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Pas même le bruit d’un fleuve Un beau désastre by Hélène Dorion by Christine Eddie When Hanna finds notebooks in her mother’s belongings, In a neighbourhood marked by poverty, neglect and she decides to travel up the Saint-Lawrence river, to try indifference, a boy frets about the future. Fatherless, to find the thread which could tie her life to Simone’s, this raised by an overly cheerful aunt, M.J. watches the silent woman. Along the river, Hanna will meet Antoine, her twenty-first century with utter dismay. Life, he thinks, mother’s true love, and will go all the way back to 1914, to is a disaster waiting to happen. A coming-of-age story, the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. Through this journey, Un beau désastre is a funny, tender portrait that expertly there will be the power of art and that of friendship to blends teenage angst and sarcasm with acts of kindness escort a luminous and demanding interior quest. and solidarity. Christine Eddie’s beautiful new novel bursts with life. Alto World rights available Alto World rights available 2020 | French BISAC: FIC019000 2020 | French ISBN: 9782896944491 Thema: FBA ISBN: 9782896944538 BISAC: FIC019000 C$22.95; 184 pgs. C$23.95; 192 pgs. Thema: FBA

Errance Natalia Z. by Mattia Scarpulla by Chantal Garand Can you start all over again in a new country? Stefano Oslo, 1945. Natalia gives birth to a boy. She soon gives lives with Sophie and their daughter, Elisa, in France. He him up for adoption. Sixty years later, Tollef gets hold decides to go back to school and begins to see a society of his adoption record. He learns that his mother’s fate buckling under the tension between acquired privilege was intertwined with global events during World War II. and lack of certainty. His past identities, phantoms from a He decides to take steps to unravel the circumstances violent period in recent Italian history, pursue him in the surrounding his birth. Tollef finds out that his mother lives in form of hallucinations. When he opens his eyes he feels the Québec town of Chambly. He manages to make initial a desire for revenge. A journey between France, Italy, contact with her but Natalia seems unprepared to reveal Annika Parance Netherlands and Québec. Annika Parance her past. Éditeur Éditeur World rights available Rights sold in Norway, Ukraine, and Italy 2020 | French 2018 | French ISBN: 9782923830957 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC031080, FIC014000 ISBN: 9782923830667 BISAC: FIC000000, FIC014000, FIC025000 C$26.00; 342 pgs. Thema: F, FBA, FHX C$25.95; 326 pgs. Thema: F, FBA, FHX, FJMS

Aubrey McKee Dear Evelyn by Alex Pugsley by Kathy Page An arcana of oddball angels, Alex Pugsley’s long-awaited Born between the wars on a working-class London debut novel follows rich-kid drug dealers and junior street, Harry Miles wins a scholarship and a chance to tennis brats, émigré heart surgeons and small-time thugs, escape his station, but discovers instead that poetry is renegade private school girls and runaway children as what offers him real direction. When he meets Evelyn they try to make sense of the city into which they’ve been Hill on the steps of Battersea Library, the two fall in love born. Part coming-of-age-story, part social chronicle, and as the world prepares once again for war—but over the part study of the myths that define our growing up, Aubrey ensuing decades, their capacity to care for each other McKee introduces a breathtakingly original new voice. is increasingly tested.

Biblioasis World rights available Biblioasis Rights sold in the UK/Commonwealth, Germany, and Holland 2020 | English BISAC: FIC043000, FIC066000, FIC019000 2018 | English ISBN: 9781771963114 Thema: FXB, FXR, FB ISBN: 9782897501792 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC045000 C$22.95; 400 pgs. C$19.95; 312 pgs. Thema: FBA, FS

I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind The Handsome Man by Marianne Apostolides by Brad Casey Ariadne, a single, fortysomething writer embroiled in an The Handsome Man follows several years of the life of a affair with a married man, is writing a book about what young man as he is drawn around the world: from Toronto it means to say, “I love you.” To make ends meet while to Montréal, New York, New Mexico, Berlin, and Rome, writing, she joins a research study in which she’s paid along the way meeting healers, drinkers, movie stars, and to live with an AI device, but the study quickly enters welcoming strangers. He isn’t traveling, however; he’s uncharted territory. Apostolides’ latest brings into question running away. But the world won’t let him disappear— issues of privacy and consciousness: how we communicate each new encounter and every lost soul he meets brings our thoughts, what it means to embody our desires, and him closer to truths he’d locked away: how to trust and whether we ought to act on them. live in this world, and how to love again. Book*hug Press Book*hug Press 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781771665773 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC044000 ISBN: 9781771665858 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC029000 C$23.00; 363 pgs. Thema: FB C$20.00; 248 pgs. Thema: FB, FYB

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The Dome Explication de la nuit by Suzanne Craig-Whytock d’Edem Awumey It’s the year 2135, almost four decades since the Water Ito Baraka va mourir. À Gatineau, loin du soleil et de Wars ended. Much of the continent is a desert wasteland, la dictature, dans l’obscurité humide de ce minable and the powerful Consortium rules Adanac, one of the appartement qu’il partage avec sa compagne, Kimi, few habitable areas remaining, with an iron fist. Cee and autochtone et junkie. / Ito Baraka is going to die. In Dee, 16-year-old twins who share a special, almost psychic Gatineau, far from the sun, in the dark, dank, and bond, are runaways from a Consortium workhouse. Now shabby flat that he shares with his Indigenous and living as Freeworlders in the largest tent city in Trillium junkie girlfriend, Kimi. province, they’re determined to survive. “Artfully constructed, peppered with evocative phrasing, Bookland Press World rights available Boréal this beautiful volume is upsetting, poignant, and at times harrowing.” —Publishers Weekly 2019 | English BISAC: FIC002000, FIC055000, FIC031000 2013 | Français ISBN: 9781772311013 Thema: FJ - Adventure fiction ISBN: 9782764622810 Droits vendus en Argentine, Cône Sud, Espagne, C$19.95; 248 pgs. 22,95 $ CA; 216 pgs. anglais (monde), et allemand (monde) BISAC: FIC000000, FIC019000, FIC037000, FIC051000

Les Crépuscules de la Yellowstone L’Oeil de Jupiter de Louis Hamelin de Tristan Malavoy Ce roman sur le naturaliste Audubon entremêle nature Un homme à la croisée des chemins et au confluent sauvage, mythes américains et fascination pour les des identités multiples de l’Amérique. Un roman où coureurs des bois. En élevant un poignant tombeau en s’entrecroisent certains des personnages mythiques souvenir de toutes ces vies sacrifiées et de nos rêves de la Nouvelle-Orléans. / A man at a crossroads and désormais enterrés sous l’asphalte des autoroutes et at the confluence of multiple identities of America. des stationnements à l’infini, le romancier nous fait aussi A novel in which some of the mythical characters entrer dans sa propre épopée. / This novel about the of New Orleans intersect. naturalist Audubon intertwines wilderness, American Tous droits disponibles myths and fascination for the coureurs des bois. Boréal Boréal BISAC: FIC019000 Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français 2020 | Français ISBN: 9782764626191 BISAC: FIC014000 ISBN: 9782764626177 29,95 $ CA; 376 pgs. 27,95 $ CA; 264 pgs.

Pour qui je me prends Soifs de Lori Saint-Martin de Marie-Claire Blais S’affranchir, coûte que coûte : Lori Saint-Martin en Trois jours et trois nuits de fête où l’on célèbre la a fait une raison d’être dès l’enfance. Récit d’une naissance d’un enfant et la fin d’un siècle. Dans cette émancipation totale. Et d’une révélation : la découverte île qui pourrait être Key West, des êtres se croisent, se de la langue française. / Freeing yourself, no matter what: rapprochent, puis s’éloignent à nouveau, comme des Lori Saint-Martin made it a reason to be from childhood. vagues qui roulent et se déroulent. Toute une humanité A story of total emancipation. And a revelation: the qui partage les mêmes soifs de plaisirs, d’ivresse et de discovery of the French language. justice. / A swirling, baroque fresco that captures the Tous droits disponibles essence of our apocalyptic age, rendering it in powerfully evocative prose. Boréal BISAC: BIO022000 Boréal 2020 | Français 1995 | Français Droit vendus en anglais (Amérique du Nord), ISBN: 9782764626306 ISBN: 9782890528291 France, Italie, Lituanie, Romanie, et Espagne (monde) 22,95 $ CA; 192 pgs. 15,95 $ CA; 320 pgs. BISAC: FIC019000

Dirty Birds Melt by Morgan Murray by Heidi Wicks Hilariously ironic and irreverent, in Dirty Birds, Morgan Jess is a sensitive creature of habit. Cait is her passionate Murray generates a quest novel for the twenty-first and impulsive best friend. In Melt, Heidi Wicks follows century—a coming-of-age, rom-com, crime-farce thriller— the lives of these characters from their teenage years where a hero’s greatest foe is his own crippling mediocrity into their late thirties—through drifting desires, fake as he seeks purpose in art, money, power, crime, and tans, economic turbulence, kids, grief, job loss, love loss, sleeping in all day. and personal renewal. Shifting radiantly between the late nineties and the present day, Melt explores the “Canadians rejoice! Our Vonnegut has finally arrived! life-sustaining anatomy of friendship and the complex Morgan Murray’s debut is a great, brawling, sprawling, Breakwater Books relationships we have with our pasts. Breakwater Books muscular glory of a story. Funny, dark, and wholly original.” —Will Ferguson 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English ISBN: 9781550818246 ISBN: 9781550818079 World rights available C$22.95; 240 pgs. BISAC: FIC071000, FIC044000, FIC000000 C$22.95; 432 pgs. Thema: FB BISAC: FIC016000, FIC019000, FIC052000 Thema: FU, FB, FUP

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Some People’s Children The Kissing Fence by Bridget Canning A Novel Imogene Tubbs has never met her father and, raised by her by B. A. Thomas-Peter grandmother, she only sees her mother sporadically. But as In The Kissing Fence, two generations grapple with she grows older, she learns that many people in her small, identity, oppression, and redemption rooted in the rural town believe her father is Cecil Jesso, the local drug chilling history of the 1950s and 60s conflict between dealer—a man both feared and ridiculed. Weaving through the Canadian government and the Doukhobors who a maze of gossip, community, and the complications of emigrated from Russia to escape persecution. A family, Some People’s Children is a revealing and liberating powerful and emotional story of clashing cultural novel about the way others look at us and the power of tensions that questions how we define success, self-discovery. Breakwater Books Caitlin Press identity, and our community. 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781550818123 BISAC: FIC043000, FIC066000, FIC019000 ISBN: 9781773860237 C$24.95; 288 pgs. BISAC: FIC051000, FIC014000, FIC019000 C$22.95; 254 pgs. Thema: FXB, FXR, FB Thema: FB, 5PB, FV

Acqua Sacra Traverser l’autoroute A Novel de Sophie Bienvenu, illustré par Julie Rocheleau by Keith Henderson Une maison avec un garage, une tondeuse, des outils Acqua Sacra is about corruption—construction industry dont on ne se sert pas, une piscine utilisée une demi- corruption (the novel ends with the establishment of the fois par année, un fils de 16 ans avec qui les rapports Charbonneau inquiry), but corruption on many other sont difficiles, un couple qui s’enlise dans la routine… fronts—sport, taxes, illegal immigration, the law, and on Qu’est-ce qui rend notre vie supportable ? the deepest level: moral corruption. Lack of character. L’écrivaine Sophie Bienvenu nous livre un formidable Greed. Amorality. Suzanna is engaged in trying to instantané de la vie moderne, mis en image par des reconstruct/restore her ancestral home in Acqua Sacra. Éditions de illustrations exceptionnelles de Julie Rocheleau. DC Books In the process, she encounters the full glory of criminal la Pastèque Un livre incontournable pour le début de 2020. Italian business practices. 2020 | Français 2016 | English Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9781927599372 Rights sold in German and Italian ISBN: 9782897770792 C$21.95; 236 pgs. 27,95 $ CA; 88 pgs. BISAC: CGN000000 BISAC: FIC019000 Thema: XY Thema: FBA

Carpe Fin The Swan Suit A Haida Manga by Katherine Fawcett by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Blending banalities of everyday routines and dilemmas illustrated by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas with elements of magic, the macabre and the downright This unique graphic novel, by acclaimed Indigenous inventive, the stories in The Swan Suit are anything but artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, blends Asian manhwa/ predictable. In this collection, reimagined fairy tales manga with the Haida artistic and oral tradition in one appear alongside stories entirely new, combining wry Douglas & McIntyre stunning hand-painted volume. The story follows one humour with fantastical situations to create an addictive 2019 | English man’s fate in the half-life between human and animal, mix. Subverting expectations at every turn, Fawcett’s ISBN: 9781771622240 life and death, as his community—perched between matter-of-fact style and narrative skill make it a must- C$29.95; 276 pgs. the ocean and the northern temperate rainforest—faces read for any lover of short fiction. a series of disasters. Douglas & McIntyre World rights available 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781771622608 BISAC: FIC029000, FIC044000, FIC019000 BISAC: CGN006000, FIC010000, SOC021000 C$22.95; 224 pgs.

The Wild Heavens Chambre 1002 by Sarah Louise Butler by Chrystine Brouillet The Wild Heavens is a graceful and compelling debut Hélène, a world-renowned chef, travels to New York City novel that pays tribute to the magic and unfathomable to receive a prestigious culinary award. On the way home, mystery of the natural world. Sandy Langley’s life has tragedy strikes: she is found unconscious following a been haunted by a tragic disappearance—until one brutal car accident. Investigators are working to solve the winter day, she sets out alone, determined to discover mystery, but the leads remain unclear. Hélène, plunged the truth about the mystery that has shaped her life. into a deep coma, is watched over by her friends who will The result is an impressive and evocative novel, implement an ingenious aromatic strategy to try to bring containing beauty, tragedy and wonder in equal parts. back to life the one who was the pillar of their group. Douglas & McIntyre World rights available Druide Rights sold in French Europe 2020 | English BISAC: FIC019000, FIC010000, FIC044000 2018 | French BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9781771622585 ISBN: 9782897114350 Thema: FBA C$22.95; 272 pgs. C$24.95; 352 pgs.

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Zut ! j’ai raté mon gâteau Night Call by Annie L’Italien by Brenden Carlson In 1937, Marie-Juliette cooks out of necessity and In a very different 1933, self-styled detective Elias Roche dreams of becoming a chef; in 1967, Hélène cooks out and his robot partner, Allen, immerse themselves in of obligation and dreams of a better life for herself and the criminal underworld to find the killer and hopefully her children; in 2016, Émilie cooks out of challenge and prevent war on New York’s streets when a murder occurs dreams of opening a restaurant. These three go-getters that not only threatens both the police and the mafia but are taking the gamble to invent a life for themselves. appears connected to Roche’s past. They have one thing in common: the happiness of these World rights available women lies in the kitchen. and in the contents of an old green suitcase. BISAC: FIC028140 Druide Dundurn Press Thema: FL Rights sold in German (world) 2016 | French 2020 | English ISBN: 9782897112929 BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9781459745797 C$19.95; 264 pgs. Thema: FBA C$17.99; 336 pgs.

Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack Dehors Dedans by Heidi von Palleske de Dominique Lauzon A modern literary novel with mythic and gothic overtones L’identité est un thème récurrent dans la poésie set between between the 1960s and the 1980s. A boy de Dominique Lauzon, tout comme l’amour et le falls from a tree and his best friend feels responsible. Loss dépassement de soi. Dehors Dedans présente l’art, et and guilt bind them as they grow to adulthood. When la poésie en particulier, comme un terrain propice à la the two boys meet albino twins Clara and Blanca, their représentation consciente de la personnalité et de ses destinies intertwine. From the shores of Lake Ontario manifestations les plus vibrantes. to the hustle of Berlin, from the art of oculary to punk Ceci opera, this is a story of dark secrets, suppressed desires, sera une porte à ouvrir forgiveness, and love. pas une prière une injonction Dundurn Press Écrits des Forges World rights available 2021 | English 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9781459746787 BISAC: FIC019000 ISBN: 9782896453764 C$22.99; 304 pgs. Thema: FBA BISAC: POE011000 15,00 $ CA; 79 pgs. Thema: DCC

Morts, debout ! Running from the Dead de Nora Atalla A Crime Novel Morts, debout ! met en scène de manière singulière by Mike Knowles les efforts d’hommes et de femmes pour construire un A six-year search for a kidnapped boy ends in a murder monde à leur image. Nora Atalla y dépeint avec lyrisme that leaves a private detective trying to find a girl on the et émotion des univers personnels à conquérir, souvent run before the police find him. de haute lutte. La poète s’attache à contraster les côtés sombres et les côtés lumineux de l’histoire humaine. World rights available Tous droits disponibles BISAC: FIC022090 Thema: FFD BISAC: POE011000 Thema: DCC ECW Press Écrits des Forges 2020 | English 2020 | Français ISBN: 9781770415195 ISBN: 9782896453856 C$19.95; 360 pgs. 15,00 $ CA; 82 pgs.

Why Birds Sing Farida A Novel de Monia Mazigh by Nina Berkhout Tunisie, 1941. Forcée par son père de se marier, Farida, A charming novel about a disgraced opera singer, her jeune femme indépendante, va toutefois refuser le rôle cancer-plagued brother-in-law, a temperamental parrot qu’on lui assigne, en devenant un exemple de résistance named Tulip, and a competitive whistling group called dans cette société arabo-musulmane qui nie le pouvoir the Warblers. des femmes. / Tunisia, 1941. Forced by her father to marry, Farida, a young independent woman, will however Rights sold in French language in Québec refuse the role assigned to her, becoming an example of BISAC: FIC044000 resistance in this Arab-Muslim society that denies the Thema: FB power of women. ECW Press Éditions David 2020 | English 2020 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9781770415812 ISBN: 9782895977223 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC014000 C$22.95; 280 pgs. 27,95 $ CA; 400 pgs. Thema: FBA. FV

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La sultane dévoilée Passer l’hiver de Jean Mohsen Fahmy de Kateri Lemmens Se déployant entre le Nil et l’Euphrate au XIIIe siècle, Ce recueil expose des figures et des moments de à l’époque des dernières croisades, ce roman nous fait passages d’hiver à la fois physiques, intimes, politiques revivre l’histoire fabuleuse de Chagaratt el-Dorr, la seule et artistiques. Les poèmes convoquent plusieurs voix qui femme qui ait jamais été sultane et régné sur un pays reprennent et réinventent des histoires et des trames arabo-musulman. / Taking place between the Nile and d’histoire disséminées à travers le temps et l’espace. the Euphrates in the thirteenth century, at the time of Réalisé en collaboration avec l’artiste et écrivain belge the last Crusades, this novel revives the fabulous story Romain Renard (Chroniques de Melvile), le recueil of Chagaratt el-Dorr, the only woman who has ever been Éditions du Noroît raconte des impasses, des chutes, des épiphanies. a sultan and reigned over an Arab-Muslim country. Éditions David 2020 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897662240 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles 27,00 $ CA; 112 pgs. BISAC: POE024000 ISBN: 9782895976646 BISAC: FIC014000, FIC019000 Thema: DCC 24,95 $ CA; 280 pgs. Thema: FV, FJH

Sestrales À l’ombre des érables et des palmiers d’Andréane Frenette-Vallières Nouvelles Sestrales fait le portrait d’une parole isolée, celle d’une de Guy Bélizaire femme vivant dans une forêt. La narratrice tente là de se Si la vie des expatriés haïtiens n’est pas toujours rose soustraire aux violences qui la menacent en rétablissant, dans leur pays d’accueil, que dire de l’existence de par le langage, la relation à soi, aux êtres et aux choses. leurs compatriotes en Haïti ! À l’ombre des érables et L’adresse à sa sœur montre d’abord en quoi la rencontre des palmiers nous propose un voyage incessant entre échoue : le poème devient le témoin et la trace d’une deux pays, à travers 14 histoires passionnantes et parfois fragilité en lien avec l’isolement qui pose entre elles la dérangeantes sur les conséquences impitoyables de la question de la limite des corps, des sensibilités et des misère, de l’exclusion et de la bêtise. Tant à l’ombre des Éditions du Noroît identités sexuées. érables que des palmiers, l’injustice se révèle universelle. 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles Droits vendus en allemand ISBN: 9782897662226 Éditions L’Interligne 21,00 $ CA; 104 pgs. (seulement la nouvelle « La quête ») 2018 | Français ISBN: 9782896995936 BISAC: FIC029000 20,95 $ CA; 122 pgs. Thema: FYB

Mordre jusqu’au sang dans le rouge à lèvres On n’sait jamais à quoi s’attendre de José Claer de Hélène Koscielniak Né avec un sexe en point d’interrogation, l’auteur se Douze nouvelles tragi-comiques. Chacune jette un œil fait ange trash pour accoucher d’une poésie non à indiscret, quoique sympathique, sur l’intimité des gens l’index, mais au doigt d’honneur, qui farfouille dans vos dans leur foyer. Une galerie de personnages surpris dans fantasmes les plus honteux à la recherche d’un orgasme. leur quotidien par des événements bouleversants. Des Poète transgenre, José Claer traduit dans son magnifique dilemmes très actuels où l’on reconnaît nos habitudes, recueil les tensions (corporelles, mentales, sexuelles.) nos valeurs et nos préjugés. Écrit dans un style simple, qui jalonnent son parcours, entre « une enfance qui se parsemé de dialogues francs et directs, ce recueil met Éditions L’Interligne contracte par le sexe » et « un amour qui se détracte au en scène avec grand art observations et réflexions sur masculin pluriel ». la société contemporaine. 2019 | Français ISBN: 9782896996711 Tous droits disponibles Droits vendus en allemand 16,95 $ CA; 88 pgs. Éditions L’Interligne BISAC: POE021000 (seulement la nouvelle « J’attends ») Thema: DCC 2017 | Français BISAC: FIC029000 ISBN: 9782896996803 Thema: FYB 22,95 $ CA; 176 pgs.

L’après-Jérôme The Liars by Mia Caron by Ida Linehan Young I fell for Jérôme in front of a breakfast plate, the morning Newfoundland, 1895. Alice and John MacDonald, both after New Year’s Day. I admired how easy it was for him running from pasts that were too traumatic to face, meet to reveal himself while eating a mountain of potatoes. by chance and stay together in a fragile world that’s I cherished that he knew how to gain my trust so quickly. rife with lies and secrets. The only thing they have in It felt like I had been eating toast with him my whole life. common is the love for a seven-year-old child, Beatrice, We dated for half a year, but if we had very different whom they have raised since she was a baby. visions of romantic relationships. After six months, I World rights available had enough. I gave Jérôme an ultimatum: the other girls or me. He chose the others. BISAC: FIC000000, FIC014000 Éditions Flanker Press Michel Quintin World rights available 2020 | English 2019 | French BISAC: FIC000000, FIC027000, FIC044000 ISBN: 9781771178013 ISBN: 9782897624675 C$19.95; 276 pgs. C$19.95; 176 pgs.

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The Sign on My Father’s House The Woman in the Attic by Tom Moore by Emily Hepditch This is the uproariously funny and at times heartbreaking On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald’s tale of a young man’s rough ride into adulthood. Felix mother has lived her life in near total isolation. When Ryan is on a journey to discover who he is and where Hannah returns to the lonely saltbox house to prepare he is headed. He moves from rural Newfoundland to the her mother for the transition into assisted living, her hectic life of Memorial University in the late 1960s. It is a childhood home is anything but welcoming. Dilapidated world of music, girls, and new experiences. Felix’s world from years of hoarding and neglect, the walls are is changing as the Joey Smallwood era comes to an end. crumbling, leaving Hannah’s wellness crumbling But Ellen Monteau never strays far from his mind. along with them. Flanker Press NL Reads 2020 Winner Flanker Press World rights available 2019 | English Rights sold in German (world) 2020 | English BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9781771177412 ISBN: 9781771177979 C$19.95; 223 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 C$19.95; 230 pgs.

If Sylvie Had Nine Lives Speechless by Leona Theis by Anne Simpson Have you ever looked back and wondered, What if.? A’isha Nasir is a Nigerian teenager who has been charged with adultery and sentenced to death. Sophie MacNeil is an Meet Sylvie—funny, sly, sensual, and flawed. Like all of ambitious young Canadian journalist who meets A’isha and us, Sylvie must make decisions that have reverberations writes an impassioned article about her plight. But when for years to come. Unlike the rest of us, Sylvie gets to the article sets off waves of outrage and violence, Sophie live more than one life. Is there a right path and a wrong is forced to come to terms with the naiveté with which she path, or does each possibility hold its share of pleasure approached the story. Who can—and should—tell a story? and pain? Speechless is a stunning novel of justice, witness, World rights available Freehand Books Freehand Books and courage. BISAC: FIC019000, FIC029000 2020 | English Thema: FBA, FYB 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781988298719 ISBN: 9781988298627 C$22.95; 304 pgs. C$22.95; 350 pgs. BISAC: FIC019000, FIC044000 Thema: FBA, JPVH,JBFA

Crow Billydéki by Amy Spurway de Sonia Perron When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly En 1945, dans un pensionnat autochtone du Nord de unpredictable brain tumours, she abandons the l’Ontario, Billydéki disparaît. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Celui qui est bon, un frère défroqué qui a tout vu, se Effie’s scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, décide enfin à parler. C’est aussi le temps de payer sa she’s known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her dette envers Billydéki. / In 1945, in a northern Ontario family is cursed. Witty, energetic, and crackling with residential school for Indigenous people, Billydéki sharp Cape Breton humour, Crow is a story of big twists, disappeared. Twenty-five years later, the One who big personalities, big drama, and even bigger heart. is good, a defrocked priest who has seen everything, finally decides to speak. It’s also time to pay off his Goose Lane Editions World rights available Groupe Fides debt to Billydéki. 2019 | English BISAC: FIC019000, FIC016000 2018 | Français ISBN: 9781773100234 Thema: FBA, FU ISBN: 9782762142792 Tous droits disponibles C$22.95; 312 pgs. 24,95 $ CA; 170 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 Thema: FB

Shinobi – Tome 1 Cardinal Divide La naissance d’un ninja by Nina Newington by Francine Tremblay A father comes out to his daughter as a woman. Or at Intrepid Fujiwara no Chikida immerses us in the world least, he was once a woman. It’s complicated. Funny. of ninjas, the shinobi, shadow warriors. An exceptional Painful. Eventually joyful. Meanwhile the daughter, historical novel. / L’intrépide Fujiwara no Chikida nous who was adopted, has her own identity issues. At the plonge dans le monde des ninjas, les shinobi, ces Aboriginal addictions treatment centre where she works, guerriers de l’ombre. Un roman historique exceptionnel everyone assumes she is Indigenous. But is she? How qui lève le voile sur la naissance des Ninjas et où la can she find out? Her need to know leads her down bravoure, la justice et la loyauté se font l’écho d’une dangerous roads. Groupe Fides écriture fine et précise. Guernica Editions World rights available 2018 | French World rights available 2020 | English BISAC: FIC073000, FIC045000, 4.0.2.0.1.0.0 ISBN: 9782762143423 ISBN: 9781771834421 Thema: FQ, FXS, FXR, 1KBC-CA-A, 5PT C$27.95; 350 pgs. BISAC: FIC014020 C$20.00; 400 pgs. Thema: FV

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The Occidental Hotel The Transaction by John Bentley Mays by Guglielmo D’Izzia A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that De Angelis, an inscrutable northerner, is travelling to a was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes small town perched somewhere in Sicily’s hinterland to of postwar America, reflecting on the ruins of the South negotiate a real estate transaction. While en route, the and on the life of a German performance artist called train he’s on mysteriously breaks down, forcing him to Jupp. At once echoing the moody worlds of W. G. Sebald spend the night in a squalid whistle stop. What follows and incorporating outrageous elements of pulp fiction, is a web of unsettling events, involving child prostitution this novel of dark romanticism is not for optimists seeking and brazen killings, that lead to the abrupt demise of his redemption, but for those willing to take a look into a business deal. Kafka meets Lolita and Michael Haneke’s Guernica Editions searing heart of darkness. The Castle. Guernica Editions 2020 | English World rights available World rights available 2020 | English ISBN: 9781771835145 BISAC: FIC025000, FIC019000, 4.0.1.5.0.0.0 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC025000, 1.5.3.1.0.0.0 C$20.00; 250 pgs. ISBN: 9781771834544 Thema: FXM, FXS, 3MP C$20.00; 236 pgs. Thema: FHX, FXM, 1DST-IT-UL

L’affaire Mélodie Cormier Tueurs de l’occulte de Guillaume Morrissette 13 histoires vraies à glacer le sang La petite Mélodie Cormier, 10 ans, a disparu. Elle s’est de Christian Page volatilisée, un jeudi matin ordinaire. Ses parents l’ont vue Depuis la fin des années 1960, les crimes à caractère monter dans l’autobus scolaire, mais elle ne s’est jamais occulte connaissent une progression foudroyante. À tel rendue jusqu’à la cour d’école. Le mystère est total. point que des corps policiers ont mis sur pied des unités Une véritable course contre la montre dans laquelle d’élite spécialisée; en effet, la vision intime du monde la tension ne diminue jamais. Cinq jours pour sauver de ces meurtriers est souvent peuplée de démons, Mélodie et mettre à jour le jeu d’un marionnettiste hors de vampires et de goules. Ici, nous ne parlons plus de pair… est-ce suffisant ? meurtres ou de modus operandi, mais de rituels et de Guy Saint-Jean Guy Saint-Jean sacrifices. Mais qui sont ces « tueurs de l’occulte » ? Éditeur Droits vendus en France Éditeur Tous droits disponibles 2015 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 2019 | Français ISBN: 9782894558416 Thema: F ISBN: 9782897587550 BISAC: OCC016000 24,95 $ CA; 400 pgs. 24,95 $ CA; 368 pgs. Thema: QRYX

Mon ennemie Nelly Roux clair naturel de Karine Rosso de Fanie Demeule Une jeune Montréalaise, récemment revenue de plusieurs Entre détresse et exaltation, une jeune femme retrace années passées en Amérique du Sud, est malgré elle la formation de son identité de rousse, une performance confrontée à Nelly Arcan, une autrice dont elle ignorait exposant la porosité des frontières entre vérité et l’existence jusque-là. Plus elle en apprend sur l’écrivaine mensonge, réel et fiction. Confession paniquée au et son oeuvre, plus elle se voit bousculée dans ses parfum d’ammoniac, Roux clair naturel témoigne de la convictions et dans la place qu’elle occupe en tant difficulté à assumer une identité choisie dans un monde que femme québécoise d’origine colombienne. où les faits objectifs ont préséance sur l’expression d’une Tous droits disponibles vérité subjective. Hamac Hamac BISAC: FIC000000 Tous droits disponibles 2019 | Français Thema: F 2019 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9782897911263 ISBN: 9782897910303 Thema: F 19,95 $ CA; 196 pgs. 19,95 $ CA; 162 pgs.

L’annexe Thelma, Louise & moi de Catherine Mavrikakis de Martine Delvaux Quand elle n’est pas en mission à Londres, à Tripoli J’ai voulu remonter le cours du temps en m’installant ou à Tel Aviv, Anna aime retourner à Amsterdam, dans dans la Thunderbird avec Thelma et Louise, pour l’annexe où s’est cachée la famille d’Anne Frank. Durant retrouver celle que j’étais en 1991, cette jeune femme qui un de ses pèlerinages là-bas, l’espionne se rend compte n’est pas si différente de la femme que je suis aujourd’hui. qu’elle est suivie. Exfiltrée dans une maison de protection J’ai suivi le scénario du film à la manière de marques par l’agence, Anna y fait la connaissance de Celestino. topographiques sur le chemin de ma propre vie : deux L’homme fantasque veille sur les membres de l’insolite femmes, une voiture, un voyage, un viol, un révolver. communauté de cette nouvelle annexe. Entre Anna et Héliotrope Héliotrope Tous droits disponibles lui s’amorce alors un dangereux pas de deux. 2019 | Français 2018 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9782897624675 Droits vendus en France ISBN: 9782924666555 Thema: FB 22,95 $ CA; 248 pgs. 22,95 $ CA; 240 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 Thema: FB

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All I Ask We Two Alone by Eva Crocker by Jack Wang Like Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends and A masterful collection of stories that dramatizes the Eileen Myles’s Chelsea Girls, All I Ask by the award- Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred winning and highly acclaimed author Eva Crocker is years, We Two Alone is Jack Wang’s astonishing debut a defining novel of a generation, a bold and bracing work of fiction, perfect for fans of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s exploration of what it’s like to be young in a time when The Refugees. everything and nothing seems possible. Jack Wang was shortlisted for the 2014 Commonwealth World rights available Short Story Prize, whose jury included Booker Prize- BISAC: FIC068000, FIC019000, FIC066000, FIC044000 winner Marlon James. Wang is currently working on House of Anansi Thema: FB, FPS, FPT, FXR House of Anansi his debut novel, forthcoming from Anansi. Press Press World rights available 2019 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9781487006075 ISBN: 9781487007461 BISAC: FIC029000, FIC019000, FIC054000 C$22.95; 336 pgs. C$19.95; 296 pgs. Thema: FYB, FB, 5PB-US-D

Burgundy Seasons Between Us by Mélanie Michaud Tales of Identities and Memories It’s the middle of the 80s. Little Melanie bravely faces by Various the poverty, cruelty, and injustice of her neighbourhood, edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law which people refer to as “Burgundy.” With her dishevelled What is a life well-lived? How should life be lived? What kind hair and her grape juice moustache, she’s become of stories will you leave behind? Travel with 23 speculative adept at hilariously impertinent comebacks. The day her fiction authors through the different seasons of life to family moves to Montréal’s South Shore, Melanie quickly capture the memories, identities, and moments of stepping realizes that her street smarts are out of place with the through the portal of change, as they cope with their own art of living in the suburbs. The road is long to finding journeys of growing older. Authors include Jane Yolen, a place to fit in. Laksa Media Groups Alan Dean Foster, Maurice Broaddus, Candas Jane Dorsey, La Mèche World rights available 2021 | English and Rich Larson. An award-winning anthology series. 2020 | French ISBN: 9781988140162 ISBN: 9782897071356 BISAC: FIC000000 C$37.00; 360 pgs. World rights available C$22.95; 198 pgs. Thema: F, FB, FBA BISAC: FIC028040, FIC009040, FIC043000 Thema: FD, FL, FM, FXS, FXB, FXD

The Sum of Us Watermark Tales of the Bonded and Bound by Jennifer Farquhar by Various Returning to her childhood home on Mikinaak Island edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law after a 20 year absence, Mina McInnis unravels the What happens without essential services and front-line incidents that caused her family’s disintegration. She workers? What would the world be like without someone to is determined to uncover the truth about the tragedy care for, or to care with? The greatest gift to us is caring and from her past, and the presence that dwells in the cold, sharing, no matter who we are. From the creative minds of dark waters of Lake Huron. 23 speculative fiction authors comes a world that can be World rights available funny, heartwarming, strange, or sad. Or not what we expect. Laksa Media Groups Authors include Juliet Marillier and Nisi Shawl. An award- BISAC: FIC031000, FIC031070, FIC044000 Latitude 46 Thema: FH, JBSC 2017 | English winning anthology. Recommended by Publishers Weekly. Publishing ISBN: 9781988140032 World rights available C$36.00; 384 pgs. 2018 | English BISAC: FIC028040, FIC009040, FIC061000 ISBN: 9780995823570 Thema: FYB, FD, FXS, FXR, FXL, FXD C$22.95; 300 pgs.

La ballade de Robert Johnson Le tranquille affligé de Jonathan Gaudet de Gilles Jobidon La mort de Robert Johnson à 27 ans l’a propulsé dans En 1860, à l’heure où la Chine est paralysée, Jacques la légende et a marqué de manière indélébile la musique Trévier, jésuite défroqué, doit ramener d’une île de la mer populaire de la seconde partie du XXe siècle. Les d’Oman un maître artisan de noir qui pourra soi-disant 29 morceaux qu’il a enregistrés sont devenus des éliminer tous les maux qui gangrènent le pays. À travers références dans la musique américaine ; 29 routes dont une prose imagée teintée de faits historiques réels, ce les ramifications se rejoignent dans la nuit ; 29 chapitres roman aborde des réalités très contemporaines, soit les que Jonathan Gaudet assemble dans ce livre pour contrecoups vicieux de la globalisation des échanges imaginer le roman d’une existence météorique. à travers l’incompréhension et le non-respect des valeurs de l’autre. Leméac Éditeur Tous droits disponibles Leméac Éditeur 2020 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 2018 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782760948075 Thema: FB ISBN: 9782760947900 BISAC: FIC000000 32,95 $ CA; 344 pgs. 21,95 $ CA; 168 pgs. Thema: FBA

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La minute bleue Les voyages éphémères Corps étrangers, III d’Emmanuel Poinot de Patrick Froehlich Un train s’arrête dans une ville l’espace de quelques Troisième volet du triptyque Corps étrangers, amorcé avec heures, qu’un voyageur met à profit pour s’égarer au la publication d’Avant tout ne pas nuire en septembre hasard des rues. Séduit par la devanture d’une papeterie, 2017, ce livre aborde la mémoire traumatique par celle il y entre et achète deux cahiers, l’un rouge, l’autre vert, du narrateur, chirurgien – un sujet tabou dans un milieu où il consignera ce qu’il ne veut plus taire. Les voyages professionnel constitué de personnes fortes, vaillantes, éphémères est un court roman déchirant et éblouissant qui se veulent et qu’on voudrait nous-mêmes infaillibles. qui convoque la perte, mais aussi la renaissance, les faveurs de l’oubli, la bienveillance des inconnus et Tous droits disponibles l’éternité des sentiments. Les Allusifs BISAC: FIC000000 Les Allusifs Thema: FB Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français 2019 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9782923682679 ISBN: 9782923682662 Thema: FB 18,95 $ CA; 144 pgs. 17,95 $ CA; 128 pgs.

La trajectoire des confettis Le sablier des solitudes de Marie-Ève Thuot de Jean-Simon DesRochers Quelque chose ne colle pas, n’a jamais collé dans le Début janvier. À la tombée du jour, sur une route rapport entre sexe, amour et procréation. Des générations provinciale, la poudrerie gêne la visibilité. Emportés par de personnages, coincés par les normes sociales, testent une rafale, une dizaine de véhicules entrent en collision. tour à tour les limites de la décence. Mais entre le tabou Le spectaculaire carambolage qui s’ensuit plonge ses et l’acceptable, la frontière n’est pas aussi claire qu’on victimes dans l’air glacial, regardant s’écouler les minutes aimerait le croire. Entreprise vaste et captivante, ce dans cet étrange sablier où ils sont tombés. Voici un livre déchiquette le grand cliché des romans d’amour, roman choral à la fois tendre et impitoyable, où la vie « ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants ». normale ne l’est pas toujours, où la mort offre une raison simple de s’accrocher à la vie. Les Herbes rouges Droits vendus en français (monde) Les Herbes rouges Tous droits disponibles 2019 | Français BISAC: FIC076000 2011 | Français ISBN: 9782894196243 Thema: FBA ISBN: 9782894193136 BISAC: FIC025000 31,95 $ CA; 624 pgs. 29,95 $ CA; 368 pgs. Thema: FBA

Ce que l’avenir ne dira pas The Coral Bride de Caroline Thérien The Second Joaquin Moralès Investigation Premier ouvrage de Caroline Thérien, le recueil de by Roxanne Bouchard nouvelles Ce que l’avenir ne dira pas explore les arcanes When Lieutenant Marlène Forest ropes Detective Sergeant d’un monde crépusculaire que la poésie parvient toujours Joaquin Moralès in to investigate the disappearance à ré-enchanter. Sous la plume à la fois décapante et of a woman from her lobster trawler, he’s reluctant to lyrique de l’auteure, le destin de jeunes faussement get involved. He has enough on his plate dealing with blasés et de vieux très sages se croisent. Parfois, un his eldest son, who’s just turned up here on the Gaspé détail en apparence trivial porte en lui le sens profond Peninsula from Montréal, blind drunk. Angel’s body is des choses. D’autres fois, un souffle épique s’éteint found two days later. DS Moralès soon finds out for himself avec le jour. Lévesque éditeur Libre Expression that “the women of the sea leave no one indifferent.” 2018 | Français Tous droits disponibles 2020 | French Rights sold in World English ISBN: 9782897630560 ISBN: 9782764814079 BISAC: FFIC000000 BISAC: FIC022000, FIC022020, FIC047000 23,00 $ CA; 128 pgs. Thema: F, FYB, FBA C$27.95; 384 pgs.

The Enlightened Gardener Keepers of the Faith by Sydney Banks by Shaukat Ajmeri Beset by daily life’s trials and tribulations, many people The novel follows the fates of two blissful young lovers, search for the elusive wisdom that will help them make Akbar and Rukhsana, in the historic city of Udaipur. sense of their journey and find inner peace. In this simple When a communal split occurs, their families are on but profound tale, four colleagues meet a remarkable opposite sides; the lovers’ dream of a happy life together gardener whose unique philosophy will forever change is shattered, and they are forced into separate destinies. their lives. That philosophy is equally powerful for the Akbar, from the rebel group, goes on to become a reader. The wisdom within these pages comes in the writer and family man in Mumbai, while Rukhsana gets form of a straightforward message that is accessible married to an immigrant engineer from the United States to all who open their hearts to it. fanatically devoted to the priesthood. Lone Pine Mawenzi House Rights sold in Italian and Norwegian World rights available Publishing 2020 | English 2016 | English BISAC: SEL031000 ISBN: 9781988449968 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC051000 ISBN: 9781772130201 C$24.95; 336 pgs. Thema: FB, FXQ C$19.95; 176 pgs.

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Hunter with Harpoon Contacts by Markoosie Patsauq de Mélanie Leclerc, illustré par Mélanie Leclerc A new, more accurate translation (from the original Contacts, c’est le portrait sans fard que l’autrice trace de Ikuktitut text) of the acclaimed 1970 novel. Published son père, Martin Leclerc, un caméraman passionné de 50 years ago as Harpoon of the Hunter, Patsauq’s novel photographie argentique. Cet homme de peu de mots, helped establish Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new au caractère parfois rugueux, a pu grâce à son travail translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who artistique s’ouvrir au monde et exposer sa sensibilité. comes to manhood while on a hunt for a wounded polar Mais c’est aussi le récit humble de la transmission d’une bear. In this tale of a people struggling to survive in a passion, d’une manière de poser le regard, d’une réflexion McGill-Queen’s brutal environment, Patsauq describes life in the Arctic sur l’image, où l’autrice reconnaît chez ce père un modèle University Press as one reliant on cooperation and vigilance. Mécanique générale qui l’a guidée. 2020 | English Rights sold in France 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9780228004028 ISBN: 978292827903 C$19.95; 104 pgs. BISAC: FIC059000, SOC020000 27,95 $ CA; 144 pgs. BISAC: CGN000000, CGN008000 Thema: FB, JBSL11 Thema: X, XQ

Le projet Shiatsung Débutants de Brigitte Archambault, de Catherine Blondeau illustré par Brigitte Archambault Finaliste, Prix des Libraires 2020 (France). Premier Dans un bungalow dont la cour est ceinte par une roman à succès mettant en scène Nelson Ndlovu, muraille infranchissable, une femme a été élevée, seule, archéologue sud-africain, Peter Lloyd, traducteur anglais par un écran parlant omniscient, mais qui ne dit pas et Magda Kowalska, jeune femme polonaise. Les récits tout. Sans autre connaissance du monde extérieur ni s’entrecroisent et les vies se répondent dans cette encadrement que ce que lui a appris ce dernier, elle fresque haletante où l’Histoire n’épargne personne. ignore tout des causes de son existence. Et si cette « Un séisme dans le paysage littéraire » — Alain Mabanckou femme tentait d’échapper à la surveillance constante « Ce premier roman très maîtrisé s’appuie sur de solides de cet écran qui épie ses gestes ? Que pourrait-elle recherches documentaires » — Sophie Joubert, L’humanité Mécanique générale trouver de l’autre côté du mur ? Mémoire d’encrier 2019 | Français 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782922827927 Droits vendus en anglais ISBN: 9782897126483 29,95 $ CA; 208 pgs. 34,95 $ CA; 568 pgs. BISAC: FIC019000 BISAC: CGN000000, CGN008000 Thema: FB Thema: X, XQ

Shuni Tireur embusqué de Naomi Fontaine de Jean-Pierre Gorkynian Best-seller d’une auteure autochtone. Dans une lettre Un adolescent rescapé de la guerre en Syrie vit son à Shuni, jeune Québécoise venue dans sa communauté premier hiver à Montréal. Après s’être violemment battu pour aider les Innus, l’auteure convoque l’histoire, raconte à l’école, il doit suivre une psychothérapie. S’étant lié le doute qui mine le cœur des colonisés, l’impossible d’amitié avec Kevin, jeune Montréalais, ils sillonnent combat d’être soi. ensemble les rues enneigées de la ville, avides de drogue, « Naomi Fontaine écrit la vérité, l’histoire d’un peuple de sexe et de musique. Le roman raconte une jeunesse traversé par des traditions, des blessures et des idéaux. en quête d’affirmation. Elle bâtit des ponts, abolit les barrières à grands coups « Tireur embusqué décrit peur et douleur d’une vie Mémoire d’encrier de sagesse et d’empathie. » Mémoire d’encrier passée sous les bombes » — Mario Cloutier, La Presse — Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, Le Devoir 2019 | Français 2020 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897126544 Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897126766 19,95 $ CA; 160 pgs. 21,95 $ CA; 264 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 BISAC: FIC059000 Thema: FBAN Thema: FB

In Veritas Rolling Thunder by C.J. Lavigne A “Hammerhead” Jed Mystery In this fantastic and fantastical debut, C.J. Lavigne by A.J. Devlin concocts a wondrous realm overlaying a city that brims Former pro wrestler “Hammerhead” Jed Ounstead, now with civic workers and pigeons. Led by her synesthesia, a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his Verity Richards discovers a hidden world inside an old first successful case. In this second episode, Jed leaves Ottawa theatre. Within the timeworn walls live people the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women’s flat- who should not exist—people whose very survival is track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy Daze threatened by science, technology, and natural law. seeks his help finding her team’s missing coach, Jed Verity must submerge herself in this impossible reality discovers that the turnbuckle-and-metal-chair mayhem to help save this endangered group. NeWest Press of the wrestling ring pales in comparison to roller derby’s NeWest Press four-wheeled ferocity. 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English ISBN: 9781988732831 BISAC: FIC009060, FIC009010 World rights available C$21.95; 344 pgs. ISBN: 9781988732862 Thema: FMX C$18.95; 272 pgs. BISAC: FIC022090, FIC022010 Thema: FFD

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Bone Black Difficult People by Carol Rose GoldenEagle by Catriona Wright Bone Black is a powerful and incisive narrative Manipulators, liars, egomaniacs, bullies, interrupters, that meditates on justice and revenge. After Wren condescenders, ice queens, backstabbers, hypocrites, StrongEagle’s twin sister Raven mysteriously disappears withholders, belligerents, self-deceivers, whiners, know- one evening, Wren is devastated—and angry. When it-alls, nitpickers: these are some of the characters you’ll the local police do little to solve her sister’s case, Wren encounter in the collection of stories, Difficult People. decides it is time to take justice into her own hands. As these characters fumble through their quests for What follows is a thrilling and evocative story, and a stand-up glory, romantic love, stable employment penetrating social critique into prescient issues faced or anyone who can tolerate them, they reveal that by Indigenous women today. we are all, in our own ways, difficult people. Nightwood Editions Nightwood Editions 2019 | English World rights available 2018 | English World rights available ISBN: 9780889713642 BISAC: FIC059000, FIC019000, FIC044000 ISBN: 9780889713390 BISAC: FIC029000, FIC019000, FIC016000 C$21.95; 256 pgs. C$19.95; 256 pgs.

The Spoon Stealer The Sweetness in the Lime by Lesley Crewe by Stephen Kimber Emmeline has liberated hundreds of spoons over her Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, 50-something lifetime—from the local library, Cary Grant, Winston newspaper copy editor. He is too busy—and too self- Churchill. She is a compulsive spoon stealer. When absorbed—to acknowledge what’s missing in his life. Emmeline unexpectedly inherits the farm she grew up on, But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his she knows she needs to head home to see what remains job and his father. Alone and adrift on a vacation to Cuba, of her family one last time. She arrives like a tornado, an he meets Mariela—an off-the-books, 30-something tour off-kilter Mary Poppins bossing everyone around and guide—and falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is getting quite a lot wrong. But with her generosity and he just her ticket to a new life? Both have secrets they’re hard-earned wisdom, she gets quite a lot right, too. not ready to share—until they have to. Nimbus Publishing Nimbus Publishing 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781771088817 BISAC: FIC044000, FIC008000, FIC014040, FIC014050 ISBN: 9781771089135 BISAC: FIC027290, FIC027380, FIC045000 C$24.95; 360 pgs. Thema: FT, FB, FV, FJMF, FJMS C$22.95; 272 pgs. Thema: FR, FS

Music for Tigers [A Novel by Ken Sparling] by Michelle Kadarusman by Ken Sparling A moving coming-of-age story from the Tasmanian Ken Sparling’s nameless novel is a window, an open door, rainforest. “.A beautiful conservation story told in a rich a means of escape. The novel’s narrator—Ken—works at setting and peopled with memorable characters.” a library. He’s drowning in memos, directives, instructions. — Starred Kirkus Reviews Words at their most banal. At home, he and his wife have almost nothing to say. Their few words are terse, “.(h)er third outstanding middle-grade novel. the resentful, wounded. Ken begins to write a novel, an fascinating history of an extinct animal and entwined it with alternative life for himself and his wife. a heartfelt story of a dedicated family whose good deeds Pedlar Press have run up against the ever-encroaching, commerce- World rights available Pajama Press driven modern world.” — Starred Quill & Quire review 2003 | English ISBN: 9780973214017 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC000000 2020 | English Thema: FBA ISBN: 9781772780543 World rights available C$22.95; 224 pgs. C$22.95; 224 pgs. BISAC: NAT011000 Thema: R-1M, J-1M

BANG BANG Guarded Girls by Kat Sandler by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman Lila, a young Black ex-cop, has been on leave from the The stories and experiences of three imprisoned women force since she shot an unarmed Black youth. So when and a guard intertwine in dramatic and dangerous Tim, a white playwright, shows up at her door to casually ways, as the psychological destruction that is solitary inform her that his play inspired by her experience is confinement taunts each of their lives. At times playful being adapted into a movie, Lila’s trauma is dragged and mysterious, Guarded Girls is about the stories we tell out for speculation once again. This dark, fast-paced to survive, and how the same stories can also destroy us. dramedy traces the responsibility we have as artists World rights available in storytelling and the impact of what it means to be inspired by true events. BISAC: DRA019000, DRA013000 Playwrights Playwrights Thema: DD Canada Press World rights available Canada Press 2019 | English BISAC: DRA019000, DRA013000 2019 | English ISBN: 9781770919822 Thema: DD ISBN: 9780369100436 C$17.95; 176 pgs. C$17.95; 104 pgs.

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Unholy Labeur by Diane Flacks de Julie Bouchard Should women abandon religion? Four female panellists Chaque matin, des passagers à peine sortis du lit face off in a wild, whip-smart televised debate about montent dans l’autobus 102 pour aller vaquer à leur the intersection of religion and misogyny. The debaters labeur quotidien. Ils ne se parlent pas. Ce sont de parfaits wrestle with themselves and with each other: Can you be étrangers les uns pour les autres, mais leurs destins vont a feminist and believe in religion? What can or can’t be bientôt se croiser tragiquement. forgiven? Unholy delves into the biblical struggles that Tous droits disponibles tear us apart and makes us who we are. It’s about having the courage to take the leap in life and into love. What is BISAC: FICO19000 more holy than that? Thema: FBA Playwrights Canada Press World rights available Pleine Lune 2019 | English BISAC: DRA019000, DRA013000 2017 | Français ISBN: 9780369100276 Thema: DD ISBN: 9782890244740 C$17.95; 112 pgs. 20,95 $ CA; 148 pgs.

Palawan Inacceptable de Caroline Vu by Stéphanie Gauthier Palawan est l’histoire d’une bouleversante quête d’identité. Philippe Langevin is the acclaimed host of an investigative Dès la première page, l’authenticité des lieux et des journalism show for television while Joseph Secco is a personnages captive l’attention. respected psychiatrist. Their families are bound by a long- standing friendship. The days pass peacefully enough until Vietnam, 1979. Par une nuit sombre, la jeune Kim, effrayée, Joseph is brutally murdered in his office. No suspects, no embarque à contrecœur dans un bateau. Le rafiot dérive motive. Thirty-eight hours later, Philippe is found hanged pendant deux semaines avant d’atteindre le camp de at his own workplace: a baffling suicide. Could the deaths réfugiés de Palawan, aux Philippines. Le long jeu de l’attente of the two friends be connected? commence alors. Kim se débat pour survivre et n’hésite pas à mentir sur son identité pour quitter cet enfer. Québec Amérique World rights available Pleine Lune Tous droits disponibles 2020 | French BISAC: FIC022000, FIC025000, FIC050000, FIC071000, ISBN: 9782764439708 FIC045000, FIC048000 2017 | Français BISAC: FIC054000 C$34.95; 480 pgs. Thema: FH, FF, FS ISBN: 9782890244801 Thema: FBA 27,95 $ CA; 358 pgs.

La géographie du bonheur Zoothérapie by Véronique Marcotte de Catherine Lepage, illustré par Catherine Lepage After helping his wife commit suicide, Jaco discovers that she has long led a double life: fourteen years ago, Marine Après Fines tranches d’angoisses et 12 mois sans intérêt, had a daughter in Haiti named Clara. Alongside an old Catherine Lepage poursuit son étude imagée de la friend and benefactress, Jaco leaves Montréal to travel psyché humaine. Elle s’intéresse cette fois à la pression to the island nation. He wants to uncover the truth about reliée à la performance, à notre monde qui va toujours his wife and give Clara her inheritance. But by the time plus vite et offre des pistes pour survivre dans cette he arrives, the girl has disappeared. jungle. Comme dans ses livres précédents, elle y mélange Somme toute son expérience personnelle et s’amuse en jouant avec les Alternately tragic and luminous, this title is a deeply codes des livres de psycho pop. human story that goes straight to the heart. 2016 | Français ISBN: 9782924606223 Tous droits disponibles Québec Amérique World rights available 19,95 $ CA; 104 pgs. 2020 | French BISAC: CGN000000, OCC000000, FIC000000 BISAC: FIC045010, FIC071000, FIC019000, FIC066000, Thema: FBA, X ISBN: 9782764438725 FIC044000 C$24.95; 256 pgs. Thema: FS, FXD, FXLFXQ

Your Death is Mine Folles Frues Fortes by David Goudreault de Variées Sous la direction de Marie Demers Marie-Maude Pranesh-Lopez is struggling with a “white hole” that is constantly pushing her out of her comfort Les autrices de cet ouvrage tournent en dérision les zone and making her try anything and everything, which clichés des « folles », des « frues » et des « fortes », invariably leaves her totally apathetic. Through this depuis trop longtemps banalisés. À travers la poésie, deconstructed story, woven together by pages from la fiction et le récit, les 11 textes de Folles frues fortes Marie-Maude’s diary, author David Goudreault explores se réapproprient ces torts pour en faire des forces. Avec the idea of fate with a cast of characters who will never des textes de Marjolaine Beauchamp, Martine Delvaux, live to see redemption. Marie Demers, Fanie Demeule, Marie-Sissi Labrèche, Tête première Maude Lafleur, Catherine Mavrikakis, Marie-Ève Sévigny Stanké Shorlisted for the 2020 France-Québec Award 2019 | Français et Katherine Raymond. 2019 | French Rights sold in France ISBN: 9782924207970 ISBN: 9782760412620 Tous droits disponibles BISAC: FIC000000, FIC019000, FIC043000 19,95 $ CA; 200 pgs. C$24.95; 344 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 Thema: F

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Le Nord retrouvé Fair de François Lévesque by Ed Seaward Le Nord retrouvé dévoile cinq personnages liés entre Eyan, homeless and all but invisible on the streets eux parmi lesquels un, central et commun, est absent. of Los Angeles, finds solace in the friendship of “the Habitants d’une ville minière autrefois prospère, les professor,” an erudite and tragic figure who reads to him trois premiers, enclavés dans la solitude, le silence et from Milton’s Paradise Lost. But as Eyan falls under the l’hypocrisie, incarnent l’aveuglement volontaire. Le spell of the epic tale, the sinister Paul and his gang of quatrième, capable d’amour et de mémoire, fait malgré black-garbed “eyeless boys” establish a reign of daily lui ressurgir les souvenirs douloureux du trépas du terror in Skid Row. Swallowed up by the inevitability cinquième, un jeune métis aux origines cries, pris of consequences, Eyan wonders: if even angels find Tête première entre deux mondes. themselves at war, what hope exists for him? The Porcupine’s Quill 2019 | Français Droits vendus en français (monde) World rights available ISBN: 9782925035039 2020 | English 25,95 $ CA; 264 pgs. BISAC: FIC000000 ISBN: 9780889844315 BISAC: FIC019000, FIC000000, FIC069000, 4.0.1.6.3.1.0 Thema: F C$19.95; 160 pgs. Thema: FB, FBAN, FXS, 1KBB‑US‑WPCA

All That Belongs Disappearing in Reverse by Dora Dueck by Allie McFarland Catherine, an archivist, has spent decades committed When a picture of a person who should be dead to conserving the pasts of others, only to find her own appears on social media, one woman begins a desperate resurfacing on the eve of her retirement. Carefully, she search through multiple identities and across Western mines the failing memories of her aging mother and in Canada. A mystery, a road novel, and a coming of the process, discovers darker family secrets. All That age story, Disappearing in Reverse is a fearless and Belongs is an elegant examination of our own ephemeral vulnerable exploration of young womanhood that exists histories, the consequences of religious fanaticism, and in the liminal places where expectations falter and the the startling familial ties—and shame—that bind us. unexpected thrives. Turnstone Press World rights available University of Calgary World rights available Press 2019 | English BISAC: FIC019000, FIC045000, FIC066000 BISAC: FIC072000, FIC043000, FIC044000 ISBN: 9780888016812 Thema: FBA, FS 2020 | English Thema: BA, FXB, FXL, FXM, 5PSB, 1KBC-CA-A, 1KBC-CA-B C$19.00; 334 pgs. ISBN: 9781773851433 C$24.99; 240 pgs.

DR SAD Dominoes at the Crossroads by David Bateman by Kaie Kellough DR SAD is a cross-country, cross-campus tragicomedy of This collection maps an alternate Canada—one manners. Leaping between queer Toronto and small-town crisscrossed by a Caribbean diaspora seeking music, BC, this novel interrogates art, aging, teaching, and how we futures, and portals to their past. Kellough’s characters create ourselves within an ever-changing world. The story navigate race, history, and coming-of-age by way of of Stephen, a middle-aged gay man facing his future and their confessions and dreams. Through the eyes of jazz confronting his past while navigating an HIV diagnosis, musicians, hitchhikers, quiet suburbanites, student DR SAD unflinchingly examines the difference between radicals, secret agents, historians, and their fugitive living life and simply enduring it. slave ancestors. University of Calgary World rights available Véhicule Press Rights sold in French (world) Press BISAC: FIC011000, FIC068000, POE 011000 2020 | English BISAC: FIC019000, FIC029000, FIC049000 2020 | English Thema: FBA, FXD, FXM, FXR, FXS, 5PSG, 1KBC-CA-BDP, ISBN: 9781550655315 Thema: FDM, FB ISBN: 9781773851037 1KBC-CA-OSM, 3MRB C$19.95; 212 pgs. C$28.99; 416 pgs.

Anan — Volume 1 The Offerings The Prince by Louis Carmain by Lili Boisvert When Maude turns 18, she says au revoir to Québec and For centuries, the Continent has been dominated holà to a life in Mexico where she becomes a private by the queendom of Anan, a matriarchal state with detective focusing on missing-pet cases all across unvanquished armies and an egalitarian political system. Mexico. When her ex-mother-in-law invites her to a fancy But now, a country long dismissed as insignificant has restaurant, she assumes it’s because her Tibetan spaniel suddenly grown powerful and aggressive. It’s up to has gone missing, but the truth turns out to be much Chaolih, a gifted captain with a troubled past, to lead darker: two housekeepers have been found dead in the a clandestine party on a mission to deliver the prince courtyard of a luxury apartment building. Shorlitsted: VLB éditeur to his terrifying future bride. VLB éditeur Prix littéraire des collégiens, Arthur Ellis Award 2020 | French World rights available 2019 | French World rights available ISBN: 9782896498161 ISBN: 9782896498062 C$29.95; 368 pgs. BISAC: YAF000000, YAF001000, YAF019030, YAF053000, C$32.95; 480 pgs. BISAC: FIC022040, FIC022100, FIC062000, FIC066000 YAF067000

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25 Years of Ed Tech The Art of Communication by Martin Weller in a Polarized World Martin Weller demonstrates a rich history of innovation by Kyle Conway and implementation of ed tech across higher education. This essential guide for surviving in our polarized society From Bulletin Board Systems to blockchain, Weller offers concrete strategies for navigating the space follows the trajectory of education by focusing each between opposing perspectives and refining how values chapter on a technology, theory, or concept that has and ideas are communicated. Drawing on the theory of influenced each year since 1994. Weller advocates cultural translation and its dimensions of power, meaning, for a critical and research-based approach to new and invention, Kyle Conway deepens our understanding technologies, particularly in light of disinformation, social of what it means to communicate and opens the door to Athabasca media, and data surveillance trends. Athabasca new approaches to politics and ethics. University Press University Press World rights available World rights available 2020 | English 2020 | English BISAC: EDU039000 BISAC: LAN004000 ISBN: 9781771993050 Thema: JNB ISBN: 9781771992930 C$21.99; 208 pgs. C$24.99; 172 pgs. Thema: JBC

Feminist City Resilience Is Futile A Field Guide The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde by Leslie Kern by Julie S. Lalonde Feminist City combines memoir, feminist theory, pop Resilience is Futile is a page-turning true story of being culture, and geography to expose what is hidden stalked by an ex-partner. Award-winning feminist in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into advocate Julie Lalonde, “Mixes humour and horror, irony our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. Focusing on and moments of acute, brutally honest self-awareness gendered experiences of the city, the book grapples to open the door to a world that receives too little with the challenge of claiming urban space amongst attention.” With chilling insight, Lalonde’s breathtaking barriers designed to keep women “in their place.” From memoir of survival will upset your received narratives of the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow Between the Lines victimhood and her confessions will convince you of the Between the Lines removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. complicated realities of being stalked. 2019 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9781771134576 Rights sold in French, German, Turkish, ISBN: 9781771134699 World rights available C$23.95; 176 pgs. C$22.95; 192 pgs. Portuguese in Brazil, and Spanish in Latin America BISAC: BIO022000 BISAC: SOC015000, Thema: JBSF11 Thema: DNC Thema: FBA

Bush Runner Menno Moto The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson A Journey Across the Americas by Mark Bourrie in Search of My Mennonite Identity The first European to explore the upper Mississippi, by Cameron Dueck as well as the namesake of ships and hotel chains, In this memoir of an eight-month, 45 000 kilometre Pierre-Esprit Radisson is perhaps best described, motorcycle journey across the Americas following his writes Mark Bourrie, as “an eager hustler with no known ancestors’ path south, Mennonite writer Cameron Dueck scruples.” His most lasting venture as an Arctic fur trader searches for common ground within his cultural diaspora. led to the founding of the Hudson’s Bay Company, which From skirmishes with secular neighbours over water operates today, 350 years later, as North America’s oldest rights in Mexico, to a mass-rape scandal in Bolivia, to the Biblioasis corporation. Sourced from his journals, Bush Runner tells Biblioasis Green Hell of Paraguay and the wheat fields of Argentina, Radisson’s extraordinary true story. 2019 | English 2020 | English Dueck finds reasons to both love and loathe his culture— ISBN: 9781771962377 World rights available ISBN: 9781771963473 and, in the process, finds himself. C$22.95; 320 pgs. C$22.95; 324 pgs. BISAC: BIO023000, HIS051000 World rights available Thema: DNBP BISAC: BIO026000, TRV026060, Thema: DNC, 5PG,

House of Mirrors The Trudeau Formula Justin Trudeau’s Foreign Policy Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent by Yves Engler by Martin Lukacs Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presents himself After a decade of Stephen Harper, the arrival of as progressive on foreign affairs. According to Trudeau, Justin Trudeau felt like a relief. But as Canadians reckon he and his Liberals have brought Canada back after with the gulf between the dazzling promise of Trudeau’s the disastrous Conservative government under election and the grim reality of his government, journalist Stephen Harper. In House of Mirrors, Yves Engler asks Martin Lukacs makes the case that “real change” was probing questions and demonstrates that the opposite never part of the agenda. Lukacs argues it’s time that is true: Trudeau, he argues, largely continued Harper’s Canada’s progressive majority abandon the idea of Black Rose Books foreign policy. Black Rose Books saviours and renew the task of collectively winning the world we need. 2020 | English World rights available 2019 | English ISBN: 9781551647494 ISBN: 9781551647487 World rights available C$21.95; 204 pgs. BISAC: POL056000 C$19.95; 280 pgs. Thema: JPS, NHW BISAC: BIO011000, POL046000 Thema: 1KBC, JP, JPFK

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Villages in Cities Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty Community Land Ownership, Cooperative Affirmations for the Real World Housing, and the Milton Parc Story by Hana Shafi, illustrated by Hana Shafi by Josh Hawley and Dimitri Roussopoulos Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty—built around art from As gentrification threatens to uproot neighbourhoods Shafi’s popular online affirmation series—focuses on our across the world, the flame of co-operative housing has never-ending journey of self-discovery. It explores the been reignited. Meanwhile, community land ownership has ways in which the world can all too often wear us down, the potential to turn the tide and put the destiny of our and reminds us to remember our worth, even when it’s cities into the hands of residents. Villages in Cities takes us hard to do so. Drawing on her experience as a millennial across North America to Montréal, Boston, Vermont, and woman of colour, and writing with humour and a healthy Black Rose Books Mississippi, presenting concrete examples of citizens taking Book*hug Press dose of irreverence, she delves into body politics, pop culture, racism, feminism, and friendship. 2019 | English back the land and claiming their right to secure housing. Salon Series ISBN: 9781551646879 World rights available 2020 | English World rights available C$23.00; 240 pgs. ISBN: 9781771666091 BISAC: POL002000, ARC010000 C$17.95; 104 pgs. BISAC: SOC041000, SEL004000, ART016020 Thema: JPW, JBSD, RPC Thema: JB VSPM AGB JBSF1

Saltwater Gifts from the Saltwater Mittens from Island of Newfoundland the Island of Newfoundland More than 25 Fashion and Home Styles to Knit More than 25 Heritage Designs to Knit by Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott by Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott Knitted gifts are treasured in Newfoundland, whatever the Saltwater Mittens is a collection of rare Newfoundland season. In the latest book of the best-selling Saltwater Knits mitten patterns for knitters, collected, and in some cases Boulder Books Boulder Books Saltwater Knits series, Christine and Shirley offer some of Newfoundland’s Saltwater Knits recreated, by Christine LeGrow of Spindrift Handknits most beloved knitwear designs. They also reveal the cultural and Shirley “Shirl the Purl” Scott. In their Saltwater Knits 2020 | English heritage of these distinctive patterns and demonstrate 2018 | English series, these two women have teamed up to preserve ISBN: 9781989417089 ISBN: 9781775234586 C$29.95; 200 pgs. why they are highly valued by those who live on this island C$29.95; 192 pgs. and promote traditional Newfoundland hand-knit items known as “The Rock.” Includes tips, tricks, and stories. such as the world famous trigger mitt. These are mitten All patterns are rated by difficulty and clearly presented. patterns that every knitter should have in their collection. Winner of the 2018 Best Atlantic-Published Book Award. World rights available BISAC: CRA015000, DES13000 World rights available Thema: WFBS1, AKT BISAC: CRA015000, DES13000, Thema: WFBS1, AKT

A Child’s Fears and Anxiety Growing from Seed by Geneviève Pelletier by Larry Hodgson Where do children’s fears come from? Why are some For the home gardener, growing plants from seed is children more anxious than others? Are children’s fears as much a pleasure as a challenge. In this simple and and anxiety normal? What can parents do to help their concise book, Larry Hodgson, the “Lazy Gardener,” shares child overcome these troubles? When is it time to ask for all his secrets on growing plants from seeds, including professional help? These are all questions many parents ask chapters on annuals, perennials, and vegetables. In the themselves, and this book answers these questions thanks first part of the book, the author explains all the basics of to discoveries provided by research in the fields of clinical starting plants from seed. Each step is clearly illustrated. Broquet Broquet psychology and the neurosciences. In the second part, he explains how to grow more than World rights available 2020 | French 300 popular plants from seed. 2019 | French ISBN: 9782896546503 ISBN: 9782896546305 C$24.95; 224 pgs. World rights available C$19.95; 200 pgs.

Indoor Gardening, on the Terrace Loss of an Animal and on the Balcony by France Carlos by Hélène Baril Our relationship with our pets has evolved. The bond A container garden, indoor or outdoor, is a living work between us and them becomes very strong. The loss of that needs the attention and special care that only a one’s pet or even thinking about its eventual happening passionate gardener can provide. Like all gardening stirs deep emotions. This book can help people going techniques, growing plants in containers brings with it through or anticipating the loss of their pet. People who many questions. This guide, a practical reference tool, suffer from such a loss ask themselves many questions. offers simple and complete information. Every problem They even question their own emotions, thinking them has a solution. to be unreasonable. Broquet World rights available Broquet World rights available 2020 | French 2020 | French ISBN: 9782896546268 ISBN: 9782896546558 C$24.95; 224 pgs. C$19.95; 224 pgs.

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The Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free On the Curve Hypotoxicity Diet The Life and Art of Sybil Andrews by Marie-France Thivierger by Janet Nicol, illustrated by Sybil Andrews Keeping to the gluten-free and dairy-free hypotoxicity diet Raised in Bury St Edmunds, England, Sybil Andrews does not mean that you will have to spend many hours was one of Canada’s most prominent artists working cooking, or that you will be faced with dull and bland throughout the late twentieth century. This fully illustrated dishes. Marie-France Thivierger suggests many delicious biography focuses on Andrews’ artistic life, particularly recipes, from appetizers to desserts, to easy to prepare and after she immigrated to Canada in 1947. Inspired by the Caitlin Press nutritious main dishes. You will also find ideas to make your working-class community that she lived in, Andrews Broquet own breads and cakes, and mouth watering beverages, 2019 | English created striking linocut prints full of movement; her art 2018 | French such as smoothies, kefirs and various juices. ISBN: 9781987915877 is known for its honest depiction of ordinary people at C$28.95; 160 pgs. ISBN: 9782896545964 work and play on Canada’s West Coast. C$27.95; 176 pgs. World rights available World rights available BISAC: BIO001000, ART016010, ART015040 Thema: DNB, AGB, AGA

L’anxiété sans complexe Naked! 7 semaines pour l’apprivoiser naturellement The Benevolent Dictionary of Sexuality by Sophie Maffolini by Myriam Daguzan Bernie, illustrated by Cécile Gariépy Anxiety is certainly one of the most common evils of our time. But how can we manage to acknowledge this complex emotion From A to Z, this book highlights themes related to the as a friend rather than an enemy? By sharing her personal discovery of sexuality, but also on identity, relationships experience and drawing on her professional expertise, general with others and self-image. An essential dictionary to open practitioner Sophie Maffolini invites readers to embrace their discussion, to take the drama out of painful matters, to explain, anxiety through a seven-week journey. Demystifying anxiety and to reassure; the reference tool for teachers and all the Cardinal and providing mindfulness tools to manage it naturally— parents who won’t be able to do without anymore! Myriam Cardinal 2020 | French that’s the challenge Sophie has set herself. Daguzan Bernier answers with rigor, kindness, and no taboos ISBN: 9782924646855 2019 | French the many questions the teenagers are asking themselves. C$29.95; 192 pgs. World rights available ISBN: 9782924646441 BISAC: OCC010000, SEL036000, SEL042000, SEL019000, C$34.95; 272 pgs. Rights sold in English Canada, the USA, France, SEL031000, SEL024000 Germany, and Ukraine Thema: VFJP,VXM YAN024080, YAN032000, YAN050010, YAN051040, EDU029070, REF008000, Thema: GBCD,VFVC,YX,YXAX,YXB,YXC,YXD,YXE

Microsoft Office Excel 365 & 2019 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 365 & 2019 Associate Certification Guide Associate Certification Guide by CCI Learning by CCI Learning This Microsoft Excel 365 & 2019 Associate Certification This Microsoft PowerPoint 365 & 2019 Associate Guide teaches the skills necessary to create and edit Certification Guide teaches the skills necessary to create professional-looking spreadsheets for a variety of and manage presentations using a variety of features, purposes and situations. including enhancing slide shows with charts, automation, World rights available transitions, and audio and video media. CCI Learning CCI Learning World rights available 2019 | English 2019 | English ISBN: 9781553325499 ISBN: 9781553325581 C$32.99; 280 pgs. C$32.99; 314 pgs.

Microsoft Word 2019 & 365 Chocolate Everything Associate Certification Guide by Jean Paré by CCI Learning Chocolate Everything is a dream come true for the This Microsoft Word 2019/365 Associate Certification chocolate lover! Choose from a dazzling collection of Guide teaches the skills necessary to create, modify, more than 175 kitchen-tested recipes, each exalting enhance, and manage a wide variety of documents that one magnificent ingredient—chocolate! such as letters, forms, and newsletters. World rights available World rights available Company’s Coming BISAC: CKB018000 CCI Learning Publishing 2019 | English 2014 | English ISBN: 9781553325406 ISBN: 9781927126912 C$32.99; 256 pgs. C$25.99; 192 pgs.

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Healthy Slow Cooker Alone: A Love Story by Jean Paré by Michelle Parise When you pair the convenience of your slow cooker Love, marriage, baby. Michelle Parise bought into the with healthy ingredients, you can eat better without dream. But one day, her husband drops The Bomb and sacrificing flavour—it’s the perfect solution for busy she’s suddenly alone. Michelle documents falling in lives! Plus it’s a much more economical option compared love to the fallout of infidelity and everything messy in to dining out every night, or turning to store-bought between, finally finding life and hope in the aftermath. convenience foods. Healthy Slow Cooker is packed with “Beautifully and powerfully written, Alone: A Love Story nutritious recipes for appetizers, soups, side dishes, main left me heartbroken and inspired at the same time.”— courses and desserts. Tips for healthier eating, successful Terry Fallis, award-winning author of The Best Laid Plans slow cooking and time-saving tricks. Company’s Coming Dundurn Press Publishing World rights available World rights available 2020 | English Original Series BISAC: BIO022000 BISAC: CKB109000 ISBN: 9781459746909 2019 | English C$22.99; 312 pgs. Thema: DNC ISBN: 9781897477434 C$16.99; 160 pgs.

In Praise of Retreat Saved by Science Why Finding Space for Nature, Spirit, The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology and Imagination Matters by Mark J. Poznansky by Kirsteen MacLeod Examines the evolution of synthetic biology and looks Kirsteen MacLeod looks at the history and contemporary at the power of microbes to effect dramatic changes in ways of retreat, and how we can restore meaning to our lives three of the most pressing crises facing mankind: food, in an increasingly secular world through deliberate action. medicine, and climate. World rights available World rights available BISAC: OCC019000 BISAC: SCI029000 Thema: VS Thema: PSAK ECW Press ECW Press 2020 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9781770414730 ISBN: 9781770415355 C$24.95; 320 pgs. C$34.95; 300 pgs.

Wrestling with Guns N’ Roses Entretiens avec Oasis A Study of the Crime, Beauty, and Amplified by J. Robert Chaos of America’s Most Polarizing Band Don’t you feel it’s time to take another step towards a by Art Tavana better understanding of who we are, the true purpose The final statement on one of the greatest bands of the of our lives and our real place in the Universe? The Oasis twentieth century. A definitive, uncensored and exclusive series (Volumes 1 to 4) by J. Robert is a spirituality for biography of Guns N’ Roses entire history from a celebrated our time, modern and convivial. No other work offers music journalist with exclusive access to band members and such a complete, coherent and intelligible vision of affiliates. This is the product of years of gonzo journalism humans and what they represent in the Universe. and obsessive fandom. English version available. ECW Press World rights available Éditions Berger World rights available 2021 | English BISAC: MUS035000 2019 | French BISAC: OCC022000, OCC003000, OCC014000, PHI013000, ISBN: 9781770415119 Thema: AVLP ISBN: 9782921416797 SCI015000 C$32.95; 304 pgs. C$24.95; 510 pgs. Thema: QRVK, QDTJ, V, PGK

Gluten-free Baking Superfood Juicing & Smoothies by Ted Wolff by Wendy Pirk You’ve asked and we’ve listened. Finally, a gluten-free A smoothie for whatever ails you. Detailed information cookbook from Company’s Coming! Living without about ingredients and the health benefits they offer, wheat products is as easy as (gluten-free) pie when you as well as a selection of smoothies to help with specific can enjoy the delightful breads, cakes, cookies, muffins, health issues (e.g. lower high blood pressure). pancakes and more in Gluten-free Baking. World rights available World rights available BISAC: CKB118000 Éditions de la BISAC: CKB111000 Éditions de la Montagne Verte Montagne Verte 2016 | English 2016 | English ISBN: 9781988133027 ISBN: 9781988133072 C$19.99; 160 pgs. C$19.99; 160 pgs.

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Our Kind of Adulthood Running Better 2 Does It Make Sense for Our Kids A Personalized Program to Adapt Your Race and Is It What They Want? by Jean-François Harvey by Thomas d’Ansembourg This book contains a myriad of advice and specific tips Twenty years after the huge best seller Stop Being Nice, Be Real that, taken together, will make a huge difference in your (nearly one million copies sold and translated into more than running life, by enabling you to get the most benefit 20 languages), comes a new book from specialist in non-violent and enjoyment out of your favourite sport. communication, Thomas d’Ansembourg. World rights available “Young people don’t listen to what you say or what you do. Éditions de l’Homme BISAC: SPO035000 They listen to what you are.” Thema: SZE Éditions de l’Homme 2020 | French ISBN: 9782761948302 2020 | French This book encourages us all, young and old alike, to move forward C$34.95; 296 pgs. ISBN: 9782761956406 on a path of responsibility, freedom, and unselfish happiness. C$27.95; 224 pgs. World rights available BISAC: FAM043000, Thema: VFXC1

The Muffins Everyone Is Talking About Anxiété – La boîte à outils 80 Easy Recipes, with No Added Sugar or Fat Stratégies et techniques pour gérer l’anxiété by Madame Labriski by Ariane Hébert There is no refined sugar or any kind of fat hidden in these What are stress and anxiety? Where do they come from? 80 recipes. What makes them different: all of the recipes are Why are some teenagers more sensitive to them than made with gluten-free or traditional flours, vegan eggs, egg others? What are the factors that bring on anxiety? What substitutes or hen’s eggs, and plant-based drinks or milk. are the characteristics of the various types of anxiety Whether for a snack or for breakfast, to go with soup or disorders? How can we avoid anxiety and, if necessary, as a dessert treat, you’ll find in this new book a wealth treat it? Those are some of the questions asked by parents Éditions de l’Homme of possibilities to boost your physical energy and and childcare professionals. Ariane Hébert proposes 2020 | French intellectual stamina! Éditions de Mortagne strategies and tricks, easy to put into practice, that will ISBN: 9782761954662 help adults intervene adequately. C$29.95; 208 pgs. World rights available 2016 | French BISAC: CKB025000 ISBN: 9782896626397 World rights available C$16.95; 176 pgs. Thema: WBHS BISAC: YAN024080, PSY022060 Thema: VFJP

L’anxiété racontée aux enfants Le TDA/H raconté aux enfants by Ariane Hébert, illustrated by Jean Morin by Ariane Hébert, illustrated by Jean Morin Beatrice is troubled to learn that her ailments have a Leo is nine years old when he’s diagnosed with ADHD. cause: anxiety. With the help of a psychologist and her “I have WHAT?” he asks himself. There’s nothing better four-legged colleagues, she discovers the different than an illustrated story to explain to children the aspects of her anxiety disorder and how to tame them. different aspects of ADHD. Does your child see danger everywhere? Expect Does your child behave like a werecat? Or perhaps more the worst out of every situation? See tasks as a hard like a little turtle? Explore these questions together in the mountain to climb? Have a fear of failure? This illustrated “self-observation” section of this colourful and pleasing tale will help you broach the subject of anxiety, in a little book. To help overcome the difficulties associated Éditions de Mortagne simple and visual way. Éditions de Mortagne with ADHD, the book gives useful tricks. 2017 | French World rights available 2016 | French World rights available ISBN: 9782896626878 ISBN: 9782896625932 C$14.95; 56 pgs. BISAC: PSY022060, PSY046000 C$14.95; 52 pgs. BISAC: FAM047000, FAM028000 Thema: VFJP Thema: VFJR2

TDA/H – La boîte à outils It’s a Question of Life and Death Stratégies et techniques pour gérer le TDA/H A Doctor’s Reflections on Calmly Coming by Ariane Hébert to Terms With the Great Departure What are the signs to help us detect ADHD? Whom should we by Dr. Gaétan Brouillard consult to have our child tested, and what are the procedures Death is without doubt one of the greatest mysteries to follow? Once the diagnosis has been confirmed, how can and biggest taboos of our existence. In an attempt we take an informed decision regarding medication? For or to defy it, human beings have set bold scientific and against? Will my child be labelled? What kind of follow-up cosmetic goals for themselves. We invest mind-boggling should we expect? What are the tools at our disposal? amounts of money to fight aging and develop anti-aging ADHD leads to many daily challenges. Ariane Hébert techniques that will in the end give us immortality, youth Éditions de Mortagne proposes strategies to put into practice and help adults Éditions Le Jour and beauty. Might it not be possible to ward off death? 2015 | French intervene adequately. 2020 | French World rights available ISBN: 9782896624836 ISBN: 9782890449176 C$16.95; 172 pgs. World rights available C$24.95; 216 pgs. BISAC: SOC036000 Thema: VFJX BISAC: FAM047000, FAM028000, Thema: VFJR2

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Une profonde blessure Vieillir chemin de vérité Les abus sexuels dans l’Église catholique by Roland Bourneuf by Jean-Guy Nadeau These pages, integrating testimony, reflection and a view The author documents the consequences of sexual abuse of the world, accompany the journey of our aging society. by members of the clergy and encourages the victims Past, present and future merge into a music of words to walk the path of healing. He analyzes the causes, the that leads us where everything takes on meaning. / Ces necessary spiritual conversions and structural reforms for pages, issues du témoignage, de la réflexion et du regard the Church. / L’auteur documente les conséquences des sur le monde, accompagnent le cheminement de notre abus sexuels par des membres du clergé et encourage société vieillissante. Présent, passé et avenir s’y fondent les victimes à cheminer vers la guérison. Il en recherche en une musique des mots qui nous conduisent là où tout les causes, les conversions spirituelles et les réformes Éditions Médiaspaul reprend sens. structurelles nécessaires à l’Église. Éditions Médiaspaul 2020 | French World rights available 2020 | French World rights available ISBN: 9782897602604 BISAC: SEL005000 C$19.95; 128 pgs. ISBN: 9782897602437 BISAC: SOC060000 Thema: 5LKS C$32.95; 408 pgs. Thema: JBS

La douance Soyez l’expert de votre bébé Comprendre le haut potentiel de Mélanie Bilodeau , intellectuel et créatif illustré par Stéphanie Mackay by Marianne Bélanger Sur un ton humoristique, Mélanie Bilodeau aborde toutes À ce jour, très peu de livres permettent de faire le point les préoccupations des nouveaux parents. Et elle n’hésite sur la douance et le haut potentiel intellectuel et créatif. pas à déconstruire joyeusement quelques mythes au Le présent ouvrage propose donc une synthèse des plus passage ! Selon elle, les parents peuvent se brancher sur récents développements scientifiques et cliniques dans leur sensibilité et sur leur instinct pour bien décoder les le domaine de la douance pour répondre de manière besoins de leur bébé et pour renforcer leur confiance Éditions Midi trente Éditions Midi trente concrète à plusieurs questions fréquemment posées quant à ce qui est bon pour bâtir sa sécurité affective… 2019 | Français sur le sujet. Il offre également des pistes d’intervention 2019 | Français tout en s’appuyant sur les récents développements en ISBN: 9782924804124 pour mieux accompagner les jeunes, tant à l’école ISBN: 9782924804322 psychologie et neurosciences. 29,95 $ CA; 264 pgs. 25,95 $ CA; 220 pgs. qu’à la maison. Tous droits disponibles Tous droits disponibles BISAC: FAM010000 Thema: JMC BISAC: PSY004000, Thema: JMC

First Nations Recipes NBA 75 by Gregory Lepine The Definitive History First Nations cuisine draws on millennia of evolution by Dave Zarum and deserves a lifetime of study. First Nations peoples in In NBA 75, Sportsnet editor and basketball super fan Canada based their cuisine on the rich, regionally diverse Dave Zarum tells the story of the NBA, all 75 years—from bounty of the land, sea, lakes and rivers. The recipes in this its early barnstorming days to the multibillion-dollar book feature ingredients at the foundation of Indigenous sports league it is today. culture, such as salmon, venison, bison, fiddleheads, wild NBA 75 is the definitive guide to the history of the rice and berries, and include brief descriptions of their Firefly Books historic relationship with that food. NBA—perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about Eschia Books 2020 | French the league they love or simply catch up on what they’ve World rights available ISBN: 9780228102908 been missing. With the 75th anniversary of the NBA in 2014 | English C$35.00; 256 pgs. ISBN: 9781927126936 BISAC: CKB058000 2021, now is the perfect time to add it to your collection. C$4.99; 64 pgs. World rights available BISAC: SPO004000 Thema: SFM

Your Plastic Footprint Amazing Animals The Facts About Plastic and What You Can Do Inspiring Stories About the Bond to Reduce Your Footprint Between Humans and Animals by Rachel Salt by Janice Ryan Your Plastic Footprint educates readers about the origins Animals have extraordinary minds capable of exceptional and scope of the plastic problem, helps them measure the acts of perception, generosity, bravery, and kindness. scale of the problem on an individual level and then offers Their connection with humankind gives us a glimpse into solutions on how to rethink and reduce plastic use. Bursting their world and their desire to share it with us. Here is a Firefly Books with informative infographics and photos, this book collection of fascinating, heartwarming, and humorous illuminates each individual’s impact on this global issue. tales about some of the animal kingdom’s amazing 2020 | English inhabitants and their often mysterious connection with us. ISBN: 9780228103103 World rights available Folklore Publishing C$19.95; 176 pgs. Rights sold in the Czechia BISAC: NAT011000 2009 | English Thema: RNK ISBN: 9781894864770 BISAC: PET010000 C$18.95; 296 pgs.

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Pet Heroes I Am Herod Extraordinary Acts of Devotion and Courage by Richard Kelly Kemick by Lisa Wojna Armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the People often form strong attachments to the animals in their 100-plus cast of The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, lives, and sometimes the connection is so deep that pets put North America’s largest production of its kind. From their lives on the line for the ones they love. This collection the controversial choice of casting to the bizarre life in of stories highlights these deep attachments and the lengths rehearsal, this glorious behind-the-scenes look at one of that some pets will go to save the lives of their owners. Canada’s strangest theatrical spectacles also confronts the role of religion in contemporary life and the void left World rights available by its absence for non-believers. BISAC: PET010000 Goose Lane Editions Folklore Publishing World rights available 2019 | English 2010 | English BISAC: HUM014000, REL062000, REL013000 ISBN: 9781773101422 Thema: WH, QRVK, QRM ISBN: 9781926677682 C$22.95; 240 pgs. C$18.95; 280 pgs.

The Mongolian Chronicles Hope Matters A Story of Eagles, Demons, and Empires Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical by Allen Smutylo to Solving the Environmental Crisis In the shadows of the Altai Mountains live the Kazakh nomads by Elin Kelsey of western Mongolia. These hard-living nomads survive on Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of windswept steppes, grazing their herds and keeping an doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations ancient practice alive: hunting not with traps or guns, but about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most on horseback with golden eagles. The Mongolian Chronicles powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. Award- recounts a story of this untamed world, seen through the winning author, scholar, and educator Elin Kelsey argues Goose Lane Editions eyes of artist, writer, and traveller Allen Smutylo. that the catastrophic environmental news dominating 2019 | English World rights available Greystone Books the media tells only part of the story. She shows how we can harness all our emotions about the changing ISBN: 9781773101330 2016 | English C$35.00; 258 pgs. BISAC: TRV003020,HIS003000, SOC005000, SOC062000, environment into effective personal and political action. ART050010, ART050030 ISBN: 9781771647779 Thema: WTM1FPM, NHF1FPM, JBSLII, JBCC6, AGH, AGN C$22.95; 224 pgs. World rights available BISAC: NAT011000, Thema: RNK, RNPG, RNT

The Blue Wonder Les buveurs de lait son des mutants et Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other autres révélations étonnantes sur la biologie Astonishing Insights from the Ocean by Guy Drouin by Frauke Bagusche This captivating foray into the world of biology, tinged In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Frauke with a hint of humor, is brought to you by a seasoned Bagusche brings readers along with her into the ocean. and passionate geneticist who is happy to popularize Drawing on scientific discoveries and playful analogies the most difficult aspects of the matter. to explain its mysteries, she reveals deep-sea reefs that World rights available glitter like glass, an octopus who imitates more than fifteen other animals, weddings among coral, underwater BISAC: SCI008000 Thema: PSA Greystone Books drugstores, and even fish that clean her own teeth. Groupe Fides Bagusche awakens our love for the sea and the desire 2019 | French 2021 | English to protect this habitat far into the future. ISBN: 9781771646048 ISBN: 9782762142242 C$34.95; 272 pgs. Rights held in World English C$29.95; 296 pgs. BISAC: NAT025000, NAT011000 Thema: WNCS, WNCS1, RNK, RBKC

Ces galettes dont tout le monde parle En as-tu vraiment besoin ? de Madame Labriski de Pierre-Yves McSween Cuisiner des galettes sans sucre et sans gras ajoutés et Cette lecture ne laissera personne indifférent. Pierre-Yves générer du gros plaisir, c’est possible. Madame Labriski McSween parle d’argent sans filtre et sans tabou, comme sucre TOUT à la purée de dattes et lie ses recettes avec on ne l’a jamais fait auparavant dans un livre sur le sujet. du yogourt nature sans gras ou de la compote de pommes Il propose de brillants mécanismes d’autodéfense contre sans sucre ajouté. C’est pas juste bon, c’est délicieuski ! la société de consommation et la naïveté financière. Avec Si c’est compliqué ? Non, c’est superfacileski ! deux grands objectifs en tête : définir le comportement d’un citoyen responsable financièrement; puis, donner Droits vendus en anglais (Canada) Guy Saint-Jean au lecteur, enfin, un peu plus de cette liberté dont il Éditeur BISAC: CKB000000 a vraiment, carrément besoin. Thema: WB, WNGD Guy Saint-Jean 2017 | Français Éditeur ISBN: 9782897581770 Droits vendus en anglais (Canada), 29,95 $ CA; 200 pgs. 2017 | Français Espagne, et France ISBN: 9782897581596 24,95 $ CA; 368 pgs. BISAC: BUS027000 Thema: K

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Vivre simplement Around the World in a Dugout Canoe Sortir du chaos moderne et The Untold Story of Captain John Voss s’offrir une vie plus douce and the Tilikum d’Elisabeth Simard by John M. MacFarlane and Lynn J. Salmon Dans Vivre simplement, Elisabeth Simard nous guide avec In 1901, Captain Voss set out seeking to claim the world bienveillance sur le chemin du minimalisme pratique, record for the smallest vessel to circumnavigate the une démarche accessible et moderne qui concorde globe. In this groundbreaking work the authors sift fact parfaitement avec l’idée grandissante qu’une vie épurée from fiction, critically examining previously published contribue non seulement à protéger l’environnement, mais accounts of the journey against research from libraries, aussi à inventer son propre bonheur et à veiller au bien- archives, and museums around the world to reveal the Guy Saint-Jean Harbour Publishing Éditeur être de ses enfants. real story of a little-understood character and his cedar 2019 | English canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, Droits vendus en France 2018 | Français ISBN: 9781550178791 tragedy, and, at times, sheer luck. ISBN: 9782897583644 BISAC: SEL016000 C$29.95; 272 pgs. 24,95 $ CA; 312 pgs. Thema: VS World rights available BISAC: HIS006020, HIS057000, TRA006010

The Conscious Creative Big Business and Hitler Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work by Jacques R. Pauwels by Kelly Small Basing his work on the recent findings of scholars in An actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics many European countries and the US, Jacques Pauwels for any creative professional who wants to make a living explains how Hitler gained and held the support of without selling their soul. powerful business interests who found the well-liked one-party fascist government, ready and willing to Kelly Small is an award-winning creative director, designer protect the property and profits of big business. He and writer, and delivers conference keynotes and corporate documents the role of the many multinationals in training to major clients such as Google and Uber. They hold James Lorimer business today who supported Hitler and gained from House of Anansi an interdisciplinary Master’s degree with research focused & Company the Nazi government’s horrendous measures. Press on creative industry ethics, activism and social innovation. 2017 | English Rights sold in French language (world), Germany, 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781459409767 ISBN: 9781487008024 C$27.95; 304 pgs. Korea, Turkey, and Italy C$22.95; 232 pgs. BISAC: PSEL021000, SEL031000, REF015000 BISAC: HIS037070 Thema: VSPM, VS, Thema: NHB

Dire l’autre ZÉRO DOUZE Appropriation culturelle, voix autochtones by Marie Chouinard, illustrated by Marie Chouinard et liberté d’expression Eleven years after her first poetry book, Marie Chouinard d’Ethel Groffier comes back to writing with a story inspired by her Dans cet essai lucide et nécessaire, Ethel Groffier explore early years, from zero to twelve years old. With a lot of les limites de la liberté artistique lorsqu’il est question humor and tenderness, Marie Chouinard shares with us de parler de l’autre. Elle démontre que toute relation her memories, both overwhelming and anecdotal. The interculturelle saine avec les peuples autochtones ne author’s writing evokes the brightness and spontaneity sera possible que lorsque nous aurons reconnu nos torts of childhood. ZÉRO DOUZE is a poetic narrative that et offert une pleine réparation. C’est une démarche qui reveals the long and universal path towards the construction of one’s identity. Leméac Éditeur va au-delà de la place réservée aux peuples autochtones Les éditions dans nos productions artistiques, une démarche qui 2020 | Français du passage World rights available interpelle chaque citoyen. ISBN: 9782760912373 2019 | French BISAC: POE011000, BIO005000, BIO026000, BIO022000 19,95 $ CA; 152 pgs. Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782924397589 Thema: DCC , DNC C$32.95; 380 pgs. BISAC: SOC000000, Thema: JB

EGO How to Stay Young and The Greatest Obstacle to Healing the 5 Wounds Energetic as You Get Older by Lise Bourbeau Lise Bourbeau’s Secrets Unveiled! It is finally here: the long-awaited sequel to Lise by Lise Bourbeau Bourbeau’s popular book, Heal your wounds and find Lise Bourbeau is often described as a timeless woman, your true self, published in 2000 and still achieving which prompted her to write this book that reveals how record-breaking sales with translations in 16 languages. she has managed to maintain her vitality, even at age 79! In this volume, with the help of numerous examples, the This book is intended for women and men of all ages and author shares her abundant professional wisdom and her suggests ways of delaying the aging of your physical, Les Éditions E.T.C. wealth of personal experience to guide those who are Les Éditions E.T.C. emotional, and mental bodies. Its objective is to help you maintain your natural energy instead of losing it, which 2017 | English looking for concrete ways to heal their suffering. 2020 | French ISBN: 9782920932807 happens when you don’t listen to your needs. ISBN: 9782920932753 Rights sold in English, French, Italian, Bulgarian, C$18.95; 230 pgs. C$18.95; 258 pgs. Polish, Japanese, Romanian, German, Czech, Spanish, Rights sold in English, Italian, Bulgarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish Japanese, Romanian, German, and Czech BISAC: OCC000000, Thema: V BISAC: OCC000000, Thema: V

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Des fleurs sur la neige L’anxiété : le cancer de l’âme Le récit d’une enfance sacrifiée de Louise Reid d’Élisa T. L’anxiété s’attaque au plaisir de vivre. Elle génère la Immergée dans un climat familial malsain, Élisa T. est souffrance morale, le ressentiment, la dépendance brutalisée par une mère déséquilibrée. Malgré tout, elle affective, la frustration, l’agressivité et le découragement. continue de chercher l’amour inconditionnel de celle qui Or, il est possible de combattre ce véritable cancer l’a mise au monde avec autant d’ardeur que si elle tentait de l’âme. Louise Reid apporte des solutions rapides, de faire pousser des fleurs sur la neige. Vendu à plus de efficaces et durables aux personnes atteintes de 100 000 exemplaires et ayant fait l’objet d’une adaptation désordres anxieux. Grâce à une approche originale télévisuelle mettant en vedette Céline Dion, Des fleurs et révolutionnaire, cet ouvrage réussit à bien cerner sur la neige est toujours brûlant d’actualité. Les éditions JCL et éradiquer la source de ce mal-être. Les éditions JCL Droits vendus en français (monde) 2019 | Français Droits vendus en français (monde) ISBN: 9782898040429 2020 | Français 22,95 $ CA; 296 pgs. ISBN: 9782898040931 22,95 $ CA; 304 pgs.

Le pouvoir de vos rêves Albert le Curieux: Les mathématiques de Nicole Gratton Curious Albert : Mathematics Ce livre propose des conseils, des exercices pratiques de Marc Trudel et Sophie-Anne Vachon et des exemples concrets pour explorer les possibilités illustré par Sophie-Anne Vachon infinies du sommeil. Les rêves aident à cheminer vers un Dans ce livre, Albert nous fait découvrir le monde fascinant avenir meilleur et à outrepasser les limites qu’on s’impose, des mathématiques et les aspects méconnus de ce révélant ainsi la véritable force qui se cache en soi. sujet. Le lecteur y trouvera des dizaines d’expériences Nicole Gratton est une experte réputée mondialement et de trucs qui lui feront voir les mathématiques d’une dans l’interprétation des rêves. Elle est directrice de l’école nouvelle façon. / In this book, we discover with Albert the fascinating world of mathematics and unknown aspects on internationale des rêves et compte 17 ouvrages à son actif. Les éditions Z’ailées Les éditions JCL this topic. Through many experiments and tips, we learn to Droits vendus en français (monde) pour 2017 | Français see mathematics in a new way. 2019 | Français les droits papier, numériques et audios ISBN: 9782924563113 ISBN: 9782894316863 14,95 $ CA; 78 pgs. Tous droits disponibles 22,95 $ CA; 256 pgs. Thema: YNT, JNF

Histoire de la pensée économique Introduction aux relations internationales D’Aristote à Marx Cinquième édition mise à jour de Till Düppe de Diane Éthier Notre héritage culturel regorge d’idées à propos de Cette 5e édition modifie substantiellement la l’économie et les débats font rage sur le rôle et les précédente, notamment en raison de l’enrichissement mérites respectifs de l’argent et de la richesse, la justice de la littérature sur les relations internationales. Le et l’égalité des échanges, l’importance du travail, monde a changé : l’environnement est devenu une l’inéluctabilité de la pauvreté. Comment les grands véritable préoccupation des États, sans parler du déclin penseurs, d’Aristote à David Ricardo et à Karl Marx, apparent d’un système unipolaire largement dominé ont-ils abordé ces idées ? Cet ouvrage — analyse croisée par la superpuissance américaine et de la remise Les Presses de entre économie et philosophie — veut donner au lecteur Les Presses de en question du néolibéralisme avec la renaissance l’Université de contemporain un accès à la pensée de ces auteurs. l’Université de du protectionnisme et du nationalisme. Montréal Montréal Tous droits disponibles Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français 2020 | Français ISBN: 9782760641518 BISAC: NAT025000, NAT011000 ISBN: 9782760641549 32,95 $ CA; 256 pgs. Thema: WNCS, WNCS1, RNK, RBKC 34,95 $ CA; 258 pgs.

Les troubles des conduites alimentaires Subir la victoire Du diagnostic aux traitements Essor et chute de l’intelligentsia libérale d’Annie Aimé et Christophe Maïano en Russie (1987-1993) Sous la direction de Marie-Michèle Ricard de Guillaume Sauvé Cet ouvrage, qui fait appel à une soixantaine de spécialistes Cet ouvrage propose une plongée dans le formidable canadiens et européens — médecins, psychiatres, bouillonnement intellectuel et civique de la Russie à psychoéducateurs, nutritionnistes, kinésiologues et l’époque de la perestroïka et de la fin de la guerre froide, professeurs-chercheurs —, décrit de façon approfondie alors que les libéraux soviétiques mettent le pays sur les caractéristiques clés des troubles des conduites la voie de la démocratisation. Ce faisant, il apporte un alimentaires (TCA) en s’appuyant sur les informations éclairage neuf sur la genèse intellectuelle et politique Les Presses de les plus récentes et les données les plus actuelles. Les Presses de de la Russie contemporaine et sur l’échec de sa l’Université de l’Université de transition démocratique. Montréal Tous droits disponibles Montréal Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français 2020 | Français ISBN: 9782760641747 ISBN: 9782760640801 44,95 $ CA; 448 pgs. 36,95 $ CA; 280 pgs.

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The Missing Link Bridging Two Worlds by Sydney Banks by Martin Hoffman This book illuminates and creates an appreciation for This is a rare account of the horrors of the World War the mystical link between the psychological and spiritual II death camps from someone who experienced them. nature of life. It reveals a simplicity beneath the complex Fourteen-year-old Martin Hoffman escapes immediate workings of the mind and the principles behind the death on arrival at Auschwitz by claiming to be eighteen. creation of our life experience. Through chutzpah and luck, he survives Auschwitz, then the Death March to Buchenwald, and is alive Rights sold in Italian, Danish, and Norwegian when the camp is liberated. Tortured by survivor guilt, BISAC: OCC011000 he eventually discovers a talent for bridge, becoming Master Point Press a world-class professional player. Lone Pine Publishing 2019 | English World rights available 2016 | English ISBN: 9781771401999 BISAC: BIO037000 ISBN: 9781772130171 C$26.95; 278 pgs. C$18.95; 156 pgs. Thema: DNC, NHTZ1

Waiting for the Rain Secret History An Iraqi Memoir Writing the Rise of Britain’s Intelligence Services by Lamees Al Ethari by Simon Ball Lamees Al Ethari traces her transition from an idyllic A provocative, rigorously researched study that childhood in a large extended Iraqi family to the relative questions what we think we know about British stability of an exilic family life in Canada. Through memory intelligence. Shining an intense light on the history fragments, flights of poetry, diary entries, and her own art, of Britain’s intelligence organizations, Secret History the author reveals the trauma suffered by Iraqis, caused excavates how contemporary myths, misperceptions, and by three senseless wars, dehumanizing sanctions, a brutal misunderstandings were captured and how they affected dictatorship, and a foreign occupation. This account also the development of British intelligence and the state. gives testimony to the Iraqi people’s resilience. Mawenzi House McGill-Queen’s Rights sold in China University Press 2019 | English World rights available BISAC: HIS015070, POL036000, HIS027000 2020 | English ISBN: 9781988449906 BISAC: BIO026000 Thema: NH, NWH, JWKF C$24.95; 176 pgs. ISBN: 9780228000822 Thema: DNC C$34.95; 280 pgs.

The Clean Body Watermelon Snow A Modern History Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear by Peter Ward by Lynne M. Quarmbyd Recounting the history of personal hygiene in Europe From the vantage of a boat full of artists on an adventure and North America and the making of the modern clean in the high Arctic, biologist Lynne Quarmby explains the body. How often did our ancestors bathe? How often science that convinced her of an urgent need to act did they wash their clothes? What did they understand on climate change and recounts how this knowledge cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed plunged her into unsustainable action, ending in arrests, so dramatically? Based on sources in English, French, lawsuits, and a failed electoral campaign. Watermelon German, and Italian, The Clean Body surveys the great Snow is the inspiring story of one scientist’s rediscovery McGill-Queen’s hygienic transformation that took place across Europe McGill-Queen’s of what it means to live a good life at a time of increasing University Press and North America over the course of four centuries. University Press desperation about the future. 2019 | English Rights sold in Germany 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9780773559387 ISBN: 9780228003595 C$37.95; 336 pgs. BISAC: HIS000000, HIS010000, HIS038000 C$24.95; 184 pgs. BISAC: SCI026000, NAT011000 Thema: NH, NHD, NHTB Thema: RN, RNT

Wish I Were Here Facing the Climate Emergency Boredom and the Interface How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth by Mark Kingwell by Margaret Klein Salamon and Molly Gage An urgent, timely, and political analysis of the boredom Facing the Climate Emergency addresses the fears of that dominates our everyday immersion in distracting everyone who is alarmed about the climate crisis and technologies. Are you bored of the endless scroll of your yet feels powerless to stop it. Drawing on psychology, social media feed? If so, this book is the philosophical it shows readers how to use their feelings of fear, grief, lifeline you have been waiting for. Written in accessible and powerlessness to transform themselves into climate language that references both classical philosophers warriors and motivate collective change. and contemporary critics, Wish I Were Here turns to McGill-Queen’s World rights available University Press philosophy for a cure to the widespread unease that New Society something is amiss in modern waking life. Publishers BISAC: POL043000 2019 | English Thema: JPW ISBN: 9780773557123 Rights sold in China, Japan, and Germany 2020 | English C$34.95; 208 pgs. ISBN: 9780865719415 BISAC: PHI005000, SOC052000 C$14.99; 160 pgs. Thema: QDTQ, JBCT

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Food Freedom How to Talk to Your Kids A Year of Growing and Foraging 100 Percent About Climate Change of My Food and Why it Matters Turning Angst Into Action by Rob Greenfield by Harriet Shugarman For one year, Rob Greenfield grew and foraged 100% of How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change provides his food. No grocery stores, no restaurants, no exceptions! tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate Nature was his garden, his pantry, and his pharmacy. emergency to their children, maintain hope in the face Food Freedom shares his powerful journey to inspire of crisis, and galvanize positive action by encouraging you take back power from the industrial food system today’s children to follow their passions in pursuit of a and create food sovereignty in your community. livable world. New Society World rights available World rights available Publishers New Society 2021 | English BISAC: NAT024000 Publishers BISAC: FAM034000 Thema: WN Thema: VFX ISBN: 9780865718968 2020 | English C$19.99; 256 pgs. ISBN: 9780865719361 C$17.99; 192 pgs.

The Dog Patrol Survivre à la grossesse et plus encore... Our Canine Companions and by Julie Champagne, illustrated by Ana Roy the Kids Who Protect Them Surviving Pregnancy and More... is an audacious book by Rob Laidlaw that’s different from other guidebooks on the subject due A full-colour dog book unlike any other delving into to the surprising illustrations by Ana Roy and the refreshing the history and evolution of dogs as companions, texts by Julie Champagne. A veritable lifesaver in a sea of empowering young readers to promote the health information that can overwhelm the future parents, this and happiness of dogs in their own lives. guide gives necessary advice without breaking your spirit. Pajama Press or your water. Positive, inspiring and comforting, it’s the 2020 | English “Clear, accurate, engaging, and informative text combines perfect bedside book for all modern parents! ISBN: 9781772781038 with a substantial collection of high-interest colour Parfum d’encre C$23.95; 52 pgs. photographs. to round out a thorough exploration of 2019 | French World rights available an important issue. Perfect for dog lovers and those ISBN: 9782924251744 BISAC: FAM000000, HEA045000, HEA041000 contemplating that critical mission.” —Kirkus Reviews C$24.95; 192 pgs. Thema: V, VF World rights available BISAC: PET004000, SOC000000, Thema: YNNH1

Bushcraft Teaching Tough Topics Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival How Do I Use Children’s Literature to Build by Mors Kochanski, illustrated by Mors Kochanski a Deeper Understanding of Social Justice, Clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams, and a full Equity, and Diversity? color photo supplement detail all the practical skills by Larry Swartz and knowledge essential for surviving and enjoying the Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead wilderness. Includes basic instructions for lighting and students to become caring citizens as they read and maintaining a fire, chopping wood and felling trees, respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics creating a warm shelter, using knives and axes safely, that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in Pembroke Publishers finding plants and animals important for survival, cooking order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, in the outdoors, and making tools, ropes, baskets, and Partners Publishing 2020 | English and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious more from plant materials. ISBN: 9781551383415 Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges 2016 | English C$24,95; 168 pgs. ISBN: 9781772130072 World rights available are just some of the key themes explored. C$19.95; 306 pgs. BISAC: REF031000 World rights available BISAC: EDU046000, Thema: JNMT

The Autism Lens Dysnostie Everything Teachers Need to Connect Le récit du retour au pays natal dans la littérature with Students, Build Confidence, and canadienne francophone contemporaine Promote Classroom Learning d’Irène Chassaing by Kara Dymond Thème fondateur de la littérature occidentale, le retour The Autism Lens helps teachers connect to students au pays natal ne s’est manifesté que récemment dans with autism and support them along their own unique la littérature canadienne francophone. Le retour force trajectory. Numerous easy-to-use, classroom-tested ses acteurs à redéfinir tant leur propre identité que strategies are explored in this comprehensive resource. les critères de leur appartenance réciproque. Irène Pembroke Publishers Woven throughout are stories about students to encourage Chassaing vient renouveler le débat sur les problèmes de 2020 | English teachers to see instruction from a student’s point of view. Presses de l’appartenance, du déplacement et de l’exil afin de mieux ISBN: 9781551383477 From this perspective, teachers can gain trust and nudge l’Université Laval répondre aux défis qu’ils posent dans le présent et pour C$24.95; 160 pgs. students into the space where learning happens. 2019 | Français les prochaines décennies. ISBN: 9782763738970 World rights available 30,00 $ CA; 280 pgs. Droits vendus en français BISAC: EDU046000, Thema: JNMT BISAC: LCO000000, Thema: DS, DSBH

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Enseigner dans un milieu multiethnique La Confédération et la dualité canadienne Pratiques de soutien des enseignants Sous la direction de Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon, auprès d’élèves immigrants Rémi Léger, Serge Dupuis et Alex Tremblay Lamarche de Rola Koubeissy Cet ouvrage revisite l’idée de dualité canadienne autant Comment enseigner dans un milieu multiethnique ? dans les débats intellectuels que dans ses représentations Comment les enseignants s’adaptent-ils et modifient- institutionnelles. Il permet de mieux comprendre ses ils leurs pratiques dans un tel contexte ? Cet ouvrage manifestations sur les scènes politiques et juridiques. vient éclairer le travail enseignant dans un contexte Il s’intéresse également à ses dimensions sociales et pédagogique multiple et complexe. culturelles ainsi qu’à son évolution historique et à la trajectoire de certaines figures clés qui s’en sont fait Droits vendus en français Presses de Presses de les porte-étendards. l’Université Laval BISAC: EDU000000 l’Université Laval Droits vendus en français Thema: JNF, JNSV, JND, JNE 2019 | Français 2020 | Français BISAC: POL000000 ISBN: 9782763743981 ISBN: 9782763736969 Thema: JPA 35,00 $ CA; 322 pgs. 30,00 $ CA; 386 pgs.

Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique Les approches interculturelles en éducation : de Yan Campagnolo entre théorie et pratique Cet ouvrage vise à défendre le secret ministériel comme d’Abdeljalil Akkari et Myriam Radhouane doctrine essentielle au bon fonctionnement du système À partir d’une perspective résolument internationale de gouvernement responsable mais critique le caractère et comparative, cet ouvrage présente les fondements excessif des dispositions législatives qui le protègent théoriques et conceptuels de la prise en compte de au Canada. Sur la base d’une analyse comparée entre la diversité culturelle à l’école. Il s’attèle à l’analyse le Canada, le Royaume-Uni, l’Australie et la Nouvelle- des approches interculturelles et des débats qu’elles Zélande, il présente des réformes qui permettraient suscitent dans des pays aussi divers que les États-Unis, d’atteindre un meilleur équilibre entre la confidentialité le Canada, le Brésil, la Suisse et la France. et la transparence gouvernementales. Presses de Presses de Droits vendus en français l’Université Laval Droits vendus en français l’Université Laval BISAC: EDU000000 2020 | Français BISAC: LAW013000 2019 | Français Thema: JNF, JNSV, JND, JNE ISBN: 9782763745572 Thema: LNA, LND, LNX, JPHV ISBN: 9782763743837 45,00 $ CA; 410 pgs. 39,00 $ CA; 304 pgs.

Ces tabous tenaces Living With Parkinson’s Disease La masturbation, la pornographie et l’éducation A Complete Guide for Patients and Caregivers by Patrick Doucet by Michael Okun If masturbation is normal, then why is it still so taboo? Living with Parkinson’s Disease is a critical resource for What about pornography—doesn’t it lead to addiction Parkinson’s disease patients and their families. Presented and pervert the idea of sex in general? With a vibrant in a friendly and easy-to-understand way, this book pen and no mercy for preconceived notions and addresses PD-related issues and symptoms along with conventional wisdom, the author unpacks countless emerging therapies. In each chapter, Dr. Okun offers issues surrounding masturbation and pornography: the patients the necessary tools to manage their disease and discomfort, worry and frustration they can cause, along to ultimately find joy and fulfilment in their lives. Québec Amérique with the pleasure and benefits associated with each. Robert Rose World rights available 2020 | English 2020 | French World rights available ISBN: 9782764439456 ISBN: 9780778806721 BISAC: SPO004000 C$24.95; 248 pgs. BISAC: PSY016000, SOC034000, EDU029070, HEA042000, C$29.95; 320 pgs. Thema: SFM REL105000 Thema: JBFW, JMU, VFVC

Zero Proof Drinks & More Spirits of the Coast 100 Recipes for Mocktails Orcas in Science, Art and History and Low-Alcohol Cocktails Edited by Dr. Martha Black, Dr. Lorne Hammond, by Maureen Petrosky and Dr. Gavin Hanke with Nikki Sanchez Leave no guest out and get creative with on-trend drink Spirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine recipes perfect for every occasion. biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists and storytellers, united by their enchantment with the Zero Proof Drinks and More offers delicious and orca. A literary and visual journey through past and mindful drinks for every guest and every occasion. possibility, this book illustrates how the enigmatic orca Royal British Robert Rose Maureen Petrosky, an Entertaining and Lifestyle Expert, has shaped us as much as our actions have impacted its shares over 100 no-alcohol and low-alcohol recipes for Columbia Museum 2020 | English species, and provokes the reader to imagine the shape cocktails, spritzers, ciders, coffees, shandies and radlers, 2020 | English of our shared future. ISBN: 9780778806752 ISBN: 9780772677686 C$29.95; 224 pgs. and a whole lot more. C$29.95; 216 pgs. World rights available World rights available BISAC: NAT020000, NAT019000, ART006000 BISAC: CKB00600, Thema: WBXD Thema: RN, JB, AJ, QR

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Digital Life Skills for Youth The Dark Art of Pricing A Guide for Parents, Guardians, and Educators Deliberately Pricing for Profit by Angela Crocker by Andrew Gregson In this digital age, how do you protect kids on the internet? Finding the right pricing strategy is, like developing a Digital Life Skills for Youth is for parents, guardians, sales program, work. It takes testing and tweaking. But educators, and anyone who wants to be a positive guiding the “how” and “why” are buried in corporate vaults and influence on the next generation of digital citizens. If your academic journals, almost inaccessible to the average child or teen needs social skills, study skills, safety skills, or business owner. Author Andrew Gregson simplifies the other skills to thrive in their digital life, Crocker offers this strategies that help business owners find ways to charge Self-Counsel Press book full of real-world solutions, guidance, and practical Business Series what they are really worth, drive larger profits, build Self-Counsel Press steps to set up youth for digital success. wealth, and eventually attract buyers when the time Reference Series 2019 | English comes to retire to a sandy beach. World rights available ISBN: 9781770403154 2019 | English C$29.95; 144 pgs. World rights available ISBN: 9781770403147 BISAC: EDU039000, COM060040 C$21.95; 152 pgs. Thema: JNV, UDD, URD BISAC: BUS060000 Thema: KJVS

La vie en gros Les résistants du jazz Regard sur la société et le poids de Serge Truffaut, illustré par Christian Tiffet de Mickaël Bergeron Des musiciens et des musiciennes de jazz de la catégorie Entre témoignage, analyse sociale et discours militant, des mi-moyens (Red Garland, Elvin Jones, Lester Bowie, La vie en gros présente un regard sur ces violences Julius Hemphill, etc.), pour reprendre le qualificatif du diverses et quotidiennes qui se manifestent autant célèbre critique Leonard Feather, on en connaît finalement dans la vie professionnelle que dans les relations assez peu. La quarantaine de portraits de ces immenses amoureuses, dans les transports en commun ou à Somme toute jazzmen américains que propose ici Serge Truffaut replace cette musique dans le contexte social et historique qui l’a l’hôpital, sur la couverture d’un magazine ou au grand 2019 | Français écran. Mickaël Bergeron part de cette idée que si l’on se ISBN: 9782897941154 vu naître et se développer jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Le tout est Somme toute préoccupait vraiment de la santé des personnes grosses, 29,95 $ CA; 144 pgs. illustré par Christian Tiffet. 2020 | Français on les aimerait avant de les rabaisser. Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897940881 25,95 $ CA; 248 pgs. Tous droits disponibles BISAC: MUS050000, MUS055000, MUS020000 BISAC: SOC041000 Thema: AV, AVP Thema: JBS

Mégantic Orwell in Cuba A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice How 1984 Came to Be Published by Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny, in Castro’s Twilight translated by Donald Wilson by Frédérick Lavoie, translated by Donald Winkler In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, written Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 Came to Be Published in like a thriller, journalist and social activist Anne-Marie Castro’s Twilight is a personal account of today’s Cuba Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 at a pivotal point in its history, with the Castro brothers Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed forty-seven people, passing power on to a new generation. The book is akin and the individual and corporate authorities responsible for to a detective story, as the author investigates how and it. She reveals how the tragedy, far from being just the “error why a state-run publishing house has come to release a of a faulty system,” was knowingly caused by powerful Talonbooks Talonbooks new translation of George Orwell’s iconic anti-totalitarian people and institutions distant from the town itself. novel 1984, formerly taboo. 2020 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9781772012590 World rights available ISBN: 9781772012453 World rights available C$24.95; 304 pgs. C$24,95; 304 pgs. BISAC: LAW117000, HIS006020, TRA004000, SOC040000, BISAC: POL005000, HIS041010, LIT004100, POL049000 POL064000, NAT011000 Thema: JPFC, NHK, DS, 5PB-US-H, JPV Thema: LNKT, NHK, WGF, JBFF, JPZ, RNK

The Diary of Dukesang Wong Jan in 35 Pieces A Voice from Gold Mountain A Memoir in Music by Dukesang Wong by Ian Hampton Edited with commentary by David McIlwraith, Ian Hampton’s charming memoir takes readers into the diary translated by Wanda Joy Hoe cello section of the London Symphony Orchestra under Here is the only known first-person account from a Chinese the baton of Pierre Monteux; into a Bombardier snow- worker on the famously treacherous parts of transcontinental machine tracking across the Arctic; late for a concert railways that spanned the North American continent in the with the CBC Radio Orchestra; to a basement party with nineteenth century. Dukesang Wong’s written account of Stradivarius-wielding cellist Jacqueline du Pré; and to life working on the Canadian Pacific Railway tells of the Wigmore Hall in London, premiering innovative works of Talonbooks punishing work, the comradery, the sickness and starvation, with the Purcell String Quartet. A smart, playful glimpse the encounters with Indigenous Peoples, and the dark and The Porcupine’s Quill into the world of a professional musician. 2020 | English shameful history of racism and exploitation that prevailed. 2018 | English ISBN: 9781772012583 ISBN: 9780889844131 World rights available C$18.95; 112 pgs. World rights available C$24.95; 280 pgs. BISAC: BIO007000, BIO004000, BIO000000 BISAC: BIO002020, HIS006020, BIO006000, HIS008000 Thema: DNC, DNBL1, AVP Thema: DNB, JBSL, NHK, DNBH, NHF

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Taming Anxiety The Skin You’re In How to Turn Stress into a Source of Strength A Specialist’s Secrets to Understanding by Amélie Seidah and Isabelle Geninet and Caring for Your Skin As adults and teenagers, how are we supposed to handle by Jennifer Brodeur the stress and anxiety we feel on a daily basis? For many In this meticulously presented and informative book, of us, the symptoms we experience may be diffused, Jennifer Brodeur slays the myths of the beauty industry situational or occasional, which can make the problem with science, tapping into the knowledge and expertise difficult to diagnose. Written in a warm and approachable she has gained from treating celebrity clients at home style, this book aims to demystify and normalize the Trécarré and abroad to shed light on the body’s largest organ anxiety that can tend to seep its way into everyday life 2020 | French and help readers to love their own skin and take care of Trécarré and help us cope by keeping us from falling into habits ISBN: 9782895687764 it naturally. Exploring a wide range of topics, this book that will make emotional discomfort worse. 2020 | French C$29.95; 176 pgs. presents the hard facts and figures of skin science. ISBN: 9782895687788 World rights available English translation available C$22.95; 152 pgs. BISAC: HEA000000, SEL024000, SEL036000 Rights sold in China BISAC: HEA000000, HEA003000, HEA010000

Don’t Try This at Home A White Lie One Family’s (mis)Adventures Around the World by Madeeha Hafez Albatta by Daria Salamon and Rob Krause Edited by Barbara Bill and Ghada Ageel Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for by a Manitoba Publisher. five generations. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down through generations Rob Krause and Daria Salamon sold their car, rented bear witness to life there since the catastrophe of out their home, and packed up their two young children dispossession. The Women’s Voices from Gaza series to embark on a 12-month journey around the world. In this honours women’s unique and underrepresented dual retelling, they chronicle the hilarious and sensational perspectives. In this first volume, Madeeha Hafez Albatta misadventures of their family as they travel across chronicles her life. Among her remarkable achievements Turnstone Press 15 different countries in the Southern Hemisphere. University of Alberta Press was establishing schools for refugee children in Gaza. 2019 | English ISBN: 9780888016539 World rights available 2020 | English World rights available C$21.00; 280 pgs. BISAC: TRV010000,TRV011000 ISBN: 9781772124927 C$24.99; 152 pgs. BISAC: BIO022000, BIO026000, LCO012000 Thema: WTL, WTHF, 1MB. 1KLS, 1KBC-CA-CSW Thema: JBSF1 , DNT

An Autobiography of the I Am Still Your Negro Autobiography of Reading An Homage to James Baldwin by Dionne Brand by Valerie Mason-John Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Spoken-word poet Valerie Mason-John unsettles readers Brand reflects on her early reading of colonial literature with potent images of ongoing trauma from slavery and and how it makes Black being inanimate. She explores colonization. Her narratives range from the beginnings her encounters with colonial, imperialist, and racist of the African Diaspora to the story of a stowaway on the tropes; the ways that practices of reading and writing are Windrush, from racism and sexism in Trump’s America to shaped by those narrative structures; and the challenges the wide impact of the Me Too movement. She explores of writing a narrative of Black life that attends to its own the broader experience of the African Diaspora, and expression and its own consciousness. taboos within taboos. I Am Still Your Negro is truth that needs to be told, re-told, and remembered. University of Alberta World rights available University of Alberta Press Press BISAC: LIT004290, LIT004080 World rights available 2020 | English Thema: DS 2020 | English BISAC: POE011000, POE024000, SOC056000 ISBN: 9781772125085 ISBN: 9781772125108 Thema: DC, 5PB-GB-BF C$12.99; 72 pgs. C$19.99; 120 pgs.

Lead for the Planet Reframed Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change Self-Reg for a Just Society by Rae André by Stuart Shanker Lead for the Planet outlines five practices that For Stuart Shanker, the possibility of a truly just and free successful climate leaders will need to adopt, from society begins with how we see and nurture our children. getting the truth about the state of the planet, to In his new book, Reframed, Shanker unpacks the unique assessing the risks and identifying the interests of science and conceptual practices that are the very key stakeholders, to implementing change within lifeblood of Self-Reg, making it an accessible read for and between organizations and sectors on a global new Self-Reggers. The paradigm revolution presented scale. Building on her experience as an organizational in Reframed not only helps us understand the harrowing University of psychologist, Rae André shows how these practices University of time we are living through, but inspires a profound sense Toronto Press comprise an effective model for climate leadership. Toronto Press of hope for the future. 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781487508333 ISBN: 9781487506315 C$29.95; 272 pgs. BISAC: BUS071000, NAT011000, BUS072000 C$34.95; 360 pgs. BISAC: NSEL024000, FAM034000, EDU009000, EDU006000, Thema: KJJ, KJG, KCVG SOC025000, Thema: VSPM, VFXC, JNC

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Solved The Story of CO2 How the World’s Great Cities Big Ideas for a Small Molecule Are Fixing the Climate Crisis by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille F. Ghoussoub by David Miller The Story of CO2 explores all aspects of carbon dioxide, If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need from the atomic to the universal, and takes the reader to act rapidly. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are on an epic journey into our physical world, from the taking action on climate change because they can—and Big Bang all the way to the present world in which because they must. He makes a clear-eyed and compelling atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to grow. case that, if replicated at pace and scale, the actions of This story seeks to inspire readers with the latest carbon leading global cities including L.A., New York, Toronto, Oslo, utilization technologies and explain how they fit within University of Shenzhen, and more can point the way to creating a more University of the broader context of carbon mitigation strategies in Toronto Press sustainable planet. Toronto Press the shift toward a sustainable energy economy. 2020 | English 2020 | English World rights available World rights available ISBN: 9781487506827 ISBN: 9781487506360 C$32.95; 248 pgs. BISAC: NAT011000, POL044000, SOC026030 C$34.95; 208 pgs. BISAC: NAT011000, POL044000 Thema: RPC, JPFA, JPT Thema: RNK, JPFA

The Typewriter Century The Queer Evangelist A Cultural History of Writing Practices by Cheri DiNovo by Martyn Lyons In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells With quirky charm, Lyons captures the intensity of the her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1960s to ordained minister in the ’90s to member of the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, provincial parliament. As a legislator, DiNovo passed more to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history. Interspersed The Typewriter Century provides a cultural history of with her political work DiNovo describes her conversion to the typewriter, outlining the ways in which it can be religious life and her theological work. Her story illustrates considered an agent of change and demonstrating how how one can resist and change the repressive systems from within. University of it influenced all writers, canonical and otherwise. Wilfrid Laurier Toronto Press World rights available University Press World rights available 2021 | English 2020 | English BISAC: BIO031000;BIO032000; BIO018000 ISBN: 9781487508241 BISAC: LIT007000, LIT024050, HIS037070 Thema: DSBH, NHTB-3MP ISBN: 9781771124898 Thema: DNBX1, JBSJ, 1KBC-CA-OSM C$90.00; 320 pgs. C$29.99; 250 pgs.

TIFF A Life of Timothy Findley by Sherrill Grace TIFF: A Life of Timothy Findley is the first full biography of one of Canada’s foremost writers (The Wars, Famous Last Words) who began his career as an actor in London, England. Sherrill Grace provides insight into Findley’s life and struggles through an exploration of his private journals and his relationships with family and his close friends. Based on many interviews and exhaustive archival Wilfrid Laurier research, TIFF explores Findley’s life and work and the University Press issues that consumed him. 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781771124539 C$39.99; 540 pgs. BISAC: BIO007000; LIT004080; SOC012000 Thema: DNBL, DSK, JBSJ

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Salma the Syrian Chef Why Are You So Quiet? by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron by Jaclyn Desforges, illustrated by Risa Hugo All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. “Why are you so quiet?” Her teacher implores it, her Between English classes, job interviews, and missing classmates shout it, even her mom wonders it. Everyone, Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. it seems, is concerned for Myra Louise. So, in search of an A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma answer to the tiresome question, she invents a listening doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables machine. But the more she listens, the less interested in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, Annick Press she becomes in finding any answer at all. Myra Louise the staff and other newcomers at the Welcome Center realizes that all she really needs is someone else to listen Annick Press 2020 | English are happy to lend a hand—and a sprinkle of sumac. ISBN: 9781773214344 alongside her. A poignant story celebrating introversion 2020 | English C$21.95; 32 pgs. and the power of listening. ISBN: 9781773213750 Rights sold in Germany C$21.95; 40 pgs. BISAC: JUV050000, JUV039250, JUV039090 Ages 3–5 World rights available Ages 6–9 BISAC: JUV039140, JUV014000, JUV039050

Weird Cars Weird Food by Philip Hendriks by Joanna Emery, illustrated by Roger Garcia Super Explorers takes you into the world of cars. But Food is in the eye of the beholder. This book assembles an these are not your average sedans, mini-vans, or SUVs. amazing and often stomach-turning array of things people We get together with a car “FANatic” to talk turkey about put in their mouths. Quite apart from delighting readers with the really weird cars. Super Explorers want to show you exotic entrées, Joanna Emery asks the burning questions: some of the weirdest cars in the world, from a car shaped • If you find Fluffy on your plate, does that qualify like a shoe to a duck car, and an amphibious car to one as pet food? powered by steam. • Why do roughly 20 people a year die after eating the Japanese Seafood Special? Blue Bike Books World rights available Blue Bike Books • Why would someone pay more than $300 for bird saliva? 2019 | Français BISAC: JNF057030 • What’s the rage about Marmite and Vegemite? ISBN: 9781926700946 2009 | English C$6.99; 64 pgs. ISBN: 9781897278383 World rights available C$14.95; 224 pgs. Ages 6–9 BISAC: JNF028000 Ages 8–12

(M)other Cours, Ben, cours ! by Sanita Fejzić, illustrated by Alisa Arsenault de Philippe Garon et Sonia Cotten, From the delivery room to the classroom, a woman whose illustré par Daniela Zekina motherhood is questioned explains: her son doesn’t have a Ben se réveille en sursaut. Dans sa ville, la plus laide, father, but two moms. She is the other mother. But there was la plus noire, la plus sale des villes, un train a déraillé. only room for one on the birth certificate and in the minds Tout brûle ! of some adults and kids, a father figure must be found. Vite, Ben installe son père dans sa poussette et tente de Bouton d’or Acadie Adapted from a 2018 CBC Poetry Prize shortlisted sortir du brasier. Dans sa fuite, il repère un oiseau blanc 2020 | English poem, this book tells, with tenderness and accuracy, qui semble lui faire signe… Décidé à tenter le tout pour ISBN: 9782897501853 the difficulties that homoparental families face in being le tout, Ben choisit de faire confiance à la corneille, et C$13.95; 24 pgs. accepted for who they are. Bouton d’or Acadie lui emboîte le pas. Ages 6–10 World rights available 2020 | Français ISBN: 9782897501792 Tous droits disponibles BISAC: JNF053080, JNF019090, JNF019060 19,95 $ CA; 288 pgs. BISAC: JUV020000, JUV001010, JUV015020 Thema: YXB, 5PS 12 ans et plus Thema: YFCA, YFHD, YFM

100 First Words for Your Little Genius Caillou: Everything Will Be Fine A Carry Along Book A Story About COVID-19 by Anne Paradis, illustrated by Annie Sechao by Christine L’Heureux, illustrated by Eric Sévigny Is your child a voracious learner who has already mastered Caillou is at day care, playing dinosaurs with his friends, basic vocabulary? Is your youngster relentlessly curious? when their caregiver tells them something very important: This enriched word book serves up enough complex, a new sickness is going around. Caillou learns that the scientific and scholarly words to satisfy your budding best way to protect himself from the virus is to stay at genius’s appetite for knowledge. CrackBoom! / home and wash his hands a lot. Adapting to a new daily CrackBoom! / Chouette routine can be challenging, but Caillou discovers that he Rights sold in Georgian, Spanish, and French Chouette 2020 | English can still have fun! With a little help from technology, he 2019 | English BISAC: JUV009080 ISBN: 9782897186012 stays in touch with Grandma and his friends. ISBN: 9782898020537 Thema: YBLA C$4.95; 24 pgs. World rights available C$9.99; 24 pgs. Ages 3–5 Ages 3–5 BISAC: JUV015020 Thema: YXLB

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I Just Want to be Super! The Magic Kingdom of Unicorns by Andrew Katz, illustrated by Tony Luzano A Look and Find Book Nino finds a mask that gives him amazing powers. He by Yves Gélinas, illustrated by Sanaa Legdani can’t wait to blast into action! But no one will let him do Discover the fantasy world of unicorns! Take out your all the super things he wants to do. Instead, everybody magnifying glass, there are so many things to see. Join tells him stuff like put away your dishes. Get dressed. the unicorns and discover their wonderful magical world! Be CAREFUL. Will Nino ever get the chance to show just Have fun playing detective and spot hidden objects in how super he can be? With empathy and exuberance, the vibrant and playful scenes. Made especially for little Andrew Katz and Tony Luzano tell a story every child CrackBoom! / ones, this book sharpens observation skills and develops CrackBoom! / will relate to, one about stretching their limits and Chouette vocabulary. With bonus look-and-find activity ideas! Chouette discovering just what it means to be super. 2020 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9782898021572 World rights available World rights available ISBN: 9782898021930 C$12.99; 14 pgs. BISAC: JUV002270, JUV037000 C$19.95; 32 pgs. BISAC: JUV051000, JUV071000, JUV039050 Ages 3–5 Thema: YBGH Ages 3–5 Thema: YBCS

The Winter Party Appelez-moi... PRINCE ! / With Two-Way Sequins Just call me... PRINCE! by Kim Thompson, illustrated by Vanessa Forte d’Émilie Pépin, illustré par Émilie Pépin The Winter Fairy is preparing a big party. She sends Little Mon nom est Prince et ma vie est parfaite ! Toujours prêt Snowman to deliver invitations to all the animals living pour la bataille, je suis doux comme un ours et aussi léger near the castle. The brave Little Snowman must walk a qu’un oiseau. Mais qui suis-je ? Cela reste un mystère… / long way, convince hesitant guests, and even dare to go My name is Prince and my life is just about perfect! I can CrackBoom! / into a dark cave! Will he manage to gather everyone in Dominique live in a castle, or in a cave, or in a tree. Am I a bear? Or a Chouette time for the festivities? A cute winter story that addresses et compagnie bird? Who am I? Maybe you’ll be surprised. An amusing 2020 | English the themes of helpfulness, empathy and perseverance. 2020 | Français picture book for young children, colorful illustrations and ISBN: 9782898022449 ISBN: 9782897859671 a story that will arouse their curiosity. C$12.99; 24 pgs. World rights available 12,95 $ CA; 24 pgs. Tous droits disponibles Ages 3–5 BISAC: JUV017000, JUV002040, JUV002210, JUV002290, 3 à 5 ans JUV002110, JUV002030 Thema: YBCS

GRUMO, l’ourson aventurier / Ils ne veulent pas jouer avec moi GRUMO, The Adventurer Bear Cub Tickled Pink — How Friendship Can Wash d’Audrey Jadaud, illustré par Audrey Jadaud the World With Colour Un récit teinté d’humour coquin aborde le thème by Andrée Poulin, de l’exclusion et du vivre-ensemble. illustrated by Lucile Danis Drouot Tous droits disponibles A heartwarming, beautifully illustrated story of Fanfan, a pink flamingo wanting to be friends with a black-and- Dominique Dominique white panda and a zebra. “Much too pink!” they tell him. et compagnie et compagnie Fanfan tries everything to be accepted. And finally, with 2020 | Français 2019 | French the help of a friend and family realizes he has to just be ISBN: 9782898200700 ISBN: 9782897857783 himself. A book that delivers a positive message to 21,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. C$21.95; 32 pgs. young children. 3 à 5 ans Ages 3–5 Rights sold in English for North America and Korean

La grotte cachée / The Hidden Cave Transfert mortel / Fatal Danger de Stéphanie Gervais, de Mathieu Fortin illustré par Sabrina Gendron Adélaïde participe à un stage d’apprentissage dans une Olivier, Magalie et Alexandra sont de nouveau réunis au petite ville isolée. Dès son arrivée, l’adolescente reçoit lac des Îles pour une nouvelle enquête. À la recherche des messages anonymes sur son mobile. Au début, elle d’indices, ils font la découverte d’une caverne d’où croit que ce sont des blagues, mais elle se rend vite proviennent des bruits sourds et inquiétants. / Olivier, compte qu’elle est en danger de mort. Adélaïde veut fuir Magalie and Alexandra are once again reunited at the cet endroit isolé, mais comment y parvenir ? En qui peut- lake for a new adventure. They hear strange noises elle avoir confiance ? Son directeur de stage ? D’autres coming from what looks like a hidden cave??? A new jeunes comme elle ? Elle n’arrive pas à joindre qui ce soit. Dominique suspense story for boys and girls. This is the sixth story Dominique Tous droits disponibles et compagnie in this popular series for readers 8 years and up. et compagnie 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français ISBN: 9782897855178 ISBN: 9782898120213 10,95 $ CA; 96 pgs. 19,95 $ CA; 324 pgs. 7 à 10 ans 12 ans et plus

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Une cachette pour les bobettes Hier, quand j’étais bébé by Andrée Poulin, illustrated by Boum de Laurent Turcot, One morning, Jacob arrives at school with a pair of illustré par Baptiste Amsallem underpants stuck in his pant leg. That’s what happens Charlotte, six ans, pense qu’hier, elle était un bébé. when you take clothes out of the dryer without folding Druide Éditions de Son ingénieux papa va entreprendre de lui expliquer them! The young boy hurries to hide the undies under la Pastèque comment fonctionne le temps ! 2016 | French a bench, but a rascal finds them and takes advantage 2019 | Français ISBN: 9782897112479 of the opportunity to make his friends laugh. Luckily, Laurent Turcot et Baptiste Amsallem nous présentent C$19.95; 32 pgs. ISBN: 9782897770570 not everyone sees it the same way! This story reads 18,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. un livre brillant pour faire comprendre les notions Ages 3–5 like a puzzle, each piece of which must be examined de temps aux enfants ! 3 à 5 ans to understand the whole. until the final surprise! Tous droits disponibles World rights available BISAC: JNF000000 BISAC: JUV048000 Thema: YFB Thema: YDA

Les étoiles Malou de Jacques Goldstyn, de Geneviève Godbout, illustré par Jacques Goldstyn illustré par Geneviève Godbout Un jeune garçon juif et une petite fille musulmane se Aucun autre kangourou ne bondit comme le petit Malou. rencontrent dans un parc, dans le Mile End, quartier Un bond, deux bonds, trois bonds : il s’élance toujours populaire de Montréal. Ils réalisent bientôt qu’ils plus haut et toujours plus fort. Mais un jour, sans partagent une passion profonde pour les étoiles et les comprendre ce qui lui arrive, Malou ne saute plus. constellations, rêvant de devenir un jour scientifiques Un nuage gris s’est installé sur lui… ou astronautes, d’explorer l’infini du ciel. Leur histoire Droits vendus en Russie, Canada (anglais) Éditions de consistera à rêver, à partager et à explorer ce qui est la Pastèque plus grand que nous, au-delà des questions religieuses. Éditions de BISAC: JUV000000 2019 | Français la Pastèque Thema: YFB ISBN: 9782897770686 Véritable hymne à l’amitié ! 18,95 $ CA; 68 pgs. 2018 | Français Droits vendus en Espagne ISBN: 9782897770471 8 à 12 ans BISAC: JUV000000 19,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. Thema: YFM 3 à 5 ans

Le film en 3D Le lac des cygnes Collection Du plaisir à lire Collection Éveil aux contes de Brigitte Allard, illustré par Dominique Côté de Léa Cullen-Robitaille, illustré par Manuella Côté Thomas et Bella vont au cinéma voir un film en 3D. Cygne le jour et princesse la nuit : tel est le sort de Nina. Est-ce que Thomas aura peur ? Or un jour, un jeune homme croise son chemin au lac des Du plaisir à lire est une collection en littératie conçue Bouton d’or Acadie cygnes. Et s’il changeait son destin ? pour initier les enfants à la lecture et les aider à devenir Éditions de l’Envolée 2020 | Français La collection Éveil aux contes initie les jeunes à l’univers des lectrices et des lecteurs autonomes. La collection ISBN: 9782894886496 du monde merveilleux. Au moyen de phrases simples, 2016 | Français comprend livrets présentant des illustrations en couleurs ISBN: 9782894885642 4,00 $ CA; 14 pgs. l’auteure raconte les péripéties de personnages qui supportent le texte; des mots fréquemment utilisés; et 14,99 $ CA; 18 pgs. 6 à 9 ans légendaires et réinvente des passages choisis d’histoires des structures de phrase répétitives. Les petites histoires 6 à 9 ans fabuleuses. Les illustrations stylisées entraînent l’enfant sont adaptées aux champs d’intérêt des enfants. à voir au-delà du texte lu. Tous droits disponibles Tous droits disponibles BISAC: LAN012000 BISAC: LAN012000 Thema: Y Thema: Y

Une histoire de pêche Arthur et Malika Collection Du plaisir à lire : Romans B de Paule Brière, illustré par Claude K. Dubois de Mario Audet, illustré par Dominique Pelletier Hier, Arthur a vu la guerre à la télé, et ce n’était pas un Selon une légende amérindienne, un énorme achigan dessin animé. Il y avait des chars, des fusils, du vrai sang. vivrait dans le lac des Deux Baies. Renaud a bien Hier, Malika et sa famille ont quitté leur logis et ils ont l’intention d’attraper ce gros poisson. Éditions D’Eux marché presque toute la nuit. Malika avait peur et très mal aux pieds. Et si. si. si la Vie faisait en sorte qu’ils Du plaisir à lire est une collection en littératie conçue pour 2018 | Français ISBN: 9782924645277 se rencontrent ? initier les enfants à la lecture et les aider à devenir des 18,95 $ CA; 40 pgs. lectrices et des lecteurs autonomes. Chacun des romans Tous droits disponibles de la série Roman B plaira aux jeunes qui débutent la 6 à 9 ans BISAC: JUV000000 Éditions de l’Envolée lecture romanesque. Les textes clairs et enjoués, ainsi Thema: Y 2017 | Français que les superbes illustrations les charmeront à coup sûr. ISBN: 9782894885918 Tous droits disponibles 7,00 $ CA; 40 pgs. BISAC: LAN012000, Thema: Y 7 à 10 ans

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Charlotte et la migration des shorts La case 144 de Laurène Smagghe, de Nadine Poirier, illustré par Jean-Claude Alphen illustré par Geneviève Després Charlotte adore les shorts. Le matin, le midi, le soir. Lorsque la mère de Lia lui offrit une boîte de craies toutes elle en porte. Mais en novembre. plus de shorts. neuves, elle entreprit de dessiner un long jeu de marelle Disparus ! Que va faire Charlotte ? Comment vivre qui serpentait sur les trottoirs. Pour ne plus s’égarer. Ses sans ses shorts adorés ? premières cases à peine achevées, elle projeta de faire le Éditions D’Eux tour de la ville au complet. Mais qui est cet homme qui Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français bloque son projet ? BISAC: JUV000000 ISBN: 9782924645406 Tous droits disponibles 20,95 $ CA; 52 pgs. Thema: Y Éditions D’Eux BISAC: JUV000000 6 à 9 ans 2019 | Français ISBN: 9782924645437 Thema: Y 18,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. 6 à 9 ans

Le jardinier qui cultivait des livres Pierre qui roule de Nadine Poirier, illustré par Claude K. Dubois de Corinne Boutry, illustré par Anne Villeneuve Nadine Poirier raconte ici, avec des mots tendres et Écureuil trouve une pomme, mais ne veut pas la partager. choisis, une rencontre entre un jardinier et une jeune fille. Il tentera d’éloigner ses copains. S’en apercevront-ils ? Lui, seul, à cultiver des livres. Elle, seule, sans parents. Complicité, tendresse, moments cocasses. Bref, tout Leur rencontre changera leur vie à tout jamais. Et d’une pour plaire ! certaine façon, la façon de regarder des lecteurs. Tous droits disponibles Éditions D’Eux Tous droits disponibles BISAC: JUV000000 2016 | Français Thema: Y ISBN: 9782924645079 BISAC: JUV000000 Éditions D’Eux 18,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. Thema: Y 2019 | Français 6 à 9 ans ISBN: 9782924645321 22,95 $ CA; 40 pgs. 3 à 5 ans

Le grand méchant loup Mon chien banane qui vivait dans ma maison de Roxane Brouillard, illustré par Giulia Sagramola de Valérie Fontaine, illustré par Nathalie Dion Dans un parc, un enfant promène une banane au bout Une fillette vivait seule avec sa mère. Mais voilà que cette d’une laisse. Cette chose pour le moins inusitée attire dernière tombe amoureuse… et qu’elle fait entrer, sans le l’attention des passants, qui s’attroupent autour du jeune savoir, le grand méchant loup dans leur maison. Dès lors, garçon. Une longue discussion s’en suit où les gens les sourires tombent. Et les hurlements commencent. La essaient de comprendre pourquoi l’enfant promène fillette porte maintenant des manches longues et bâtit une banane, pendant que de son côté le garçon essaie un rempart de briques autour de son cœur. Sa mère et Éditions Les de leur faire comprendre que sa banane est un chien. Éditions Les elle pourront-elles s’en sortir alors que le loup devient 400 coups Plus précisément, son chien Banane. 400 coups de plus en plus féroce ? 2020 | Français Tous droits disponibles 2020 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782895407263 ISBN: 9782895407102 15,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. 19,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. 6 à 9 ans 7 à 10 ans

Va chercher le pain L’histoire de Noël racontée aux enfants de Jean-Baptiste Drouot, de Georges Madore, illustré par Claude Cachin illustré par Jean-Baptiste Drouot Voici l’histoire de Noël, venue du cœur de Dieu, en Graham est un renard rêveur et un brin trouillard. Il 24 brefs épisodes magnifiquement illustrés. Interpellé habite à la campagne et cultive les potirons. Un jour, par des questions au fil de la lecture, l’enfant est invité à sa mère lui demande d’aller chercher le pain à la faire sien le récit. / Here is the story of Christmas, coming boulangerie du coin. Mais comme quoi il n’y a jamais from the heart of God, in 24 brief episodes beautifully rien de simple, le boulanger du coin n’a plus de pain ! Éditions Médiaspaul illustrated. Stimulated by questions during the reading, Éditions Les Ce qui s’annonçait au départ comme une simple course, 2019 | Français the child is invited to appropriate the story. se transforme en aventure épique et plus grande que 400 coups ISBN: 9782897602376 Tous droits disponibles nature, lorsque Graham tente d’aller chercher du pain 14,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. 2019 | Français chez le boulanger du village voisin. BISAC: JUV033010 ISBN: 9782895408741 12 ans et plus Thema: YBCH 17,95 $ CA; 48 pgs. Tous droits disponibles 3 à 5 ans

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Guiby La dinde qui voulait voter Une odeur de soufre by Carine Paquin, by Sampar, illustrated by Sampar illustrated by Laurence Dechassey Guiby is not afraid of anything, not even the monster It’s voting day at the High Court Farm! All animals are hiding in his closet. The creature can scratch, growl and getting ready to exercise their right to vote, except Simone make all the noise it wants, but it can’t scare the boy. and her fellow turkeys. Why? Because at the High Court Then one night, Guiby decides to confront the beast. Farm, turkeys are not allowed to vote, and that’s just the The child opens the door of his closet and sets out in Éditions Michel Quintin way it is! But Simone will not let this injustice carry on pursuit of the monster. The Superbaby will find himself any further, she will fight for turkeys’ rights! deep in the underbelly of the city, where a world full of 2019 | French Éditions danger lurks in the shadows. ISBN: 9782897624361 Discover the High Court Farm, where everyone is free Michel Quintin C$14.95; 32 pgs. to speak their mind and be themselves. 2013 | French Rights sold in Europe (French), Netherlands Ages 3–5 World rights available ISBN: 9782894356746 BISAC: JUV008000, JUV008020, JUV008040 C$19.95; 116 pgs. BISAC: JUV000000, JUV002000, JUV039000 Ages 8–12 Thema: YFB

Savais-tu ? Spirit Animals Les Dinosaures Meanings and Stories by Alain M. Bergeron, Michel Quintin, and Sampar by Wayne Arthurson These humorous and intelligent documentaries use a Our Indigenous Elders tell of a time when animals and cartoon format to teach about little-known animals and humans could speak to each other. When humans became their habits. The combination of comical illustrations too greedy and killed more animals than they needed for and scientific information helps readers easily assimilate food, the Creator changed that relationship to protect the new wildlife knowledge. With more than 700,000 copies animals. So the Creator made a Spirit Animal to represent sold in Québec alone, the Savais-tu? series, which so far each one and granted them gifts they could give to numbers 74 books, delights adults and children alike. A people. This book is a guide, and the meanings of the Éditions Eschia Books Michel Quintin collection that makes you laugh as you learn. Savais-tu? Spirit Animals featured here are only one interpretation. 2015 | English 2008 | French Rights sold in Brazil, Canada (English), China, Japan, ISBN: 9781926696263 World rights available ISBN: 9782894353790 Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Vietnam, and C$9.99; 96 pgs. C$12.95; 64 pgs. BISAC: JNF008000 the USA Ages 8–12 Ages 6–9 BISAC: HUM001000, JNF003000, JNF051150

Laurent, c’est moi ! Simone sous les ronces de Stéphanie Deslauriers, de Maude Nepveu-Villeneuve, illustré par Geneviève Després illustré par Sandra Dumais Laurent possède une foule de connaissances sur les Simone a un vélo à deux roues, des souliers rouges avec plantes, il excelle en mathématiques et il aime appeler des étoiles et un doudou lion vraiment doux. Elle a aussi les choses par leur vrai nom. Mais son comportement des ronces : des branches pleines d’épines qui poussent singulier lui donne parfois du fil à retordre avec ses dans son ventre et qui la paralysent lorsqu’elle est camarades de classe. Est-ce que la sortie de fin inquiète ou qu’elle a peur. Simone aimerait bien arriver d’année au Jardin botanique pourrait permettre Fonfon Fonfon à dompter ses ronces, mais comment ? à Laurent d’être perçu autrement ? 2019 | Français 2020 | Français Droits vendus en anglais (monde) ISBN: 9782923813912 Un album qui plonge dans le quotidien d’un garçon ISBN: 9782923813998 19,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. autiste de manière franche et sensible. 19,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. 6 à 9 ans 6 à 9 ans Droits vendus en anglais

50 Space Missions That Changed the World Flu Shot Fidgets by John A. Read The Secret Games of Maximus Todd by L. M. Nicodemo, illustrated by Graham Ross Since the first space mission in 1957, there have been many pivotal missions that have made new discoveries Meet Maximus Todd! He’s the kid who can’t sit still! Max and pushed the boundaries of our knowledge. calms his fears about getting a needle at the doctor’s 50 Space Missions that Changed the World revisits office by playing a game that involves all the animals milestone missions from Europe, Russia, China, India, on the farm. Can he make it out of the office without Formac Publishing the U.S., Canada and more. Includes more than everyone thinking he’s coming down with more than the 2020 | English 100 colour photographs. fidgets? Max finds that while it’s not always easy being ISBN: 9781459506268 a kid—especially if you’re a bit different—there is often World rights available C$19.95; 80 pgs. Formac Publishing humour, kindness and love in the most unexpected Ages 7–10 BISAC: JNF051010 places. Dyslexia-friendly format. Thema: YNNZ 2016 | English ISBN: 9781459504349 Rights sold in French C$14.95; 96 pgs. BISAC: JUV039150 Ages 6–9 Thema: YXK

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Teatime Around the World No Vacancy by Denyse Waissbluth, by Tziporah Cohen illustrated by Chelsea O’Byrne Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor This poetic picture book takes children of all ages on an Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam adventure around the world to discover new cultures and Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. But friends through tea. Teatime Around the World welcomes when it becomes clear that only a miracle is going to save the youngest of readers with simple, vivid poetry the Jewel from bankruptcy, Miriam and her new Catholic complemented by unique facts about different tea friend Kate decide to fake an apparition of the Virgin Mary Greystone Books cultures. Vibrant, detailed pictures by Chelsea O’Byrne to entice visitors to their small town. Their plan works bring to life debut author Denyse Waissbluth’s joyous almost too well, but with unexpected consequences. 2020 | English celebration of diversity and deliciousness. Groundwood Books ISBN: 9781771646017 Rights sold in World English audio C$22.95; 40 pgs. World rights available 2020 | English ISBN: 9781773064109 BISAC: JUV039120, JUV033020, JUV039060 Ages 6–9 BISAC: JNF014000, JNF069000 C$16.95; 224 pgs. Thema: YFB, YXN, YXPB, YFK, 5PGJ, YXHB Thema: YBC Ages 8–12

The Bad Chair The Stray and the Strangers by Dasha Tolstikova, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova by Steven Heighton, illustrated by Melissa Iwai Every evening before brushing their teeth and getting The first work for young readers by award-winning author ready for bed, Vivi and Monkey play the game: Monkey Steven Heighton is a heartfelt early chapter book about a hides under a sheet, and Vivi pretends to look for him. stray dog who befriends a young boy in a refugee camp Chair wishes more than anything that he could play, too. on a Greek island. Based on a true story. One evening, Chair decides to make Monkey late for the World rights available game so that Vivi will look for him instead. But nothing Groundwood Books goes quite according to plan! A funny and sweet story BISAC: JUV039250, JUV002070, JUV030050 Thema: YFB, YXZ, YFP, YNM 2020 | English about feeling left out, from the author and illustrator ISBN: 9781773062464 of A Year Without Mom. Groundwood Books C$18.95; 40 pgs. World rights available 2020 | English Ages 3–5 ISBN: 9781773063812 BISAC: JUV051000, JUV019000, JUV039060 C$4.95; 96 pgs. Thema: YBCS2, YFQ Ages 6–9

Mega Rex The Horse of the River A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty by Sari Cooper by Dr. W. Scott Persons IV, illustrated by Beth Zaiken Twelve-year-old Gillian has always dreamed of attending “Scotty,” the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the a horseback riding camp. But now that she’s going, she’s world, was discovered in 1991. Mega Rex describes the terrified. Will she make friends? Will she keep up with the landmark discovery, how to dig up a fossil, and what the other girls’ riding skills? When she finds herself stranded unusual features of Scotty’s skeleton reveal about the in the wilderness she must face her fears, summon her world of the T. Rex. Featuring profiles of paleontologists courage and believe in herself. Will it be enough to and other members of “team rex,” colour illustrations save her? by award-winning paleoartist Beth Zaiken and seventy World rights available Harbour Publishing colour photos, Mega Rex offers new insight into Harbour Publishing tyrannosaurs and the world they inhabited. BISAC: JUV002130, JUV032170, JUV001010 2020 | English 2019 | English ISBN: 9781550179057 World rights available ISBN: 9781550178777 C$13.95; 128 pgs. C$12.95; 176 pgs. BISAC: JNF003050, JNF037050, JNF025050 Ages 8–12 Ages 8–12

Animals Illustrated Series Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me A Story Narwhal by Aviaq Johnston, illustrated by Tamara Campeau by Various, illustrated by Various Bowhead whales are the longest-living mammals on the Animals Illustrated mixes fun-filled animal facts suitable planet, living over 200 years. In this heartwarming story, for the youngest of readers with intricately detailed a grandfather bowhead recounts to his young grandchild illustrations to create a unique and beautiful collection of calf all the beautiful, amazing, and surprising things he children’s books on Arctic animals. Each volume contains has seen in his lifetime—all while assuring the little calf first-hand accounts from authors who live in the Arctic, Inhabit Media that there is nothing more wondrous than the love a along with interesting facts on the behaviours and biology 2021 | English grandfather has for his grandchild. Inhabit Media of each animal. Kids will learn about how narwhal raise their ISBN: 9781772272970 World rights available young in the cold Arctic ocean, what they eat, and where C$17.95; 28 pgs. 2020 | English they can be found, along with other interested information, BISAC: JUV002370 ISBN: 9781772270808 Ages 0–3 Thema: YFP C$15.95; 24 pgs. like the fact that a narwhals long tusk is actually a tooth! Ages 6–9 Rights sold in Japanese and French (North America) BISAC: JNF003000, Thema: YNNB9

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Please Don’t Change My Diaper A Portrait in Poems by Sarabeth Holden, illustrated by Emma Pedersen The Storied Life of Gertrude Stein What toddler likes getting their diaper changed? and Alice B. Toklas In this hilarious rhyming book, a little boy sees his world by Evie Robillard, illustrated by Rachel Katstaller crumble around him as his mother prepares to change A delightful introduction to one of the most influential his diaper. But surrounded by a little love and feeling figures of twentieth-century art and literature. Here’s fresh and clean, he realizes that things may not be an insider’s tour of the lives of Gertrude Stein and Inhabit Media so terrible after all. unless he ever needs his diaper her partner, Alice B. Toklas, and it explores their art changed again! 2020 | English collection, famous writer and artist friends and even ISBN: 9781772272734 Fun for babies, toddlers, and parents alike, this humorous their dog, Basket. It also describes how Gertrude’s book C$17.95; 28 pgs. Kids Can Press book brings to life a scene familiar to all parents. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was not about Alice, 2020 | English Ages 0–3 but more about Gertrude herself! Poems, paintings, and World rights available ISBN: 9781525300561 C$19.99; 48 pgs. Paris come to life in this biography. BISAC: JUV019000 Thema: YBCB Ages 6–9 World rights available BISAC: JNF007030, JNF006050, JNF038060

AAAlligator! The International Day of the Girl by Judith Henderson, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier Celebrating Girls Around the World A humorous tale about acceptance, social justice and by Jessica Dee Humphreys and Rona Ambrose, keeping an open mind. Though he’s scared at first, a boy illustrated by Simone Shin who encounters an alligator in the woods discovers all Celebrated every October 11th, the United Nation’s the creature wants is companionship—and leftovers!— International Day of the Girl was created to increase and the two become friends. The mayor of the boy’s town awareness of issues that affect girls and encourage won’t have it, but the townspeople eventually realize progress toward gender equality. Nine stories inspired by how friendly the alligator is and they want him to stay. the real-life experiences of girls from all over the globe Can they all come together and find a way to keep the Kids Can Press Kids Can Press bring to light the importance of this day. These realistic yet alligator in their town? 2020 | English hopeful stories cover topics from gender-based violence 2020 | English to illiteracy, and sanitation to child marriage, with each ISBN: 9781525301513 World rights available ISBN: 9781525300585 C$19.99; 32 pgs. story set in a different country. C$19.99; 40 pgs. BISAC: JUV039120, JUV023000, JUV002010 Ages 3–5 Ages 7–10 World rights available BISAC: JNF023000, JNF053160, JNF026000

Time for Bed’s Story Enterrer la lune by Monica Arnaldo, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo by Andrée Poulin, illustrated by Sonali Zohra A child’s bed tells it like it is! “Bed has something to say. In a village in rural India, Latika, a courageous and Bed knows you do not like bedtime. And Bed gets it. But determined young girl, takes advantage of the visit of look. YOU are not so great, either.” Bed’s patience is a government representative to try to make one of her wearing thin. For years, Bed has put up with the kicking, dreams come true: the construction of public toilets, the jumping and the storing of all manner of stinky items. which would allow her to attend school, even after But enough is enough. Now it’s time to consider Bed’s reaching puberty. feelings. Hearing Bed’s side of the story just might get Kids Can Press kids to want to go there! Rights sold in French (world) la courte échelle and Korean (South Korea) 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781525302398 2020 | French BISAC: JUV030000, JUV000000, JUV057000 C$19.99; 32 pgs. BISAC: JUV010000, JUV019000, JUV051000 ISBN: 9782897741679 Thema: YF Ages 3–5 C$16.95; 120 pgs. Ages 7–10

Oiseaux de malheur Le goût délicieux d’une mozzarella ! by Jocelyn Boisvert Petites histoires de grands compositeurs d’Ana Gerhard, illustré par Marie Lafrance Hell descended from the sky. Voyagez dans le temps pour faire la rencontre de Seated in the back of the family car, Daphné sighs with Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovsky en suivant Minime, une boredom. Suddenly. Bang! A bird smashes against the charmante petite souris qui raffole du fromage et de windshield. When the teen’s father gets out of the car la musique ! Sasha et Bobik attendent impatiemment to see if the bird is still alive, he’s struck by another bird. l’arrivée de leur oncle préféré qui vient les rejoindre pour Thus begins a long series of attacks that transform this les vacances. Ce musicien de grand talent n’est pas bucolic first day of vacation into a veritable nightmare. comme les autres personnes : il leur apporte toujours la courte échelle La Montagne secrète World rights available des cadeaux surprenants ! (collection de six titres sur 2021 | Français 2019 | French les grands compositeurs) ISBN: 9782897742133 BISAC: JUV018000, JUV000000, JUV001010 ISBN: 9782924774908 C$13.95; 112 pgs. Thema: YF 22,95 $ CA; 36 pgs. Tous droits disponibles Ages 8–12 6 à 9 ans BISAC: JUV031040 Thema: YNL

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Alexia Complètement soccer Le rêve secret L’éveil du Phénix de Jean-Michel Collin de Jean-Michel Collin Personne ne le sait, mais Alexia Bédard, quatorze ans, À quatorze ans, Philippe Gauvin ne vit que pour le a un rêve auquel elle tient plus que tout. Un jour, elle soccer. Plein d’énergie et de détermination, l’attaquant participera aux Jeux olympiques ! À son grand bonheur, du Phénix de Québec a pour ultime ambition de jouer Alexia renoue dès la rentrée scolaire avec le volleyball un jour pour le FC Barcelone. L’occasion de franchir une et le basketball, ses deux sports préférés. Quand elle étape décisive se présente lorsqu’il est recruté pour apprend que la compétition sportive Girl Power promet participer à un camp d’entraînement rassemblant les à la gagnante un stage dans l’équipe nationale de son meilleurs joueurs de sa région. En plus de s’entraîner choix, elle n’hésite pas à saisir sa chance… intensément, Philippe étudie d’arrache-pied pour éviter Les Éditeurs réunis Les Éditeurs réunis des cours d’été qui anéantiraient ses projets… 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles 2018 | Français ISBN: 9782897832544 ISBN: 9782895859659 Droits vendus en français (monde) 14,95 $ CA; 336 pgs. 14,95 $ CA; 272 pgs. 12 ans et plus 12 ans et plus

Julianne et Jazz Recruté par le CH En piste ! Une difficile ascension de Chantale D’Amours de Daniel Guay Quand elle apprend que sa meilleure amie sera absente Thomas Fortin est un jeune hockeyeur dont le talent tout l’été, Julianne, 12 ans, a une idée de génie : passer n’est pas à la hauteur de ses ambitions : grimper les ses vacances à la campagne, chez sa grand-mère qui échelons et être ultimement recruté par les Canadiens de dirige un centre équestre. Elle y nouera une amitié Montréal. Ses débuts dans une nouvelle équipe Midget indéfectible avec un imposant cheval brun du nom AAA ne sont pas très reluisants, d’autant plus qu’il entre de Jazz. Ensemble, ils iront à la conquête des plus rapidement en conflit avec son capitaine. C’est alors que prestigieuses compétitions équestres. le garçon découvre un bâton de hockey bien spécial, Les Éditeurs réunis signé par le légendaire Maurice Richard… Tous droits disponibles Les Éditeurs réunis 2019 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897833411 2016 | Français 14,95 $ CA; 256 pgs. ISBN: 9782895857563 14,95 $ CA; 256 pgs. 12 ans et plus 12 ans et plus

Clovis is scared of Clouds Tout le monde dort by Guylaine Guay, illustrated by Orbie by Iris Amizlev, illustrated by Pnina C. Gagnon Why is Clovis scared of clouds? No one knows. Not even Everyone Sleeps is an ABC-book for the whole family. his mother. But she’s sure to find a way to help him live This book presents 26 animals, depicted both awake with his great big (tiny little) fear. An original moving story and asleep. It combines several educational features: that dedramatizes an autistic child’s experience of life. promoting thoughts of sleep, teaching children about World rights available various worldwide animals and how they sleep, learning Les Éditions the alphabet, enhancing vocabulary, instilling a passion de la Bagnole BISAC: JUV039150 for animals and promoting original artwork. The book 2020 | French Les éditions is also characterized by a high quality and colorful du passage ISBN: 9782897143756 graphic design. C$19.95; 32 pgs. 2019 | French World rights available Ages 3–5 ISBN: 9782924397640 C$24.95; 64 pgs. BISAC: JNF003000, JNF013010, JNF006000 Ages 8–12 Thema: YB

Quelle vie de chien !!! Quelle vie de chien 2 !!! Tome 1 Gucci Givenchy 1er de Jay Rowling, illustré par Jim Lego de Jay Rowling, illustré par Jim Lego Si vous aimez les chiens, voilà un roman qui saura vous Le livre le plus drôle jamais publié ! Attendez-vous à rire ravir, en plus de vous soutirer quelques bons fous rires. aux larmes. Au terme de sa première vie, Youppi renaît Quelle vie de chien !!! raconte l’histoire de Youppi, un sous les traits de Gucci Givenchy 1er. Si sa première shih tzu aussi gentil que rusé, chassé par sa mère le jour vie n’était pas simple, la deuxième ne le sera pas de ses quatre mois. L’hiver approchant, qu’adviendra-t-il davantage; ni banale, d’ailleurs ! Adopté par une pop de lui ? Une chose demeure certaine, c’est qu’à partir de star égocentrique qui s’en lassera plus que rapidement, ce moment, tout ce qui est susceptible de marquer la vie Youppi verra sa vie prendre un tournant inattendu. Aussi Les Éditions d’un chien, bon ou mauvais, lui arrivera. Les Éditions offerts : Quelle vie de chien !!! et Quelle vie de chien 3 : La Plume D’or La Plume D’or L’enlèvement. Tous droits disponibles 2017 | Français 2013 | Français Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782924224144 BISAC: JUV002070 ISBN: 9782924594995 16,95 $ CA; 196 pgs. Thema: YFB 16,95 $ CA; 154 pgs. BISAC: JUV002070 Thema: YFB 8 à 12 ans 8 à 12 ans

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Quelle vie de chien 3 Le projet de Hope / Hope’s Project L’enlèvement de Dominique de Loppinot de Jay Rowling, illustré par Jim Lego Le projet de Hope, c’est plus qu’un roman drôle et Suite de Quelle vie de chien !!! et de Quelle vie de chien divertissant : c’est aussi un projet de création pour le 2 : Gucci Givenchy 1er. Drôle ! Drôle ! Drôle ! Et vraiment lecteur. Il sera appelé à dessiner, à écrire et à modifier pas bête ! Une incroyable histoire qui plaira à toute la les pages au cours de sa lecture. / Hope’s Project is more famille ! Au décès de Mr. Diva, Hugo, le maître de Gucci, than a novel: it’s also a creative project. Activities are apprend que ce dernier hérite de toute la fortune de proposed during the reading; the reader is welcome l’extravagante rock star. Un beau jour, alors que le petit to draw, write and transform the pages. chihuahua se prélasse dans un parc en compagnie de Tous droits disponibles Les Éditions son meilleur ami Lou, un inconnu profite de l’inattention Les éditions Z’ailées La Plume D’or de leurs maîtres pour l’enlever. 2019 | Français BISAC: FIC000000 2019 | Français ISBN: 9782924563991 Thema: YFB ISBN: 9782924849897 Tous droits disponibles 17,95 $ CA; 282 pgs. 16,95 $ CA; 128 pgs. BISAC: JUV002070 8 à 12 ans 8 à 12 ans Thema: YFB

A Great Big Night The Mermaid Handbook by Kate Inglis, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon A Guide to the Mermaid Way of Life, When three travelling frog musicians roll through the Including Recipes, Folklore, and More forest on their painted bicycles, the other animals know by Taylor Widrig, illustrated by Briana Corr Scott they’re in for a great big party. Only one of them is The book mermaids-in-training have been waiting for. not having fun: grumpy old grouse. Just as he’s telling From history and folklore to recipes and tips for ocean Nimbus Publishing everyone to stop with their foolish racket, a great big preservation, as well as profiles and original illustrations storm rolls through the woods and puts an end to all the 2020 | English of mer-maidens from around the world, The Mermaid fun. When they emerge in the sleepy, dewy dawn, the ISBN: 9781771089081 Nimbus Publishing Handbook features everything you need to know to C$22.95; 32 pgs. animals see that grouse’s home is ruined, and quickly follow the mermaid way of life. band together to help him. 2020 | English Ages 6–9 ISBN: 9781771088657 World rights available World rights available C$19.95; 136 pgs. BISAC: JNF014000, JNF037070, JNF024010 BISAC: JUV070000, JUV002120, JUV002000, JUV039060 Ages 8–12 Thema: YNPC, YNNB1, YXAB Thema: YXHB, YDP, YFP, YNNM

Do Lizards Eat Ice Cream? Golden Threads How Animals Beat the Heat by Suzanne Del Rizzo, illustrated by Miki Sato by Etta Kaner, illustrated by Jenna Piechota A beloved toy fox becomes lost, tattered, repaired, and Do koalas run through sprinklers? Do ants sit in front of loved for his imperfections. Golden Threads is inspired air conditioners? No! But in ultra-hot weather, animals, by the Japanese art form of kintsugi, or golden joinery, like humans, have adopted creative ways of beating where broken pottery is repaired with resin painted gold. the heat. Written in question-and-answer format and Kintsugi values repairing, rather than replacing, believing featuring playful imagery, this summery sequel to Do that the cracks give the broken item its story. This book is Owlkids Books Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate? encourages discussion and Owlkids Books also a warm celebration of wabi-sabi, the Japanese idea laughter. Humorous and accessible phrasing makes each 2020 | English 2020 | English that there is beauty in things that may be incomplete ISBN: 9781771473989 animal adaptation easy to understand and will spark ISBN: 9781771473606 or imperfect. C$19.95; 32 pgs.. curiosity about familiar and unusual animals alike. C$19.95; 32 pgs. World rights available Ages 6–9 World rights available Ages 6–9 BISAC: JUV013030, JUV040000, JUV012060 BISAC: JNF051150, JNF003000, JNF003190, JNF003140 Thema: YBC, YBCS Thema: YBC, YBCS

Sometimes a Wall... Bumpy Rumps by Dianne White, illustrated by Barroux Jungle Animals by Tiny and Tim, illustrated by Hannah Wood An afternoon in the playground introduces different kinds of walls: a brick wall to draw on with chalk, a water wall, A jungle full of animals—from hippos to lions—proudly and a climbing wall. What follows is a playful yet profound display their best side! Count their bottoms from one exploration of the many ways walls can divide us or bring to ten in these gentle and playful board books. us together. While building, the kids unite, divide, alienate, Raised and indented textures, make each page a giggly and finally mend their friendship. Told with short, simple PAPP International tactile experience. lines of playful, rhyming text, this book sparks important 2020 | English Owlkids Books questions with empathy, insight, and charm. ISBN: 9780369900128 Titles in this series: Jungle Animals, Farm Animals. 2020 | English C$12.95; 10 pgs. Rights sold in Korean (world) World rights available ISBN: 9781771473736 Ages 0–4 C$19.95; 32 pgs. BISAC: JUV039060, JUV051000 BISAC: JUV009030 Ages 3–5 Thema: YBC, YBCS Thema: YBLC

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Go Go Eco: Tin Can Kombi’s World of Friends My First Recycling Book Emma Goes to School by Tiny and Tim, illustrated by Steven Wood by Kathleen Corrigan and Melissa Bull, illustrated by Marybeth Maclean and Soyeon Kim What happens when you recycle everyday objects? Follow the amazing journey of a tin can and discover The Kombi’s World of Friends stories reinforce positive that it’s not just trash after all. values in young children, and the lessons of cooperation, teamwork, empathy, and friendship learned both at home Titles in the series: Tin Can, Apple, T-Shirt, Comic. PAPP International and in the classroom. Wheel mechanism and large pull-tab. PAPP International 2020 | English 2018 | English Titles available in the A Beloved Character Education ISBN: 9780369900159 World rights available ISBN: 9781773253763 C$8.95; 10 pgs. series include Emma Goes to School, Felix’s Snow Day, BISAC: JNF037020 C$9.95; 12 pgs. Abby Shares Her Toys, and Charlie Finds His Courage. Ages 2–4 Thema: YBL Ages 3–5 World rights available BISAC: JUV043000, JUV039050, JUV039090 Thema: YBLN

Little Bear’s First Words Veggie Squad In the Town Super Crunch by Tiny and Tim, illustrated by Elsa Martins by Tiny and Tim, illustrated by Michael Buxton Learn first words with Little Bear as she explores the town The collectable and fun-filled adventures of some zany with all its wonders in this delightful transitional picture fruits and vegetables. Each one has a big personality, like book. Each spread features a delightful everyday scene Super Crunch, the superhero carrot on a hilarious quest with items to spot as you go. Introduces new words and to vanquish junk food. PAPP International encourages interactive reading. PAPP International Mr. Men meets SpongeBob with a no-nonsense nutrition 2020 | English Titles in the series include In the Town, At Home, 2020 | English message delivered with a unique comic touch. ISBN: 9780369900142 ISBN: 9780369900135 On the Farm, and At Preschool. C$12.95; 24 pgs. C$8.95; 12 pgs. Available Titles: Oli Broccoli, Sweet Corn, Agent Tomato, Ages 3–5 World rights available Ages 0–4 Super Crunch. Features die-cut panels to highlight BISAC: JUV009080 the character. Thema: YBLA World rights available BISAC: HEA017000, JUV050000, JUV019000 Thema: YBL

Bees and Other Pollinators Dinosaur Rodeo by Wendy Einstein by Sheldon Dawson, illustrated by Sheldon Dawson Bees and other pollinators help pollinate the plants Dinosaur Rodeo takes place in the real-life dinosaur that give us many of our favourite foods. Bees are North fossil capital of Canada, where the world-famous Royal America’s most important pollinators. Honeybees have Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is located. Grandpa two stomachs. One is for food, and the other is used to twists all this geography, palaeontology, and personal carry nectar back to the hive. Chocolate is made from the history into a fantastical, first-hand account of his days cacao plant. Without bats to pollinate the cacao plant, as a dino-cowboy back in the Cretaceous Period. He there would be no chocolate! leaves his grandchildren and young readers with the World rights available Peanut Butter Press dream that dinosaurs might live on, just waiting for the Partners Publishing next cowboy or cowgirl to come along. 2018 | English BISAC: JNF003120 2019 | English ISBN: 9781988183381 ISBN: 9781927735596 World rights available C$19.95; 32 pgs. C$6.99; 64 pgs. BISAC: JUV043000 Ages 6–9 Ages 3–5 Thema: YB

Monster Truck Buck The Lady From Kent by Dan O’Dell, illustrated by Jason Doll A Story for Girls and Boys and Bees Dressed Up Gus is a boy, an ever-clever boy, as Fleas and Crocodiles, Also Elves And he has a favourite friends-forever toy. by Barbara Nichol, illustrated by Bill Pechet Imagination and exuberance allow two best friends, “The spirits of Lear and Belloc are channelled in Barbara Peanut Butter Press Gus and Monster Truck Buck, to bounce off the walls Nichol’s arousingly illogical book of light verse, The Lady Pedlar Press from Kent, about, well, a lady who says she’s from Kent. 2017 | English and then rev down the hall so fast that Gus’s underpants ISBN: 9781927735084 become a parachute brake. But even that’s not enough 2018 | English But as we quickly learn the Lady says a lot of things, C$19.95; 32 pgs. to prevent a terrible CRASH, so they work as a team to ISBN: 9781897141878 few of which relate to a recognizable reality. They sure C$23.00; 40 pgs. are entertaining, though.” —Emily Donaldson, review, Ages 3–5 clean up the mess in time for bed. This rhyming story is all about fun, friendship, and cooperation. Ages 3–5 Quill & Quire World rights available World rights available BISAC: JUV043000 BISAC: JUV070000, JUV057000 Thema: YB Thema: YBLB

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Be the Planet’s Super-Eco-Zero-Hero Mon ami Pierrot by Florence-Léa Siry, illustrated by Sans Cravate d’ Annie Gravel, illustré par Enzo This book was especially written to make children want Au fil de son amitié pour son voisin de chambre, une to become responsible super-zero-heroes. Florence-Léa petite fille décrit sa vie à l’hôpital. Un univers de jeux, Siry encourages them to discover all of the small actions de rêves, de confidences, de chimiothérapie et, bientôt, that have a significant impact on the health of their de deuil. Lauréate du premier prix du concours d’écriture precious planet. Reducing food waste, minimizing energy de la revue jeunesse Lurelu en 2017, cette histoire aborde costs around the house, better managing garbage, avec intelligence et délicatesse le quotidien des enfants relying on eco-ideas for decorating, clothing themselves hospitalisés, atteints de maladies incurables. Petit Homme and even. organizing a few parties! Planète rebelle Album avec CD. 2019 | Français 2020 | French World rights available Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782897542467 ISBN: 9782924797549 C$24.95; 128 pgs. BISAC: JNF037020 23,95 $ CA; 32 pgs. BISAC: JUV012040 Thema: VSZ Thema: YFJ Ages 8–12 6 à 9 ans

Les déchets The Junior Visual Dictionary by QA International, by QA International illustrated by Marc Chouinard et Anouk Noël Covering a wide array of subjects, ranging from new Waste is a non-fiction title geared towards children technologies to the animal kingdom and space, this aged 6–10. It presents a positive, constructive, and compelling reference displays terminology in one or two non-judgmental vision of the environment and waste languages, linking words to illustrations that provide true- pollution. Divided into easy-to-use sections, with realistic to-life visual definitions. For this new updated edition, the QA International illustrations that complement the information and full content of the dictionary has been carefully reviewed 2020 | French funny sketches that lighten the text. All statistics are in order to provide for the varied needs and interests of ISBN: 9782764440766 represented through images to help with comprehension. children nine and up. New images and themes also included. C$14.95; 32 pgs. It includes four activities that can be done at home QA International Rights sold in English USA and English Canada Ages 6–10 or in the classroom as well as a glossary. 2019 | English ISBN: 9782764438404 BISAC: REF008000, JNF020020, JNF020010, JNF020000, World rights available C$24.95; 312 pgs. JNF055000, JNF029040 Thema: CJB, YRDC, YRDL, YRDM BISAC: JNF051000, JNF051080, JNF051100, JNF051190 Ages 8–12 Thema: YNNV, YNP

Aurore et le pays invisible Je vais à la gloire by Christiane Duchesne by Simon Boulerice, illustrated by Eve Patenaude Aurore falls off a cliff, and suddenly she is miniature! Mr. Shimodori keeps to himself—only his birds benefit She finds herself in a strange world where time seems from his beautiful singing voice. Such a shame! But when to be measured differently and is adopted by a band of Isadora has to miss work, things could change with a little minuscule people. But all Aurore wants is to return to encouragement from Madame Toinette. her normal size so she can go home and see her father, A story full of sushi, exclamation points and captivated her house, her friends, and her village. She is pushed Québec Amérique audiences. Because life’s a performance! to confront the wide world around her and the losses 2020 | French within her; she finds the great beyond, yet never stops ISBN: 9782764439586 World rights available Québec Amérique searching for home. C$16.95; 32 pgs. BISAC: JUV031040, JUV031020, JUV039140, JUV039090, JUV006000, JUV002040 2020 | French World rights available Ages 3–5 ISBN: 9782764439647 Thema: YBCS, YXLD6 C$19.95; 376 pgs. BISAC: JUV039060, JUV002040, JUV037000, JUV039090, JUV013060, JUV039050, JUV039270 Ages 8–12 Thema: YFB, YFH, YFM, YFP, YXE, YXF, YXG, YXHB,

Barefoot Helen and the Giants The Wall and the Wind by Andy Jones, illustrated by Katie Brosnan by Veselina Tomova, illustrated by Veselina Tomova Helen is a fine hand with a slingshot, and more than at In the middle of the twentieth century, in the middle of home in the woods. After all, she was raised by bears. Eastern Europe, a young girl dreams of adventures far When she stumbles upon three evil giants, she hatches and near. One day, a huge wall appears that separates the perfect plan to rid the land of them. Well, almost East from West, and dreamer from dreams. No ladder is perfect… Bulleybummus, the fiercest giant, catches her, high enough, no tunnel deep enough to get past that and insists she help kidnap the princess Antoinette. Running the Goat, wall. But then a crack appears in the wall, and the girl Running the Goat, Helen manages to save the sleeping princess and finish Books & Broadsides (now a woman) knows she has the chance to follow Books & Broadsides off the giant. No one knows who the giant killer is, but 2020 | English her dreams again. 2020 | English Antoinette is determined to find out. ISBN: 9781927917329 ISBN: 9781927917299 C$12.95; 38 pgs. World rights available C$14.95; 70 pgs. World rights available Ages 6–9 BISAC: JNF053240, JNF007050, JNF02140 Ages 8–12 BISAC: JUV012040, JUV019000, JUV052000 Thema: YBCS, YNB, YNM Thema: YF, YFC, YFJ, YFQ

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What Kids Did My Big Book of Animals Stories of Kindness and Invention A Journey Through the Animal World in the Time of Covid by Emma Fucci, illustrated by Pablo Zamboni by Erin Silver Discover the fascinating worlds of the animals that In this full colour book illustrated with photos of the inhabit the Earth’s different regions and get to know young “heroes” are ten stories of kids from different everything that makes them special and amazing in this parts of the world who fought Covid 19 in their own beautifully illustrated board book from the My Big Book Second Story Press special ways. A child who, with her nurse mother, created series. It features six spreads with colourful illustrations 2020 | English hugging blankets so that children could embrace their and pictures. What are amphibians? What does an ISBN: 9781772601640 grandparents; a young girl who sent out 1500 art therapy The Novelty orangutan eat? Where does the green python live? C$18.95; 32 pgs. packages; a little boy who set up a joke stand to make Book Company What type of animal is a dolphin? Ages 6–10 his neighbors laugh; and more. 2018 | English Rights sold in Latin America (Spanish) ISBN: 9781772384468 World rights available C$6.00; 12 pgs. and Philipines (English) Ages 3–5

My Big Book of Dinosaurs A Look at Our Planet’s Prehistory by Liliana Martinez, illustrated by Nestor Taylor and Pablo Zamboni This board book from the My Big Book series is full of information about the exciting world of dinosaurs. It features six spreads with colourful illustrations and updated facts according to the latest scientific discoveries. How did they eat? Who was the most The Novelty aggressive? How big were they? Why did some have Book Company crests? How were dinosaurs discovered? 2018 | English Rights sold in Latin America (Spanish) ISBN: 9781772384451 C$6.00; 12 pgs. and Philipines (English) Ages 3–5

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CRISPR Secret of the Azure Stone A Powerful Way to Change DNA by Raymond McGregor by Yolanda Ridge, illustrated by Alex Boersma As Owen and his friends seek ancient pieces of a hidden, We can change the world with gene editing—but should mystical scepter, the young hero worries about his we? CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced mother’s new position of Queen, begins to question Short Palindromic Repeats. If it sounds complicated, it his own self-worth, and faces internal anger the likes is—but it’s also one of the most powerful ways we can of which he has never felt in his short life. Can Owen shape the future. Author Yolanda Ridge tackles this topic conquer his personal insecurities and find the true Annick Press in a friendly and accessible tone, with two introductory meaning of the Azure stone, or will he be overcome by 2020 | English chapters covering the basics of DNA and gene editing the pressure of saving everyone he loves from a stronger ISBN: 9781773214238 before taking readers through the ways that this ground- BookLand Press terror than he has ever known? C$16.95; 116 pgs. breaking science could affect them. World rights available Ages 14 and up 2019 | English Rights sold in Korea ISBN: 9781772311044 BISAC: JUV001000, JUV012030, JUV039230 C$17.95; 160 pgs. BISAC: YAN050030, YAN050100, YAN050110 Thema: YFC Ages 8–12

Sisters of the Wolf The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Patricia Miller-Schroeder by Adan Jerreat-Poole Sisters of the Wolf is a thrilling adventure of friendship, Eli isn’t just a teenage girl—she’s a made-thing the witches culture clash, bravery, and survival set in Ice Age created to hunt down ghosts in the human world. But Europe. After being separated from their tribes, Keena when an assignment goes wrong, Eli starts to question and Shinoni must learn to survive as they are pursued everything she knows about both worlds, the Coven, by a ruthless hunter in a land rumbling with advancing and her tyrannical witch-mother. glaciers and teeming with mighty predators. Can their World rights available growing friendship overcome cultural, racial, and even species differences? Will they ever be able to find their BISAC: YAF019050 families? Only the spirits know. Thema: YFH Dundurn Press Dundurn Press World rights available 2021 | English 2020 | English ISBN: 9781459747524 BISAC: YAF024110 ISBN: 9781459746817 C$14.99; 224 pgs. Thema: YFT C$14.99; 320 pgs. Ages 12 and up Ages 14 and up

L’Odyssée des neiges J’ai mal et pourtant, ça ne se voit pas... by Pierre-Luc Bélanger de Lucile de Pesloüan, Théo Marchand, a young and talented hockey player, illustré par Geneviève Darling sees his dream slip away after he is victim of a serious On peut souffrir de l’intérieur et n’avoir aucun bleu sur le accident. He is then led to move from Ottawa to Sudbury, visage, aucune ecchymose à montrer. Difficile d’imaginer where he finds an old snowmobile, which belonged to ce qui se passe à l’intérieur, de voir la tempête et les his grandmother. With the help of his friends, Théo will fusées qui traversent nos pensées. Une vingtaine de compete in “L’Odyssée des neiges” (The Snow Odyssey), a personnages confient ici, en textes et en images, un petit long race that will take them across northern Ontario and Éditions de l’Isatis moment de leur détresse avec le quotidien qui continue, will be an incredible adventure. (Prix Champlain, 2020) 2018 | Français inlassablement, de tourner autour. Un roman graphique ISBN: 9782924769447 World rights available 19,95 $ CA; 56 pgs. qui aborde le thème de la santé mentale de manière Éditions David intime et sans complaisance. BISAC: YAF001000 12 ans et plus 2018 | French Thema: YFC Tous droits disponibles ISBN: 9782895976639 C$14.95; 188 pgs. Ages 14 and up

La ville aux dos d’éléphants Les quatre saisons d’Elfina de Christine Nadeau, d’André Jacob, illustré par Christine Delezenne illustré par Camille Pomerlo Elfina, douze ans, est orpheline de mère et son père est Un jour, on découvre une roche dans la ville. Ce souvent absent. Alors qu’elle vit avec sa grand-mère dans minerai, c’est de l’amiante, de l’or blanc. Un an plus un village isolé du Paraguay, sa tante Evoala lui propose tard, l’exploitation minière commence, un chemin de de la prendre avec elle et sa famille à Montréal. Elfina fer est construit. Le village deviendra une ville et ses n’ira pas à l’école et verra son quotidien se transformer Éditions de l’Isatis en enfer. Ménage, courses, entretien, elle se retrouve Éditions de l’Isatis habitants ne vivront plus jamais de la même façon… Ce conte écologique rappelle les conséquences de 2017 | Français complètement esclave de son oncle, de sa tante et de 2019 | Français l’exploitation de l’amiante et des troubles de santé liés ISBN: 9782924769041 ses cousins, ignorée, maltraitée. Elfina réussira-t-elle ISBN: 9782924769782 19,95 $ CA; 64 pgs. à s’en sortir ? 19,95 $ CA; 56 pgs. à son exploitation, l’amiantose, dont ont été victimes de nombreux travailleurs. 14 ans et plus Tous droits disponibles 12 ans et plus Tous droits disponibles

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Moi, c’est Tantale Pourquoi les filles ont mal au ventre ? d’ André Marois, illustré par Julien Castanié de Lucile de Pesloüan, illustré par Geneviève Darling Le tantale est un métal rare, précieux et très recherché. Pourquoi les filles ont mal au ventre ? est un manifeste Que nous apprendrait-il s’il pouvait tout nous révéler ? féministe qui dénonce les malaises que ressentent les Découvrez ses aventures et son voyage depuis la femmes, de l’enfance à l’âge adulte, dans une société République démocratique du Congo où il est extrait, en qui ne les ménage pas. Ce roman graphique invite passant par l’Asie où il est transformé, pour arriver dans les adolescents à se questionner sur les situations nos téléphones cellulaires. Et après ? Qu’est-ce qu’il de sexisme que les filles vivent au quotidien. Le livre Éditions de l’Isatis devient ? Ce conte écologique entraîne une prise de Éditions de l’Isatis sensibilise aux inégalités que subissent les femmes 2018 | Français conscience sur notre consommation et une réflexion sur dans le monde, ici ou ailleurs, avec des illustrations 2017 | Français ISBN: 9782924769461 la provenance des objets de notre quotidien. sans tabou, qui racontent une réalité. 19,95 $ CA; 56 pgs. ISBN: 9782924769065 Tous droits disponibles 17,95 $ CA; 48 pgs. Tous droits disponibles 12 ans et plus 14 ans et plus

River Breakdown by Shira Nayman Vol. 1, The Reckoner Rises The story of a fourteen-year-old girl who travels back in by David A. Robertson, time, and across continents, encountering her maternal illustrated by Scott B. Henderson forbears when they were her age. From the Australian Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Outback, where she meets a young Aboriginal man, to Mihko Laboratories, intent on destroying the company racist, rigidly segregated South Africa during World War once and for all. Their plans are thwarted when a new II, to the midst of a pogrom in Lithuania, and then all the threat surfaces, and Cole is mired in terrifying visions. way back to the Babylon of biblical times, Emily has deep Are these visions just troubled dreams or are they leading encounters with the histories that have mysteriously and him to a terrifying truth? And will Eva be able to harness yet powerfully shaped her own soul. Guernica Editions HighWater Press her powers to continue the investigation without him? The Reckoner returns in an all-new graphic novel series, 2020 | English World rights available 2020 | English The Reckoner Rises! ISBN: 9781771834575 BISAC: YAF019040, YAF022000 ISBN: 9781553798903 C$19.95; 268 pgs. Thema: YFH, YFT C$21.95; 64 pgs. World rights available Ages 12 and up Ages 14 and up BISAC: YAF046010, Thema: X

From the Roots Up If I Go Missing Vol. 2, Surviving the City series by Brianna Jonnie and Nahanni Shingoose, by Tasha Spillett-Sumner, illustrated by Neal Shannacappo illustrated by Natasha Donovan Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this “Dez and Miikwan’s stories continue in this sequel to young adult graphic novel serves as a window into Surviving the City. the unique dangers of being a girl from a racialized minority background. The text of the book is derived Dez’s grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with James Lorimer from excerpts of a viral letter written to the police by a nowhere else to go, she’s living in a group home. On top & Company fourteen-year-old Indigenous girl urging them to “do of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship 2019 | English better” when investigating missing persons. An author’s and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person. ISBN: 9781459414518 note at the end of the book puts this human rights issue HighWater Press Miikwan is crushing on the school’s new kid Riel, but C$24.95; 64 pgs. into an international context. 2018 | English doesn’t really understand what Dez is going through. Will Ages 12 and up ISBN: 9781553798989 she learn how to be a supportive ally to her best friend?” Rights sold in French (North America) C$19.95; 64 pgs. World rights available BISAC: YAN012040 Ages 14 and up Thema: XQA BISAC: YAF046010, Thema: Y, YFP

Rap pour violoncelle seul Suck It Up and Smile de Maryse Pagé by Laurence Beaudoin-Masse Condamné à effectuer des travaux communautaires, Elisabeth is one of the top influencers in all of Québec. Malik se retrouve dans une résidence pour aînés auprès With her diet blog and channel, her new book, and her d’un vieil homme détestable qu’il n’a nulle envie de relationship with Sam, a singer and former finalist on connaître. Sous la petite délinquance de l’un et l’aigreur The Voice, she has every reason to be happy. But when de l’autre se cache une sensibilité qui, peu à peu, she meets Dave, something happens to cast doubt in transformera cette relation forcée en amitié sincère. her heart. Tous droits disponibles The first book in a hilarious and endearing new romantic BISAC: YAF058000 Les Éditions comedy series. Leméac Éditeur Thema: YF de la Bagnole World rights available 2020 | Français 2020 | French BISAC: YAF000000, YAF022000, YAF052060 ISBN: 9782760942448 ISBN: 9782897143701 11,95 $ CA; 152 pgs. C$24.95; 336 pgs. 14 ans et plus Ages 14 and up

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The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen Overachieving Allison, desperate to be head of her class agrees to produce a play by Shakespeare which turns out to be a big problem and a bigger mistake. What might even be worse is that she accepts a date with a boy when she herself has a crush on a girl. Alison stays positive even when she must cope with the misadventures that befall the play and while she must grapple with what it means to be “out”. Kirkus Reviews described the book Second Story Press as “most wonderful.” 2020 | English World rights available ISBN: 9781772601213 C$13.95; 304 pgs. Ages 12 and up

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Alto Douglas & McIntyre Firefly Books La Mèche Tania Massault Bill Hanna Acacia House Parisa Michailidis Roxanne Landry [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Annick Press Druide Flanker Press La Montagne secrète Gayna Theophilus Anne-Marie Villeneuve Garry Cranford Roland Stringer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Annika Parance Éditeur Dundurn Press Folklore Publishing Laksa Media Groups Annika Parance Sara D’Agostino Faye Boer Lucas K. Law [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Athabasca University Press Écrits des Forges Fonfon Latitude 46 Publishing Kathy Killoh Étienne Poirier Véronique Fontaine Heather Campbell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Between the Lines ECW Press Formac Publishing Leméac Éditeur Amanda Crocker Emily Ferko Nancy Lorimer Jean-Marie Jot [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Biblioasis Éditions Berger Freehand Books Les Allusifs Daniel Wells Aline Côté Kelsey Attard Jean-Marie Jot [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Black Rose Books Éditions D’Eux Goose Lane Editions Les Éditeurs réunis Jason Toney Yves Nadon Angela Williams Daniel Bertrand [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Blue Bike Books Éditions David Greystone Books Les Éditions de la Bagnole Peter Boer Marc Haentjens Andrea Damiani Carole Boutin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Book*hug Press Éditions de l’Envolée Groundwood Books Les éditions du passage Hazel Millar Jérôme Coulombe Sonya Lalli Julia Ros [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] BookLand Press Éditions de l’Homme Groupe Fides Les Éditions E.T.C. Rights Manager Florence Bisch David Sénéchal Jean-Pierre Gagnon [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Boréal Éditions de l’Isatis Guernica Editions Les éditions JCL Sébastien Lefebvre Angèle Delaunois Anna van Valkenburg Daniel Bertrand [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Boulder Books Éditions de la Montagne Verte Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur Les Éditions La Plume D’or Gavin Will Deanna Moeller Lucie Rhéaume Marie-Louise Legault [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bouton d’or Acadie Éditions de la Pastèque Hamac Les éditions Z’ailées Marie Cadieux Frédéric Gauthier Fanie Demeule Mylène Falardeau [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Breakwater Books Éditions de Mortagne Harbour Publishing Les Herbes rouges Rebecca Rose Sandy Pellerin Bill Hanna Acacia House Michaël Dumouchel [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Broquet Éditions du Noroît Héliotrope Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal Antoine Broquet Charlotte Francoeur Florence Noyer Nadine Tremblay [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Caitlin Press Éditions L’Interligne HighWater Press Lévesque éditeur Vici Johnstone Suzanne Richard Muir Catherine Gerbasi Julien Côté [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cardinal Éditions Le Jour House of Anansi Press Libre Expression Amélie Charbonneau Florence Bisch Sonya Lalli Carole Boutin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CCI Learning Éditions Les 400 coups Inhabit Media Lone Pine Publishing Uzair Khan Simon de Jocas Pia Flamand Shane Kennedy [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Company’s Coming Éditions Médiaspaul James Lorimer & Company Master Point Press Pat Beilman Gilles Collicelli Nancy Lorimer Ray Lee [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CrackBoom! / Chouette Éditions Michel Quintin Kids Can Press Mawenzi House Genevieve Lagace Charlotte Delwaide Adrienne Tang Nurjehan Aziz [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] DC Books Éditions Midi trente la courte échelle McGill-Queen’s University Press Giuliana Pendenza Jacinthe Cardinal Roxanne Landry Natalie Blachere [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dominique et compagnie Eschia Books Mécanique générale Barbara Creary Dianne Meili Julien Côté [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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