: Over 100 Easy Time-saving Recipes by Michael Smith
• Puckstruck by Stephen Smith
• The Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge by Edward Struzik
• Me Artsy by Drew Hayden Taylor
• Spin by Clive Veroni
• The Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley
• Moncalm and Wolfe by Donald Winkler