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Pride and Prejudice with a modern twist    AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on.  Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is...

*WINNER OF A 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 VANCOUVER BOOK AWARD* "A sweeping and mesmerizing story that spans time and mortal space so expertly and elegantly." --Alan...

Hasan Namir's God In Pink is a revelatory novel about being queer and Muslim, set in war-torn Iraq in 2003. Ramy is a young gay Iraqi struggling to find a balance between his sexuality, religion and culture. Ammar is a sheikh whose guidance Ramy seeks, and whose tolerance is tested by his belief in...

A sparkling, reader-favourite rom-com for fans of You've Got Mail, set in competing halal restaurants   "A novel of wit, heart, substance and depth--a love story that explores the challenging issues of our times." --Ausma Zehanat Khan  "Readers won't be able to put this...

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobrakheit meet at a café in Cairo. He was a photographer of the revolution, but now finds himself unemployed and addicted to cocaine, living in a rooftop shack. She is a nostalgic daughter of immigrants...

When a rock, a threatening letter, and a burning Quran are thrown into a mosque on the outskirts of Toronto, religious leaders and the police shrug it off as an isolated incident. But many see it as a hate crime. Among them is Kashif Siddiqui, the son of Pakistani immigrants. Kashif joins a group...

WINNER OF THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION In this novel about peace in a time of war, debut author Jamaluddin Aram masterfully breathes life into the colourful characters of the town of Wazirabad, in early 1990s Kabul, Afghanistan. ...

Finalist, 2023 Writers' Union of Canada Danuta Gleed Literary Award Finalist, 2024 Alberta Literary Awards Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2023 Moving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants -- despite duty, discrimination, and...

Nisha, "Azar's beautiful wife," lives a life surrounded by all the modern luxuries of a wealthy suburban home in Toronto. Her father is a taxi driver, her mother a conservative religious housewife jealously craving a better material life. Tormented by her childhood memories of serial sexual abuse...

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 TRILLIUM AWARD * FINALIST FOR THE 2021 EVERGREEN AWARD * AN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF 2020 * A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST INDEPENDENT READ FOR FALL 2020 * AN APPLE BOOKS BEST BOOK OF 2020 * A CBC BOOKS BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOK OF 2020 * A NOW MAGAZINE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2020

Despite her family's threat to disown her, Idil, a young Somali woman, rejects her high Bliss status to marry Sidow, a poor Boon man. Her decision transforms her life, forcing her to face harsh and sometimes even deadly consequences for her defiance of a strict tribal hierarchy. Set in the fifteen...

For readers of Brother by David Chariandy and Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, Adnan Khan's blistering debut novel investigates themes of race, class, masculinity, and contemporary relationships. Omar Ali is a ticking time bomb. A phone call from his ex-girlfriend Anna's...