In the late nineteenth century white settlers and administrators arrive to occupy the African country of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). Nehanda, a village girl, is recognized through omens and portents as a saviour. The resulting uprising by the Africans is brutally crushed but looks forward to the war of independence that succeeded a century later.
Told in lucid, poetic prose, this is a gripping story about the first meeting of a people with their colonizer.

“...crisp and touching...restrained and well-focused...’’

—The Weekly Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“...a meditation on fate and language...a compelling story.’’

—The Toronto Star

“Reading [it]...is like savouring a sweet delicacy. Every page possesses its own special flavour; every morsel, a sinful delight.’’

—Books in Canada

“...elegant...magical... “ —The Toronto Review

Passionate and subtly exotic, keenly aware of Persian mystical love concepts, and with a trained eye on Hindu mythology, these supple new poems explore the territories of love, the longings of the body, and the pains of loss and exile.

"Sadhu Binning's poetry gently provokes and evokes. He uses the tools of language, both Punjabi and English, to guide the reader through a private journey of public relevance. Rooted in a history of cultural and labour activism, this collection questions our notions of home, family and community. No More Watno Dur (Watno Dur means 'far away from the mother land') firmly establishes Binning as an essential poet who must be read in order to understand this continually unfolding experience of home and homeland in the Western world..."

Whatever it has meant historically and come to mean today, Canadian identity has always been felt passionately, even as Canadian nationhood has been perceived to be at the brink, under attack from forces both within and without the country.

In these eighteen essays Birbalsingh discusses the evolution of Canadian identity and nationhood as reflected, predominately, in the English fiction of this country, from the writings of the first British expatriates, through the colonial, empire-conscious works of the nineteenth century, to the strongly nationalistic literary consciousness of the mid-twentieth century and finally the contemporary work of a multicultural country continually transforming itself.

“A brilliant revelation of the dark reality under a lively Caribbean surface, The Obeah Man combines the humour of Samuel Selvon, the pathos of George Lamming and the irony of V S Naipaul all in one.”

—Frank Birbalsingh, York University

“…a compelling story of living in changing times…its message and impressions are long lasting…The Obeah Man is a very human story.”

 —Cecil Foster, The Toronto Review

In these closely argued essays, taking examples from writing and film, Mukherjee considers the place of the third world person – both as artistic creator and as a subject of artistic endeavour – in the West.
This important work includes detailed and original considerations of the works of David Lean, Michael Ondaatje, MG Vassanji, Earle Birney, Rohinton Mistry, Neil Bissoondath, Dionne Brand, and numerous others.

On Thursday May 22, 1997, a night of the full moon, a brutal act and a raging fire forever changed the lives of an Indian family in a Toronto suburb. 

Born in Rajasthan, India, Rita leaves her native country to live with her diplomat father in exotic places abroad. Her innocent, happy, and sheltered childhood comes to an end with her marriage.  Shock and horror follow, for the union is violently abusive. The couple move to England, then to Canada, where the outcome is breakup, then the tragedy of a murder-suicide. 

“Nayar has the reader’s full sympathy, for her story is achingly sad.” —Vancouver Sun

The poems in this book form a narrative whole that leaps between past and present, between childhood and adulthood, and between languages. Issues of cross-cultural politics and relationships are addressed, and loss across generations and migrations across continents. All of this is entwined with  the search for the poet-father and the attempt to come to terms with the past.

edited by Lien Chao

Chinese brush painting refers to paintings utilizing Chinese brush, ink, and Xuan paper. By now Chinese brush painting has been the predominant art form in the history of Chinese art for over one thousand years. In the history of world arts, it stands on its own, flying a unique banner. Chinese Canadian artist Peng Ma has been a professional artist for over fifty years. Crossing the borders between the East and the West, Ma’s paintings speak contemporary sentiments. This collection has gathered seventy of his latest achievements from the past decade.

This work charts the author’s intellectual journey during the last ten years as an academic teaching Postcolonial literature in a Canadian university. The essays critique the dominant models of Postcolonial theory that emerge from metropolitan centres and ignore the specifics of time and place. Arun Mukherjee tests these theories by applying them to her classroom experience of teaching authors such as Mulk Raj Anand, Dionne Brand, Anita Desai, Claire Harris, Bessie Head, Sky Lee, and many others.

This collection is a sensory journey from a warm green equatorial island to the changing seasons of a Prairie landscape. These poems explore the effects of colonialism, ancestral memories, and immigration on the poet's journey from youth to maturity. The frantic push for first-world development, rapidly eroding the once-pristine landscape and simple way of life of a third-world island, and creating a new race of colonials, is passionately delineated. The book is sectioned as follows: Roots, Indian Sojourn, Prairie Seasons, and Autumnal Season.

— Trinidad Express

Set in the romantic Himalayan valleys, amidst the breathtaking mountain snowmelts and the monsoon rainstorms, these beautifully told and haunting stories explore the lives and the longings and memories of the Lohar people of Kotli.

Much has changed in the Lohar village since the independence and partition of India, and there is a story and a secret to every person, every family. A man’s wife turns out to be a stranger, and his house is not quite his own, when two strangers appear and dig out their past from its earth; a boy contemplates the mystery behind an old picture...

". . . a memorable, deeply felt and frequently amusing debut, full of lively conversation and sure-handed narratives."
— BC BookWorld

“In this new collection we are privy to the full and variegated display of [Meena Alexander's] poetry.’’ —Marilyn Chin

“Meena Alexaner is one of the finest Indian poets writing today.’’

In Cape Town’s District 6, despite the brutality of apartheid laws, the lives of people go on. In these five connected stories, the central character is a precocious little girl called Rosa. Through her adventures in the neighbourhood we come to meet and know the District and its many colourful inhabitants--including Mamma Zila, Auntie Flowers, Mrs Hood and Uncle Peter--and their confusing, enigmatic lives, and all too human quirks.

"Maart observes the human costs of apartheid and homophobia with a keen eye."
— The Globe and Mail

"Consistently compelling."
— NOW