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The prestigious and highly anticipated annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry from the shortlist of the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize.Each year, the best books of poetry published in English internationally and in Canada are honoured with the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's most prestigious and richest literary awards. Since 2001, this annual prize has tremendously spurred interest in and recognition of poetry, foc...

Two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner and internationally bestselling author Esi Edugyan delivers an incisive analysis of the relationship between race and art.

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ONE OF THE MAJOR TOPICS OF THE DECADE: The rise of China has always been of interest but since the U.S.-China trade war and COVID-19, interest in China has never been greater. Chiu aims to expand our understanding of China's quest for global power.A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT AND CHINA EXPERT WHO IS OF CHINESE BACKGROUND AND A WOMAN IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY MEN:Geopolitical books are largely still the domain of white male authors....

Now more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright's #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating patterns of progress and disaster.Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems, especiall...

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In her debut collection, Congratulations, Rhododendrons, award-winning poet Mary Germaine offers love poems to an insistently unlovely world.Through poems that speak to plastic bags and drones as much as they admire roses and the moon, Germaine surfs the confluence of artificial and natural environments, technology, and our small but consequential feelings about them. At turns devotional and suspicious, these poems toe the boundaries of intima...

PREVIOUS COLLECTION WON THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD: Steven Heighton's previous poetry collection, The Waking Comes Late, received the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry, among other acclaim. This return to poetry after five years will get a lot of buzz.ACCLAIMED AUTHOR IN MANY FORMS AND GENRES:Apart from his award-winning and highly acclaimed poetry collections, Steven Heighton is also the author of several works of fictio...

APPETITE FOR BREAKOUT BOOKS IN TRANSLATION: With the enormous success of psychological suspense novels like The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani and the stunning work of metafiction The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, the English-language market is demonstrating an appetite for thrilling works of fiction that cross the boundaries between literary and genre fiction. Michaud is a master of suspense and the psychological thriller, and releasing her la...

THE SEQUEL/FOLLOW-UP TO THE AWARD-WINNING FIRST NOVEL, THE OUTLANDER: This is the long-awaited second novel by Gil Adamson. It follows characters from her award-winning and critically acclaimed first novel, The Outlander, which sold to many territories around the world. Both can be read independently as stand-alones, or they can be read together to get a full picture of the long arc of these beloved characters.PART LITERARY WESTERN AND PART HI...

Writers' Trust Fiction Prize WinnerScotiabank Giller Prize FinalistPart literary Western and part historical mystery, Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner Ridgerunner is the follow-up to Gil Adamson's award-winning and critically acclaimed novel The Outlander, now available as a paperback.November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the R...

A MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUE: There is a huge appetite for information on the rapid developments in social media, social media platforms, and surveillance, from Facebook's policies (or lack thereof) on political advertising to China's citizen-surveillance superstructure to the U.S. vs. China race to develop 5G, the next-gen high-speed, wireless network - all of which are having, and will continue to have, an impact on individuals, on societies, on int...

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In Western societies, the capitalist system is facing a level of distrust not seen in decades. Economic inequality is rampant. Life expectancy is falling. The environment is being destroyed for profit. Political power is wielded by wealthy elites and big business. For capitalism's critics, it is clear that the system is not designed to help average people. Their solution is a top-to-bottom reform of the "free market" along more socialist and d...

A HISTORICAL NOVEL WITH COMMERCIAL APPEAL: This novel bridges the literary and the commercial. A moving and exquisitely written story of love and loss, it features three extraordinary lives that prove to be inextricably linked against all the odds, with powerful consequences. Coming Up for Air is perfect for fans of Marilynne Robinson, Maggie O'Farrell, Jane Urqhuart, and those who loved The Last Wave by Gillian Best and A Whole Life by Robert...

TIMELY DEBATE: In an era of declining U.S. leadership, this relevant topic addresses the perception of China as a threat to the liberal international order.INSTITUTIONAL TIES: Perfect for the institutional market and those interested in current events and politics.

I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today's establishment." - Stephen K. BannonThroughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigration are being challenged by populist thinkers and movements. Does this surging populist agenda in Western nations signal a permanent shift in our politics? Or is it a passing ph...