Look for these new titles in fall 2026!

Emily Regained by A.C. Bruce 

October 2026
$24.95, 350 pages
9781553807513

Suffering from chronic pain after a devastating car accident, Emily fights to rebuild her life by blowing the whistle on the health professionals who betrayed her trust.

Emily used to be a genetics researcher. She used to play competitive chess and captain a soccer team. Then a distracted driver shattered her world. She can no longer work, the opioid she has been prescribed is not only highly addictive, it causes hallucinations and her insurance company's psychologist has labelled her paranoid. Life as she knew it and loved it, is over. Suicide begins to look attractive.

When Emily learns that the health professionals she trusted have betrayed her, she struggles to throw off self-pity and take what's left of her life and her good name to launch a counterplay.

Told from Emily's point of view, we get her inner most thoughts - her humour, frustration and fear - and we cheer her on as she takes on those who have deceived her. Emily Regained includes elements of mystery and a bit of romance but, just like the real life it's based on, it is multilayered and a little messy, all captured in entertaining and engaging prose.

A.C. Bruce is the penname for two Calgary writers. Based on lived experience, they were driven to write this book because of their frustration over the lack of effective treatment for people who suffer chronic pain and their disgust at the unethical behaviour of certain health professionals. They wish to salute crash survivors. Non-fatal accidents, like non-fatal illnesses, seldom make the news unless they hold up traffic. But they are often life-altering.

An Acadian Odyssey: The Return Of Ange Amirault by Debra Amirault Camelin

October 2026
$23.95, 270 pages
9781553807476

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It's 1766 and after years of forced exile Ange Amirault returns to Nova Scotia with his young family. But what kind of life awaits the Acadians?

Brutally forced into exile by the British in 1756, a young seaman, Captain Ange Amirault is torn from his home and his love Nathalie. But when the British decree that the Acadians may return to Acadie (in modern day Nova Scotia) Ange, now reunited with Nathalie, is determined to reclaim his place in the land they love despite it being under the full control of the distrusted English and with a steady influx of New England Planters.

The proud history of the Acadians is embodied in Ange and Nathalie as they build a new life despite the hardships. Acadian lore is weaved with eighteen century historical events as the epic, human drama unfolds in this passionate follow up to Nathalie: An Acadian's Tale of Tragedy and Triumph .

Debra Amirault Camelin is an Acadian with deep ancestral roots in Pubnico and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She is also a poet; her collection Light in the Mist was published in 2019. Her passion for labyrinths led to co-authoring a guidebook, Rituals in the Labyrinth: 25 Rituals to Deepen Your Walkers' Experience . Debra has a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University and lives in Yarmouth with her husband of many years.

Coming in Spring 2027

Jan 2027 (Can), May 2027 (US)
$25.95, 300 pages
9781553807537
Black-and-white archival images and maps
History / Adventure

Three thrilling journeys told in vivid detail by men who risked their lives to open up the North, in the days before the North was a part of Canada.

Nancy Marguerite Anderson expertly weaves the journals of three remarkable Hudson’s Bay Company men into a gripping and powerful tale of daring and dangerous explorations.

In his search for Sir John Franklin’s men, James Anderson travelled 600 miles down 84 sets of rapids in the treacherous Great Fish River on his way to the Arctic Sea.

Robert Campbell fought his way up BC’s tumultuous Liard River and ventured across the mountains to the unknown Yukon.

Pompous, dislikable Augustus Peers wrote about his experiences, and his long-lost manuscript, unearthed by the author, reveals his evocative and expressive writing.

Feb 2027 (Can), May 2027 (US)
$25.95, 352 pages
9781553807551
Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Graphic Novel / Social History / Biography

Once known as “the world’s most dangerous woman,” Emma Goldman is now largely forgotten to history, but this graphic biography passionately reveals her dramatic life and ideals.

The year is 1939, and on the cusp of world war, Emma is living in Toronto. She leads a small group of left-wing radicals fighting the rise of fascist activities in Canada as waves of tyranny engulf Europe. In her final months, she struggles to maintain her stamina as they work to save a fellow anti-fascist from deportation and death.

David Lester’s raw black-and-white watercolour drawings evocatively depict the life of a radical maverick ahead of her time. At The End is a story of courage and conviction in a world of moral and political corruption. The life of Emma Goldman offers hope and inspiration for those of us today, unwaveringly speaking truth to power.

Jan 2027 (Can), May 2027 (US)
$24.95, 250 pages
9781553807599
Black-and-white images
True Crime / Social History

Ten British Columbians met violent, shocking and mysterious ends between 1895 and 1928. But the victims were denied justice and their stories have been forgotten.

These investigations into violent crime reveal an early multicultural society’s struggles for equitable justice. Eversole includes cold cases such as Man Quong, the well-known manager of the Chinese Theatre, who navigated a fraught underworld of opium-dealing tongs and was fatally thrashed and thrown from the theatre’s stage. The horrendous murder of Agnes Bings had citizens and the press believing the dreaded Jack the Ripper could be among them. The foggy inlets of the north coast were not a refuge for two troubled veterans of the Great War: one died from a gunshot, while the other disappeared, leaving a desperate note proclaiming his innocence.

April 2027 (Can), May 2027 (US)
$18.95, 90 pages
9781553807575
Poetry

Lesley-Anne Evans brings her fierce and tender sensibilities to an intimate conversation with her mother, after a debilitating stroke leads to her sudden death.

Although the mother’s unexpected illness and death mean a healing conversation will never occur, the daughter is compelled to speak, even if that requires imagining her mother’s presence and braving the most vulnerable disclosures of all.

Evans explores the relational complexities of one mother and daughter, and the common experience of many women who want more, and pursue more, than their mothers can give. Never veering from straight talk about difficult truths, the poems compassionately ac- company the reader through pain and loss in search of open spaces where consolation is possible.