From a Small Press

In support of Small Press Fair, hosted by Open Space at GVPL Central Branch on September 21, 2024, a list of books from small presses across Canada.

Updated August 27, 2024
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In the slender margin : the intimate strangeness of death and dying
Joseph, Eve
Paper Book
A journey into the land of death and dying seen through the lens of art and the imagination Part memoir, part meditation on death itself, In the Slender Margin is an exploration of death from an "insider's" point of view. Using the threads of her brother's early death and her twenty years...
Making a home assisted living in the community for young disabled people
Powley, Jen, 1977- author. 
Paper Book
In most Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home geared for death; their physical assistance...
This place a stranger Canadian women travelling alone
Johnstone, Vici, 1959-, editor. 
Paper Book
Sometimes tragic, sometimes uproariously funny, THIS PLACE A STRANGER is a diverse collection of Canadian women writing about their experiences of travelling alone. From the deceptiveness of the everyday to the extremes of geography, weather and violence, these stories go beyond the usual tales of...
Water confidential witnessing justice denied -- the fight for safe drinking water in Indigenous and rural communities in Canada
Blacklin, Susan 
Paper Book
In Water Confidential, Susan Blacklin (formerly Sue Peterson) revisits the important work of her late ex-husband, Dr. Hans Peterson. Beginning in 1996, Peterson, growing frustrated with his work in government funded research in Saskatchewan, brought attention to the desperate need for equal...

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