Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast

By John Vaillant

"Riveting, spellbinding, astounding on every page. John Vaillant is one of the great poetic chroniclers of the natural world, and here he captures the majesty and horror of one of its great disasters-and what made it tragically possible." -David Wallace-Wells

Yellowface: A Novel

By R. F. Kuang

Fantasy writer Kuang, satirizes the publishing world with the story of a struggling writer appropriating the work of her more successful friend...and it's not just appropriation of voice!

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel

By Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin has written an exquisite love letter to life with all its rose gardens and minefields. With wisdom and vulnerability, she explores the very nature of human connection. This novel, and its unforgettable characters, know no boundaries.

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

By Margaret Atwood

Celebrate Mothers' Day with Margaret Atwood as she showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.

A Field Guide to Trees of Ontario

By Timothy Dickinson, James Eckenwalder, Deborah Metsger

This field guide is one in a series of ROM guides that are beautiful pocketbooks that connect readers with nature and wildlife across the province of Ontario. Packed with information on the biology, habitat, and conservation of the featured species, the books provide quick and easy access to amateur and professional naturalists alike.

Parasitic Oscillations: Poems

By Madhur Anand

Last year Madhur won the Governor General Award for Non-fiction for This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart. This year she has written a thought-provoking book of poetry which has just made the short list for the Trillium Poetry Prize. Congrats again to Madhur!

Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom

By Megan Lynn Kott

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir

By Jen Sookfong Lee

 Jen weaves together key moments in pop culture with stories of her own failings, longings, and struggles as she navigates the minefields that come with carving her own path as an Asian woman, single mother, and writer.

To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger

DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.

Greenwood: A Novel

By Michael Christie

A magnificent novel of greed, sacrifice, love, and the ties that bind--and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light - soon in paperback!

Women Talking: A Novel

By Miriam Toews

Acerbic, funny, tender, sorrowful and wise, Women Talking is composed of equal parts human love and deep anger. It explores the expansive, timeless universe of thinking and feeling about women--and men--in our contemporary world. Movie opens Fri Feb 24 at The Bookshelf Cinema!

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By Michelle Good

Michelle Good exposes the contradictions at the heart of Canada,  but also imagines beyond them, setting out a vision for an Indigenous future.