This list showcases the talent and creativity of Canadian authors, with recent works showcasing fresh voices and contemporary stories.
Professor Goose Debunks The Three Little Pigs by Paulette Bourgeois
Join Professor Goose in this STEM-filled picture book as she fact-checks classic fairy tales and shares the science behind these flawed stories. Ages 4-8.
Butterfly On The Wind by Adam Pottle
Nervous for her talent show performance, Aurora spots a butterfly and is inspired to conjure a magical butterfly with her hands. This sets off a chain reaction of support and empowerment among the global Deaf community. Ages 4-8.
Night Of The Living Zed by Basil and Kevin Sylvester
Three days in a haunted mansion full of secrets. Two intrepid investigators. And one chance to solve a generations-old mystery. Beloved monster enthusiast Zed Watson returns in this charming new adventure chock-full of illusions, spirits, haunted pasts and heartwarming friendships. Ages 8-12
Lightning Strikes the Silence by Iona Whishaw
The 11th installment of the Lane Winslow historical mystery series does not disappoint. All our favourite characters work to solve the mystery of an explosion, an orphaned girl and a jewellery heist. Start with A Killer in King's Cove if this series is new to you.
Death By A Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat
With bracing honesty and a skewering wit, these stories boldly wrestle with themes of illness, pain, desire, bodily autonomy and their inescapable impacts on a woman's relationships with others and with herself.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.
The Laundryman's Boy by Edward Y. C. Lee
Set during the months leading up to World War One, thirteen-year-old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada.
Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor
A tragic plane crash leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives in this sweeping novel that blends thriller, murder mystery and horror with humour and spectacle.
Bury the Lead by Kate Hilton
A fast-paced, entertaining mystery perfect for a cottage weekend or beach time. Cat Conway's first interview is with legendary actor Eliot Fraser, the lead in the theatre's season-opening play. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on opening night, the curtain rises on the sleepy town's secrets.
