We Demand: 50 years after our first major rights rally, this is what queer Canadians say we need today
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18 Canadian books to read for Pride Month
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In this collection of stories,
Dominoes at the Crossroads, Kaie Kellough navigates Canada s Caribbean diaspora, as they seek music and a connection to their past. Through a broad cast of characters including jazz musicians, hitchhikers, suburbanites, student radicals, secret agents, historians and their fugitive slave ancestors Kellough stretches the stories from Montreal s Old Port to as far as the South American rainforests.
Kellough is a writer based in Montreal. His novel
Accordéon was a finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award in 2017. He is also the author of the poetry collection
All in a Weekend13:55Kaie Kellough tips one narrative into the other with Dominoes at the CrossroadsMontreal author Kaie Kellough weaves together a series of interconnected short stories from different narrators from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, with common themes around identity, belonging, coming of age and revolution. He shared his inspiration for the award-winning
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Books make great gifts. From history to fantasy and everything in between, here are some suggestions for your mom on Mother s Day.
If your mother likes mother/daughter stories, try
My Mother s Daughter is a memoir by Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien.(Martin Brown, Doubleday Canada)
Perdita Felicien s mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness. However, she still encouraged and supported her youngest daughter s athletic dreams. Felicien would go on to be a world-class hurdler and one of Canada s greatest track athletes.