Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed. Shut Up You’re Pretty by Tea Mutonji (Arsenal Pulp Press) We say that ‘diversity is our strength,’ but has a feel-good catchphrase prevented us from confronting the forces that seem to be separating and isolating urban communities?

Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter and Peter Lorinc (Coach House Books) Theory begins as its narrator sets out, like many a graduate student, to write a wildly ambitious thesis on the past, present, and future of art, culture, race, gender, class, and politics–a revolutionary work that its author believes will synthesize and thereby transform the world. Theory by Dionne Brand (Penguin Random House) To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Penguin Random House)Įleven-year-old George Washington Black-or Wash-a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard (Fernwood Publishing)Ī call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society. If you’re not able to buy direct via the links below, please place an order through your local bookstore, or check in with your local library for availability. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but to provide a springboard we hope it inspires you to see out more writing and books by Black Canadians. We’ve provided a list below to get you started. If you’ve arrived on this website looking to purchase an Invisible book, we ask that you also consider purchasing a book by a Black Canadian author. Actions speak louder than words, but we hope the two can be complementary.

Subdivided by Jay Pitter