On Nov. 11, 2023, Canadians will mark Remembrance Day. We’ve put together a list of 11 books by Canadian authors that gives insight into personal and familial experiences of war, its impact on human life and a legacy not to be forgotten.
By the Ghost Light is a memoir by R.H. Thomson. (Knopf Canada)
Flight Risk is a play by Meg Braem. (University of Calgary Press, Riley Brandt)
Endgame is a picture book written by Catherine Little and illustrated by Sean Huang. (Plumleaf Press)
My Road From Damascus is a memoir by Jamal Saeed. (ECW Press, Rufaida al-Khabbaz)
War Stories is a book by Gordon Korman. (Scholastic Canada)
The War As I Saw It is a book by George Matuvi. (Wolsak & Wynn)
Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a novel by Christine Higdon. (ECW Press)
Who Gets In is a book by Norman Ravvin. (Allen McInnis, University of Regina Press)
The Mohawk Warrior Society is a book by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall. (Louise Leclaire, Between the Lines)
Wanda’s War is a book by Marsha Faubert. (Goose Lane Editions, Rebecca Blissett)
Mark Sakamoto is a Canada Reads winner and the author of Forgiveness. (Peter Power/CBC, Harper Perennial)
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