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Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and …
I love everything about this graphic novel. The concept of using the project as a tool for indigenous language preservation is what drew me in, but Cole Pauls is also such an incredibly talented illustrator.
In Cyclopedia Exotica , doctor's office waiting rooms, commercials, dog parks, and dating app screenshots …
What an incredible graphic novel. The author captures so much depth and insight about the real world through delightful/funny/relatable stories of cyclopes.
I highly recommend checking this one out (both figuratively and literally - I got a digital copy from my lobrary!)
The power of the pedal and the page shine through in these ten joyfully feminist …
This book warmed my heart - the final short story by Elly Blue may just be one of my favorite shorts of all time!
A contentious election and radicalized locals interfere with Canadian recovery workers' efforts at the site …
Content warning Mild spoilers
As a person who spent the first 26 years of my life in the US and is now a Canadian citizen that volunteers as a first aid provider, this one in particular hit home and gave me a small shot of hope.
I'm not sure if the author is aware of exactly how on-the-nose he is with the plot point that international medical aid doesn't go to the US, but their legal system is already set up in such a way that international first aid volunteering organizations such as St John Ambulance don't operate there because of legal liabilities.
Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's …
I learned a lot about Benedict Cumberbatch, but I learned even more about the author's journey in learning find joy in a world that is dead set on forcing women to abandon their interests, hobbies, and personalities to fit socially accepted norms.
This book felt uncomfortable at times, but the author did a good job of examining why certain things make people uncomfortable. Definitely a book that made me check my privilege as a cis-het man.
Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly "friendly" boss, …
Recommendation from a friend - giving it a try as a lighter read after (okay, during) a difficult season/year
Momo Gardner is the kind of friend who’s always ready to lend a helping hand. …
Watched and loved the first 2 seasons of Heartstopper and now I want to get lost in feel-good graphic novels
A clear, expert, and inspiring guide to social change, based on case studies of grassroots …
Seems like a really fantastic resource for really important work
**A powerful call-to-action that explores the risks we must take and the solidarity we must …
Put this one my Xmas list please!
A collection of short stories by Sim Kern, Real Sugar is Hard to Find explores …
Another collection from Sim Kern, whom I've come to consider an author whose works I need to read in their entirety.
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily …
Free Palestine
Rylla McCracken dreams of escaping her family's trailer in the Dust States to go to …
Sim Kern has become one of my favorite writers. I'll read anything of theirs that I can get my hands on.
Finding out who you were in a previous life sounds like fun until you’re forced …
This book blew my mind. I'm going to need a few weeks to process this one.
How Israel makes a killing from the occupation of Palestine
Israel’s military industrial complex uses …
Timely
From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a …
Content warning Spoilers ahead
This book was amazing. I love that the author writes books that she wishes she would've had available while she was growing up. It brings me profound joy to see somebody who escaped the confines of evangelicalism, and even better when that person's success yields books that are as delightful as this one.