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• Beckoning — How do you become your best self in what feels like the worst of worlds? Both probing and playful, the poems in this collection are interested in what it means to be a good person while trying to survive late capitalism. Is it our intentions or our actions which make us “good”? Is it enough to try to do better, or must our trying accomplish something? The speakers of these poems are often looking for better versions of themselves, imagining other selves within themselves, and seeking out alternate worlds in which they are themselves but new and improved.
• Dotted Lines — Abandoned as a child, Melanie Forsythe seeks stability and belonging after her mom’s boyfriend is left to raise her. Despite her raw deal, Melanie grows up to have a good head on her shoulders and a strong bond with her stepdad. But her dream of having a family of her own is shattered when she suffers tragedy and betrayal. Finding herself at an unexpected crossroads, Melanie must rely on the lessons given to her by someone who owed her nothing but gave her everything.
• Doubles — Doubles takes place in 1968 in an institution for troubled youth, and is told from the perspective of a brilliant, spunky, 12-year-old girl who is obsessed with math. Engagingly written and often funny, this novella explores how a sensitive young teenager changes over a six-month period from a polite, quiet “good girl” into a delinquent. Although set in the past, Doubles has direct relevance to today, with our recently heightened awareness of the harsh reality in some of our residential institutions during that era (including for Indigenous children, but not only).
• Goalie — The poems in Goalie follow our narrator’s journey as he progresses throughout his hockey career, from novice all the way to retirement. These poems explore topics such as role models, relationships, ambitions, failure, and the minutiae of everyday Canadian life in as genuine and authentic a way as possible between these pages.
• Propagules — This instalment of Guernica’s Essential Writers series spotlights one of Canada’s most internationally acclaimed authors, the poet Dionne Brand, with major scholarly essays on her work, an exhaustive bibliography, and a previously unpublished essay by Brand herself. Brand is an author whose astonishing work Canada needs to uplift and celebrate more volubly. Propagules joins and builds this upliftment of one of Canada’s most talented and incisive writers. The book includes essays on Brand's work by prominent Canadian and international scholars, especially women and Black scholars (such as Katherine McKittrick, Franca Bernabei, and Leslie Sanders); it also includes a personal essay (or "creative nonfiction" piece) by author Erin Soros and an engaging interview with Brand. This edited collection also provides readers and scholars with a comprehensive, up to date bibliography of any and all work by and about Brand. Propaguyles provides an indispensable resource for fans and students of Brand's writing. This book is available for pre-order.
• Skin Hunger — Skin Hunger tells two stories in counterpoint: the story of Rowan, a young activist who crusades for animal liberation to compensate for a dearth of emotional comfort and physical connection, and that of Evie, Rowan’s mother, whose struggles with mental illness and substance abuse have long kept the family apart. Rowan Shea has spent her life looking for warmth and comfort. Separated for years from her mentally ill mother, she seeks fulfilment in caring for sick and injured animals, and connection through a string of casual hook-ups. After losing her job as a vet tech, Rowan finds a renewed sense of belonging and direction when she falls in with a group of animal rights activists and moves into their ramshackle farm on the outskirts of Vancouver. Soon, impatient with their inaction and petty disputes, Rowan forges new friendships and creates her own opportunities for protest, until she learns that the activists are targeting a university lab performing experiments on rhesus monkeys—and considering more extreme action. In another time and another place, Rowan’s mother, Evie, struggles with the conviction that her very essence will harm her delicate baby. After numerous stays in a psychiatric hospital, Evie becomes convinced that her daughter is better off without her cursed touch. Lonely yet wary of forging deep connections, Evie undertakes the challenge of building a new life on her own terms. Skin Hunger tells the story of a mother and daughter, starved for nurturing and compassion, as they struggle to find a home in the world, one that, despite decades apart, might bring them back together.
• Vendetta — Eleven Italian Americans were lynched in New Orleans on March 14, 1891. The lynching caused a crisis between the President and the Congress of the United States, between Washington and Rome. It also introduced a sinister word to America: Mafia. This book has become a HBO film starring Christopher Walken.

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• Guernica Editions
• Dotted Lines – Guernica Editions
• Skin Hunger – Guernica Editions
• Propagules – Guernica Editions
• Beckoning – Guernica Editions
• Vendetta – Guernica Editions
• Doubles – Guernica Editions
• Goalie – Guernica Editions