40 works of Canadian nonfiction to watch for this fall – CBC

by ahnationtalk on August 2, 2019457 Views

Aug 01, 2019

Here are 40 works of Canadian nonfiction coming out in the second half of 2019 that we can’t wait to read.

Jesse Thistle has earned many honours for his work in academia, including the 2016 Governor General’s Silver Medal. He is also a Trudeau and Vanier Scholar. He specializes in Indigenous homelessness, a topic he understands all too well. Abandoned by his parents and raised by his difficult grandparents, Thistle struggled with addiction as an adult and spent 10 years homeless. He shares his story of overcoming his circumstances in the memoir, From the Ashes.

Anna Mehler Paperny is a journalist who has struggled with depression her entire life. After a suicide attempt in her 20s, she decided to look into her disease: how it’s caused, treated and talked about. Part memoir, part investigation, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me is a examination of an illness that is far too common and far too little understood.

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