Black Atlantic Canadian Voices

Books by Black authors in Newfoundland and Labrador, and across Atlantic Canada. Great titles to read for Black History Month and throughout the year.

Updated January 30, 2026
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My fade is fresh.
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
A little girl makes sure she walks out of the barbershop rocking the fabulous hair style she chooses. Learn the importance of speaking up for what you want through this fun and empowering picture book. When a little girl walks into her local barbershop, she knows she...
When I Wrap My Hair
Grant, Shauntay
Paper Book
In the vein of I Am Enough and Hold Them Close, this inspiring and beautiful picture book celebrates how hair wrapping ties together past and present. When I wrap, my roots run deep. As deep as an African marketplace or a city sidewalk or the...
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children : the hurt, the hope, and the healing
Taylor, Wanda Lauren
Ebook
"A history and a testimonial towards healing" of the hundreds of African-Nova Scotian orphans who suffered abuse and neglect at the government's hands ( The Coast). In 1921, prominent lawyer and Nova Scotia Black leader James R. Johnston's vision of a place welcoming of...
We rip the world apart
Carr, Charlene
Paper Book
"Page-turning and propulsive, heartbreaking and hopeful in turn. An important and necessary book that will stay with me for a long time." --Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a...
We rip the world apart
Carr, Charlene
Paper Book
"Page-turning and propulsive, heartbreaking and hopeful in turn. An important and necessary book that will stay with me for a long time." --Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a...
Hold my girl.
Carr, Charlene
Paper Book
Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection--obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family--and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven...
Hold my girl
Carr, Charlene
Paper Book
Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection--obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family--and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven...
The underground railroad : next stop, Toronto!
Shadd, Adrienne L.
Ebook
"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers...

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