Black History Month (Adult)

Each February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and celebrations that honour the legacy and contributions of Black people in Canada and their communities.

Updated December 30, 2025
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History Lessons
Wallbrook, Zoe B.
Paper Book
Perfect for crime readers who love a mix of humour and suspense-in the vein of Janet Evanovich and Kellye Garrett. Professor Daphne Ouverture has chosen a simple life. She spends her days grading papers, going on atrocious dates, and telling herself that her small world suits her just fine. Until...
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes : A Mystery
Jackson-Opoku, Sandra.
Paper Book
A sparkling debut mystery set on the South Side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café. When Savvy Summers first opened Essie's soul food café, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the...
Dream Count : A Novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi.
Paper Book
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists--the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires <...
James : a novel
Everett, Percival.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view * In development as a feature film to be...
I've been meaning to tell you : a letter to my daughter
Chariandy, David John
Paper Book
In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, acclaimed novelist David Chariandy's latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today....
Frying plantain : stories
Reid-Benta, Zalika.
Paper Book
Set in the neighbourhood of "Little Jamaica," Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in...
Such a fun age : a novel
Reid, Kiley.
Paper Book
A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post * Chicago Tribune * NPR * Vogue * Elle * Real Simple * InStyle * Good Housekeeping * Parade * Slate...
In the upper country
Thomas, Kai
Paper Book
Winner of the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize The fates of two unforgettable women--one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life's last vital act--intertwine in this sweeping, powerful novel set at the...
Africaville : a novel
Colvin, Jeffrey
Paper Book
2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee-Debut Fiction A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood,...
The race to be myself : a memoir
Semenya, Caster
Paper Book
Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by...

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