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Inanna Publications & Education Inc. Celebrating Over 42 Years of Smart books for Feminist Publishing people who want Inanna Publications & Education Inc. is one of only a very few independent feminist presses in Canada committed to publishing fiction, poetry, and cre- to read and think ative non-fiction by and about women, and complementing this with relevant about real non-fiction. Inanna’s list fosters new, innovative and diverse perspectives with the potential to change and enhance women’s lives everywhere. Our aim is women’s lives. to conserve a publishing space dedicated to feminist voices that provoke discussion, advance feminist thought, and speak to diverse lives of women. Founded in 1978, and housed at York University since 1984, Inanna is the proud publisher of one of Canada’s oldest feminist journals, Canadian Wom- an Studies/les cahiers de la femme. Our priority is to publish literary books, particularly by fresh, new Canadi- an voices, that are intellectually rigorous, speak to women’s hearts, and tell truths about the vital lives of a broad diversity of women—smart books for people who want to read and think about real women’s lives. Inanna books are important resources, widely used in university courses across the country. Our books are essential for any curriculum and are indispensable Fall 2020 resources for the feminist reader. Inanna Publications & Education Inc. C O N T E N T S FALL 2020 FRontLIST: INANNA POETRY AND FICTIon SERIES 2 FALL 2020 FRontLIST: INANNA MEMOIR SERIES 14 FALL 2020 FRontLIST: INANNA REPRINT SERIES 16 FALL 2020 FRontLIST: INANNA non-FICTIon 17 INANNA non-FICTIon HIGHLIGHTS 20 Inanna Publications and Education Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program, as well as the financial assistance of the Government of Canada. an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario Fall 2020 www.inanna.ca 2 FALL 2020 FRONTLIST THE NARROWS OF FEAR (WAPAWIKOSCIKANIK) A NOVEL BY CAROL ROSE GOLDENEAGLE The Narrows of Fear (Wapawikoscikanik) navigates the unsettling, but necessary. When love of, and respect for, culture goes awry, it is Indigenous women who bring us back to what is important. This novel is an interweaving of stories centred on a range of characters, both male and female, though the women, for the most part, are the healers. Though several were abused both in their own community and in residential schools, these women are smart and loving and committed to helping one another. They eagerly learn to celebrate their culture, its stories, its dancing, its drums, and its elders. Principal of these elders is Nina, the advisor at the women’s shelter. With the help of Sandy and Charlene, both of whom are educated and courageous, overcoming losses of their own, Nina uses Indigenous practices to heal the traumatized Mary Ann. Indigenous women have always been at the core of healing and leading and learning. Yet, Indigenous women face the same patriarchal standards as women across the globe. It is 978-1-77133-789-2 time to reclaim Indigenous spaces for women: in ceremonies, protocols, and life in general. $22.95 CDN 5.5" X 8.25" PB, 260 PAGES FICTION / SEPTEMBER 2020 This is a very powerful novel—sometimes brutally violent, sometimes healing, sometimes mythical, and always deeply respectful of the Aboriginal culture at its heart. Carol Rose GoldenEagle is Cree and Dene with Carol Rose GoldenEagle is an award-winning Cree/Dene author; three of her books roots in Sandy Bay, northern Saskatchewan. She have won or been recognized for awards. is an award-winning published novelist, poet, playwright, visual artist, and musician. Her works has previously been published using the surname, praise for carol rose goldeneagle’s (formely daniels) earlier work: Daniels. She now chooses to use her traditional “Bearskin Diary effortlessly flowes from sexy to thrilling, spiritual to humorous, name. She is the author of the award-winning novel and is an exciting addition to the canon of contemporary Indigenous literature in Bearskin Diary (2015) and the recently published Canada.” Bone Black (2019). Her debut poetry volume, Hira- —Kenneth T. William, playwright/author of Café Daughter, Thunderstick, and eth, was published in 2018 and was shortlisted for Gordon Winter the 2019 Saskatchewan Book Awards. As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited in art galleries “Bone Black is a spirited story of a Cree woman’s compelling journey through trauma, across Saskatchewan and Northern Canada. As grief, and ultimately vengeance. Carol GoldenEagle’s stirring prose carefully and a musician, a CD of women’s drum songs, in passionately explores the resilience and strength of Indigenous women in the face which Carol is featured, was recently nominated of violence and the ongoing impacts of colonialism. One woman’s path to healing for a Prairie Music Award. Before pursuing her art takes her through the tension in the modern Prairies before taking a dark turn in on a full-time basis, Carol worked as a journalist an unexpected yet gripping twist. It’s a thrilling foray into personal justice.” for more than 30 years in television and radio at —Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow APTN, CTV, and CBC. She lives in Regina Beach, Saskatchewan. Promotional Plans • Toronto, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver and Victoria launches/readings • Promotional bookmarks • Review copy mailing / submissions to reading series • Ads in trade and literary magazines INANNA POETRY AND FICTION SERIES 3 THE RAGE ROOM A NOVEL BY LISA DE NIKOLITS What if you made the worst mistake of your life and got the chance to fix it? Only you made it so much worse? From the incomparable crafter of nine cross-genre works of fiction, Lisa de Nikolits expands her horizons to pen a grab-you-by-the-throat, feminist speculative-fiction thriller in the style of Groundhog Day meets The Matrix. The perfect father kills his family on Christmas Eve, and tries to undo his actions by jumping back in time. The result is murder and mayhem in dystopia. Set in 2055, the world is run by robots and virtual data, while the weather is controlled by satellite dishes. Arts and culture are no more than distant memories. People are angry, placated by prescribed visits to rage rooms to vent their boredom, fury, and discontent. Beneath the sunny skies and behind the garbage-free suburban McMansions live deeply disturbed, materialistic families. During his time travels and increasingly desperate attempts to reverse his colossal mistake, Sharps Barkley meets the leader of the Eden Collective, a feminist army determined to save the Earth by removing all artificial intelligence and letting the Earth restore itself—if 978-1-77133-777-9 necessary, at the expense of mankind. The Eden Collective uses data gathered from the rage $22.95 CDN 5.5" X 8.25" PB, 300 PAGES rooms to analyze and predict the potential and actions needed for the Earth to reset and FICTION / SEPTEMBER 2020 they need to prove that time travel is an effective tool. If Sharps can go back and save his children, then there is hope for the future. Sharps is the 49th experiment and his success is pivotal. Can love prevail over anger? The Rage Room has a multi-layered plot that is fueled by a feminist-driven courage to take Originally from South Africa, Lisa de charge and save the world as it exposes the effects of an increasingly digital age on our lives Nikolits is an award-winning author and, ultimately, our humanity. whose work has appeared on recom- mended reading lists for both Open This is a perfectly-timed, trending novel in terms of technology, societal and sociological Book Toronto and the 49th Shelf, as themes, romantic, familial, and platonic relationships, world angst, concerns about climate well as being chosen as a Chatelaine change, the future of our children, education, and arts entertainment. Editor’s Pick and a Canadian Living Magazine Must Read. She has pub- “In her latest captivating book, Lisa de Nikolits proffers not only a roller coaster of enter- lished nine novels that most recently tainment, but also, sharp political commentary in complicated times. The Rage Room is an include: No Fury Like That (published intricately woven dystopian world, rich in strong female characters who easily whisk readers in Italian under the title Una furia to a world of futuristic follies. Move over George Orwell—De Nikolits shows us how the dell’altro mondo); Rotten Peaches and future can be scary, exciting, and above all, female.” The Occult Persusasion and the Anar- —Kelly S. Thompson, national bestselling author of Girls Need Not Apply: Field Notes chist’s Solution. Lisa lives and writes in from the Forces Toronto and is a member of the Sisters in Crime, Toronto Chapter; Sisters in Crime; Mesdames of Mayhem; and The International Thriller Writers. Promotional Plans • Toronto, Kingston, Peterborough, Calgary, and Halifax launches and readings • Promotional bookmarks • Review copy mailing / submissions to reading series • Ads in trade and literary magazines 4 FALL 2020 FRONTLIST DANCING WITH CHAIRS IN THE MUSIC HOUSE A NOVEL BY CARO SOLES Dancing With Chairs in the Music House takes place in 1949 in a Victorian mansion at 519 Jarvis Street. Once the home of the Massey family, it is now a genteel but somewhat rundown rooming house owned by a reclusive pianist who gives master classes to talented students. Ten-year-old Vanessa lives in two rooms on the second floor with her invalid father, who was gassed during World War I, her mother, and her big brother, one of the landlady’s piano students.