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