Womens Spirituality: Contemporary Feminist Approaches to Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Goddess Worship comes directly out of womens grassroots efforts to understand and transform their spiritual tr
The poems in Dark Water Songs begin on the margins of islands and ancestors, and fan out, probing love, loss and lifes dilemmas. They expand and deepen the poetic exploration which began with my earli
Families who would want to honour a parents request to not die in hospital, encounter obstacles that can defeat even accomplished health professionals. Autumns Grace is a story that spans a ten-month
I write these words / Jcris ces mots is a fascinating volume of poetry that examines the world of a woman born in Tunisia but living in Toronto, and womens universal struggle to find their place in th
Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 3rd Revised and Updated Edition, brings together articles on themes and topics at the forefront of feminist inquiry and research. Compiled of articles p
Gut Reaction is an entertaining as well as informative true story about the authors battle to save her sons life or at least his large intestine - from a very severe case of Crohns disease. With pers
The adage about what happens in Vegas is funny precisely because we know its wishful thinking.A Glittering Chaosis about what happens when what happens in Vegas comes home to haunt you.Melusine is a G
Rebel Women begins by moving in and out of womens kitchens, parlours, meetings and wagon-rides on the eve and throughout Torontos 1837 Rebellion. The poems let the reader eavesdrop on the loves, fears
In Mountain, seventeen-year-old Camden Amethyst attends a mountain peace gathering with her mother Laureen, a designer of portal energy systems for large festivals and gatherings. Camden comes of age
Theodor Adorno once remarked that, "...every work of art is an uncommitted crime." This book is a tribute to political artists who deviate from the mainstream and create art that engages with question
No Fury Like That is a literary thriller about life and death--and the power of second chances. What is your moral compass? Julia Redner has to die in order to find her answer to this question--but is
A gritty tragi-comic fairy tale of sexual obsession and longing, based in equal parts on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, Once Upon A Time In West Toronto i
This novel traces the life experiences of a once highly successful woman who falls prey to electroshock and subsequently struggles to piece back together her life. Naomi suffers enormous memory loss;
In the Belly of the Horse is a gripping story illuminating an historic period in the life of a Peruvian family separated and kept apart by seemingly insurmountable forces during a time of civil confli
A Haitian woman survives the ravages of an earthquake only to find her sister, an émigré in Montreal, the subject of a grisly crime. A chambermaid in a Mexican tourist resort frequented by Canadian to
When twenty-two-year-old Marla finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, she wishes for a family, but faces precariousness: an uncertain future with her talented, exacting boyfriend, Liam; constant danger
That morning, Michelle presented her Psychology honours thesis on rape. It began: "A woman born in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped than learning how to read..." That evening, celebra
Journeywoman is the story in poems of the explicitly female journey made by women through girlhood, motherhood and beyond. The play on the word journeyman is intentional with the notion of completing
This collection "spattered diversely by the trades that we live by" as Pablo Neruda puts it, reflects the variety of influences that have shaped the poet's craft. Kalamkari (from the Persian for "pen
The Size of a Bird is an invocation of desire in times of violence and trauma. Refusing to shy away from difficult topics the poet tackles addiction, abuse, suicide, and sexual violence while infusing
