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• 36 Cornelian Avenue

  Wiseman, Christopher, 1936-

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  Calgary’s own Chris Wiseman revisits World War Two Scarborough, England, and his father’s absence for military duty in vivid, heartfelt poetry that demonstrates a wise understanding of the difference between sentiment and sentimentality.

• Folding the Wilderness Within

  Shillington, Joan, 1948-

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  This down-to-earth Calgary poet blends poetry and life-writing in tributes to her late mother and father that are evocative and deeply compassionate.

• The Brain That Changes Itself

  Stories of Personal Triumph From the Frontiers of Brain Science

  Doidge, Norman

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  The acclaimed best-seller by a psychiatrist details promising new research in neuroscience and innovative therapies that have changed our beliefs about the brain and its ability to heal itself. Doidge’s inspirational case stories touch on everything…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seeing Voices

  a Journey Into the World of the Deaf

  Sacks, Oliver W.

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  Passionate and insightful nonfiction by the late great neurologist that delves into the neuroscience and culture of the Deaf and their remarkable visual language.

• Between Men. --

  Govier, Katherine, 1948-

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  Govier’s novel travels in time from the present day to 1889 and the murder of a Blackfoot woman in a darker past we are often reluctant to but must acknowledge.

• 2017 Author in Residence

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  Visit this page for complete info on how to take part in our amazing Author in Residence services, including manuscript consultation, workshops, and networking opportunities.

• A Book of Luminous Things

  An International Anthology of Poetry

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  This rich, and indeed luminous international anthology edited by the late Nobel laureate is a great start for a beginner or for someone seeking to broaden their reading of contemporary poetry.

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

  Dillard, Annie

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  A Pulitzer Prize-winning work of nonfiction that closely and affectionately observes nature in Dillard’s neighbourhood of Tinker’s Creek, Virginia.

• Medicine River. --

  King, Thomas, 1943-

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  Acclaimed Indigenous author Thomas King’s gentle and humorous stories about a fictional Alberta small town, Medicine River, shows why he is regarded as a master story-teller of people and place.

• Lives of Girls and Women. --

  Munro, Alice, 1931-

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  An early collection of our Nobel laureate Alice Munro’s short stories that has the cumulative effect of a novel. These evocative and textured stories chronicle the lives of Canadian rural and working class people in the 1940s and 50s.

• Wolf Willow

  a History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier

  Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993

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  Set in Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills, this compelling non-fiction classic by a founding member of the United States Sierra Club captures the rich human and natural life of the area in the early days of the last century.