Spotlight on Canada featuring Alberta Authors No waiting. No late fees. Always available. library.hoopladigital.com Broaden your literary perspective with titles Janette Oke from Alberta authors At hoopla, we’re committed to building a diverse collection that meets the needs of your patrons. When it comes to great Canadian titles, hoopla is adding to the thousands we already feature every week, including Canadian eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, and more. Author Janette Oke Janette Oke pioneered inspirational ction and is the leading author in the category today. She has written over forty books, thirty two of which have been translated into fourteen languages. She received the 1992 President’s Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her signicant contribution to Christian ction, and she has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for Fiction. She and her family make their home in Canada. Author Russell Thornton Russell Thornton’s collection The Hundred Lives (2014) was shortlisted for the Grin Poetry Prize. His Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (2013) was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Raymond Souster Award and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Author Hazel Hutchins Hazel has written over 50 books for children and young adults and has received numerous awards for her work. Mattland (2008), written in collaboration with her friend, Gail Herbert, won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the 2009 Alberta Literary Award and was included in the Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets List as well as the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens, 2009. 2 hoopladigital.com Janette Oke hoopladigital.com 3 Author Vivek Shraya An artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, and lm. Her album with Queer Songbook Orchestra, Part-Time Woman, was included in CBC’s Best Canadian Albums of 2017, and her rst book of poetry, even this page is white, won a 2017 Publisher Triangle Award. Her new best-selling book, I’m Afraid of Men, was her ald ed by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is one half of the music duo Too Attached and the founder of the publishing imprint VS. Books. A Polaris Music Prize nominee and four-time Lambda Literary Award nalist, Vivek was a 2016 Pride Toronto Grand Marshal, and has received honours from The Writers’ Trust of Canada and CBC’s Canada Reads. She is currently a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary. Author Arlene Dickinson Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada’s most renowned independent marketing communications entrepreneurs. As CEO of Venture Communications, her creative and strategic approach has turned the company into a powerhouse with a blue chip client list. She is also the CEO of YouInc.com, a company she founded in 2012 that is dedicated to serving and investing in entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Dickinson is best known to Canadians as one of the venture capitalists on the award-winning CBC series Dragons’ Den and The Big Decision, as well as Under New Management. She is the author of two books, the number one bestselling book, Persuasion and her most recent best-selling release, All In, and is currently authoring her third book. Her success and leadership has been recognized with multiple honours and awards including: Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, as well as PROFIT and Chatelaine’s TOP 100 Women Business Owners. Dickinson is an Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Navy and is the recipient of Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Mount Saint Vincent University, Saint Mary’s University, Concordia University as well as Degrees from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Olds College. She is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Author Chrystia Freeland Chrystia Freeland is Canada’s Minister of Foreign Aairs. An esteemed journalist and author, Chrystia was born in Peace River, Alberta. She received her undergraduate degree in Russian history and literature from Harvard University and obtained a Master of Studies degree in Slavonic Studies from St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. 4 hoopladigital.com Here’s some great titles from the authors of Alberta Author Publisher Format Title Content ID Origin A. E. Van Vogt Blackstone Audio, Inc. AUDIOBOOK Slan 11397843 AB A. E. Van Vogt Hauraki Publishing EBOOK The Wizard Of Linn 11783434 AB Ali Bryan Freehand Books EBOOK Roost 11833106 AB Arlene Dickinson HarperCollins Canada EBOOK All In 11919772 AB Arlene Dickinson HarperCollins Canada EBOOK Persuasion 11934882 AB Ashley Little Orca Book Publishers EBOOK The New Normal 11318311 AB Ashley Little Arsenal Pulp Press EBOOK Niagara Motel 11856092 AB Ashley Little Arsenal Pulp Press EBOOK Anatomy Of A Girl Gang 11864848 AB Ben Webb Oberon Books EBOOK The Well & Badly Loved 11967193 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind 11273821 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Jasper John Dooley: NOT in Love 11273822 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week 11273823 AB Caroline Adderson Orca Book Publishers EBOOK Bruno for Real 11318100 AB Caroline Adderson Orca Book Publishers EBOOK I, Bruno 11318317 AB Caroline Adderson Groundwood Books EBOOK Middle of Nowhere 11380161 AB Caroline Adderson Groundwood Books EBOOK A Simple Case of Angels 11380227 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Jasper John Dooley: You’re in Trouble 11425980 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Eat, Leo, Eat! 11425989 AB Caroline Adderson Groundwood Books Ltd EBOOK I Love You, One to Ten 11429670 AB Caroline Adderson Kids Can Press EBOOK Public Library Enemy #1 11583288 AB Caroline Adderson Dundurn EBOOK The Caroline Adderson Library 11795215 AB Caroline Adderson Biblioasis EBOOK A History Of Forgetting 11855608 AB Chip Zdarsky Image Comics COMIC Kaptara Vol. 1 11615680 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11714681 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead Vol. 1 11714684 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758615 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758616 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758617 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758618 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758619 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758620 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead 11758621 AB Chip Zdarsky Archie COMIC Jughead Vol. 2 11811800 AB Chip Zdarsky Image Comics COMIC Kaptara Vol. 1: Fear Not Tiny Alien 11903327 AB Chip Zdarsky Marvel Entertainment COMIC Howard The Duck Vol. 1: Duck Hunt 12020914 AB Chrystia Freeland Tantor Audio AUDIOBOOK Plutocrats 10756333 AB Chrystia Freeland Brookings Institution Press EBOOK My Ukraine 11864862 AB Darren O’Donnell Coach House Books EBOOK Social Acupuncture 11505990 AB Darren O’Donnell Coach House Books EBOOK Your Secrets Sleep With Me 11506025 AB Darren O’Donnell Coach House Books EBOOK pppeeeaaaccceee 11506046 AB Darren O’Donnell Coach House Books EBOOK Inoculations 11506114 AB David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press EBOOK The Evolution of Alice 11935822 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press EBOOK When We Were Alone 11935950 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: Ends / Begins 11965495 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Will I See? 11965498 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: Stone 11965499 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga 11965666 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: Scars 11965667 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story 11965672 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Peacemaker: Thanadelthur 11965676 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Rebel: Gabriel Dumont 11965677 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Land of Os: John Ramsay 11965678 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Ballad of Nancy April: Shawnadithit 11965687 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Poet: Pauline Johnson 11965696 Indigenous hoopladigital.com 5 David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: The Pact 11965697 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC Tales from Big Spirit: The Scout: Tommy Prince 11965698 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press COMIC 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga 11996663 Indigenous David Alexander Robertson Portage & Main Press EBOOK Strangers 12012435 Indigenous Derek Mcculloch Image Comics COMIC Displaced Persons 11430717 AB Derek Mcculloch Image Comics COMIC Displaced Persons 11903781 AB Diane Swanson Kids Can Press EBOOK You Are Weird 11426021 AB Diane Swanson Kids Can Press EBOOK Burp! 11426027 AB Doris Anderson Read Books Ltd. EBOOK Simplied Systems of Sewing Styling Lesson Six, Fittings 11717764 AB Doris Anderson Read Books Ltd. EBOOK Simplied Systems of Sewing Styling 11718742 AB Elizabeth Thornton Diversion Books EBOOK The Passionate Prude 11579408 AB Elizabeth Thornton Diversion Books EBOOK Scarlet Angel 11579411 AB Elizabeth Thornton Diversion