Getting Glam at Gram's

Text by Sara Weed
Illustrated by Erin Hawryluk
Categories: Children's & Young Adult, Children's, LGBTQ+ Literature

A colourful and celebratory picture book that embraces all gender expressions through a fun family fashion show

Alex, a young person who identifies as non-binary, eagerly awaits Sunday dinner with all ...

Kai's Tea Eggs

By Karina Zhou
Categories: Children's & Young Adult, Children's, BIPOC, Asian Literature

An endearing and beautifully illustrated children's book about learning to embrace our heritage and celebrating what makes us unique.

Multicultural Day is coming up at school, and Kai is nervous about ...

My Volcano

By John Elizabeth Stintzi
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Fiction

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Year

The brilliant new novel from the fiercely talented author of Vanishing Monuments, shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

On the morning of June ...

Oma's Bag

Text by Michelle Wang
Illustrated by Sam Nunez
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Children's & Young Adult, Children's, Disability Literature

A gentle and loving book that helps children navigate an Alzheimer's diagnosis in their family

The five Lim children - Jessica, Jocelyn, Jeffrey, Jacob, and Kenzie - are thrilled when their parents tell ...

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 ...

Perfect Little Angels

By Vincent Anioke
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Black Literature, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature

A beautifully imagined story collection set largely in Nigeria that explores themes of masculinity and repressed desires through the lens of (un)conditional love

In this stunning debut story collection ...

Sharp Notions

Edited by Marita Dachsel & Nancy Lee
Categories: Anthologies, Crafts & Hobbies, Biography & Memoir

Personal essays from diverse voices about their relationships to the fibre arts

Sometimes the reliability of a knit stitch, the steady rocking of a quilting needle, the solid structure of a loom is all ...

Special Topics in Being a Parent

By S. Bear Bergman
Illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson
Categories: Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction, LGBTQ+ Literature, LGBTQ+, Trans Literature

An illustrated guide of practical parenting advice informed by queer experiences for anyone doing the work of parenting, from the author and illustrator of Special Topics in Being a Human

Being a parent ...

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded

By Gord Hill
Foreword by Pamela Palmater
Categories: BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction

A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas.

When it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as ...

This Book Is a Knife

By L.E. Fox
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Social Issues, LGBTQ+ Literature

An incendiary anti-capitalist response to the devastating impact of climate change

Despite the naysayers, climate change is a fact. We know that global temperatures are rising, that weather patterns are ...