Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One

Text by Willie Poll
Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird
Categories: Children's & Young Adult, Children's, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

In this beautifully illustrated book, a determined young Anishnaabe girl in search of adventure goes on a transformative journey into a forest on her traditional territory. She is joined by a chorus of ...

Magodiz

By Gabe Calderon
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Fiction, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

Magodiz (Anishinabe language): a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country.

Everything that was green and good is gone, scorched away ...

Queer Little Nightmares

Edited by David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, LGBTQ+ Literature, Lesbian Literature, Anthologies

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout ...

The Future Is Disabled

By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Categories: Social Issues, LGBTQ+ Literature, BIPOC, Asian Literature, Biography & Memoir, Disability Literature

In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled - and what if that's not a bad thing? And ...

Holden After and Before

By Tara McGuire
Categories: Biography & Memoir, Social Issues

Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief: a stunning book that traces Tara McGuire's excavation and documentation of the life path of her son Holden, a graffiti artist who died of an accidental ...

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By Celia Haig-Brown, Randy Fred, and Garry Gottfriedson
Categories: BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, History, Canada, British Columbia

In May 2021, the world was shocked by news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating ...