Northern Lights: Great Canadian Writers

All Mary wants for Christmas is a pair of new shoes. But the Depression has hit her Saskatchewan farming family hard, and she receives a homemade doll instead — a doll which fuels a sisterly rivalry.

A Canadian boy with both Irish and Cree heritage tries to juggle family, friends, soccer, alongside his newfound passion for indigenous dance — which brings him into conflict on all sides.

Changes abound in this bilingual nation — political, social, and gender tensions run high in this well-written human drama.

An eccentric, often unsettling, and intelligent collection of short stories by a new Canadian writer. The next Margaret Atwood?

Murder, sabotage, adultery, and canopic jars: in the happiest place on Earth… some 200 years in the future.

Not The Smiths song: the Douglas Coupland novel. Just as troubling. Less enigmatic.

Cyberpunk at its finest. A genre-defining collection of short stories from a modern literary great.

Publishing. Fashion. Murder. Money laundering. What's not to love about a book that handles these with wit and sarcasm?

Who knew Saul Bellow was Canadian? This great American novel is a nothing short of a modern classic.

When a washed up actor examines his questionable life choices, he's presented with one last chance to make things right.

Quirky Quebecois tales from a Montreal master.

The genius behind "Generation X" turns his attention to
the lives of technology workers; taking in the finer nuances of geek culture, the rise of Microsoft, and the eventual draw of life in Silicon Valley.

A true Canadian classic — set in picturesque Edwardian Nova Scotia.

The Grand Dame of Canadian Letters deftly tackles the issue of debt in "Payback": tracing it from ancient times right through to the current financial crisis.

Perry and Lester are happy in their abandoned Florida mall; transforming a junk-filled world of seashells, soda cans, and Elmo dolls into a treasure trove of terrific tech.

And then Kodak and Disney get involved…