Non-Fiction

How to Breathe Underwater by Chris Turner

Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar

Circling the Midnight Sun by James Raffan

Let’s Start a Riot by Bruce McCulloch

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild

Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti and Leanne Shapton

A Boreal Feast by Michele Genest

One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery by Karyn L. Freedman

Photobooth: A Biography by Meags Fitzgerald

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Land Acknowledgment

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta District 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.

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