Our Most Autumnal Titles
This blog post is dedicated to some of our staff’s favourite backlist titles that make us think of Fall. Check out our suggestions for Fall reading below!
Death Valley by Susan Perly
Need something a little weird, a little spooky, to put you in the mood for Halloween, but something that’s not outright horror fiction? I’d like to suggest Death Valley, the first in Susan Perly’s series of Vivienne Pink novels. Vivienne is a veteran photojournalist with a penchant for fabulous art, rapturous love affairs and strange, Lynchian adventures. Oh, and also revenge. Death Valley is an artistic road trip with a dash of kidnapping, eerie hallucinations, old-fashioned spy craft and a man in bird suit. It’s one of the most original and compelling novels I’ve ever read, and I know you’re going to love it. – Paul
A Very Special Episode by nathan dueck
Fall for me is a season of nostalgia – first day of school photos, trick-or-treating and the smell of wet leaves and campfires. What better way to reminisce about years past than to curl up with a blanket and a book that pays homage to the pop culture of the ’80s and ’90s? A Very Special Episode by nathan dueck is a joyful and humorous poetry collection, featuring poems about Saturday morning cartoons, TV Guides, commercial jingles and endless hours making Cootie Catchers. “I don’t wanna grow up, just don’t wanna grow.” – Ashley
Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests by Ariel Gordon
As the summer heat breaks and the fall walking season begins Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests is an excellent companion. Ariel Gordon describes walking the streets and forests of Winnipeg, photographing trees and mushrooms while ruminating on the meaning of urban nature. This lovely book encourages you to think deeper about the nature you find yourself immersed in both in and out of traditional natural spaces. After reading it you’ll find yourself looking down as much as up on your next walk. – Isaac (the intern)
Letters to Little Comrade by Dan K. Woo
Letters to Little Comrade is the story of a young woman struggling to determine her own life. With the odds stacked against her, every move she makes to create opportunities for herself serve only to narrow her world. To me, the story feels like that melancholy you sometimes get at the beginning of fall when you look over your summer, and the year you’ve had so far, with the realization that it’s all coming to a close far sooner than you’d expected and many of your plans have either vanished or been altered past recognition. – Jen
The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow by Armand Garnet Ruffo
The Dialogues: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow by Armand Garnet Ruffo is a brilliant fall book touching on all the things that say fall to me. A slight bit of the unearthly, beautiful writing with depth, some darkness – though this darkness is the very real horror of WWI – and space for contemplation. Armand not only shares the story of the famous Indigenous WWI veteran, he shares the story of telling Francis Pegahmagabow’s story and does it all in verse. The Dialogues is a fascinating and moving collection. – Noelle
