Swallowing Clouds

Edited by Andy Quan & Jim Wong-Chu
Categories: Anthologies, BIPOC, Asian Literature, Poetry

Work by writers of Chinese-Canadian heritage have achieved international success: this includes books by Wayson Choy, SKY Lee, and Denise Chong, as well as the acclaimed anthology of Chinese-Canadian ...

49th Parallel Psalm

By Wayde Compton
Categories: British Columbia, Poetry, BIPOC, Black Literature

Wayde Compton's first poetry book: a stunning set of poems documenting the migration of Blacks to Canada, specifically when the first Black settlers-facing an increasingly hostile racist government-left ...

Once Upon an Elephant

By Ashok Mathur
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Fiction

Once Upon an Elephant is a contemporary tale of Hindu deity Ganesh and what happens when worlds, cultures, and stories collide.
A whimsical, contemporary retelling of the creation story of Ganesh--the ...

and a body to remember with

By Carmen Rodriguez
Categories: Women's Literature, Fiction, BIPOC, Latin American Literature

and a body to remember with effectively combines elements of our Pulp past and Arsenal Pulp present. This is a collection of stories about rebellion and activism, while at the same time stories about ...

The Yellow Pear

By Gu Xiong
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Visual Arts

The Yellow Pear is a brave and moving document, using words and art, of what it means to be Canadian.
Co-published with the Burnaby Art Gallery, this is a collection of deeply moving narratives (in both ...

Ragas From the Periphery

By Phinder Dulai
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Poetry

A raga is a melodic composition in Indian classical music that imparts certain emotions. Ragas From the Periphery is a collection that uses language as its instrument.
Phinder Dulai is first and foremost ...

A Little Rebellion

By Bridget Moran
Categories: History, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, British Columbia, Biography & Memoir, Social Issues, Canada

In 1964, social worker Bridget Moran attracted widespread attention and the wrath of the BC government with her open letter to Premier W. A.C. Bennett, charging the welfare department with gross neglect ...

NESA Activities Handbook for Native and Multicultural Classrooms, Volume 2

By Don Sawyer, Art Napoleon, and Native Education Services Associates
Categories: BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

This is the second of three volumes of educational activities for use in First Nations and multicultural classrooms. The activities stress the importance of culture in students' lives, and teaches them ...

NESA Activities Handbook for Native and Multicultural Classrooms, Volume 3

By Don Sawyer, Wayne Lundeberg, and Native Education Services Associates
Categories: BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

This is the third of three volumes of educational activities for use in First Nations and multicultural classrooms. The activities stress the importance of culture in students' lives, and teaches them ...

Judgement at Stoney Creek

By Bridget Moran
Categories: Social Issues, British Columbia, Politics, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

Judgement at Stoney Creek has been released in a new edition of an aboriginal studies classic: an engrossing look at the investigation into the hit-and-run death of Coreen Thomas, a young Native woman ...