Grain Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Rail
Kai Carlson-Wee
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Miranda Pearson is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Rail with McGill-Queen’s University Press. Pearson's work in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XV5Dw. #ContributorSpotlight #Writing #CanLit #LitMag https://t.co/gFh1n8I5Hw
Paperback, 2018
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dance Floor Tilts
Susan Alexander
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Susan Alexander is the author of two books, Nothing You Can Carry and The Dance Floor Tilts. Read Alexander's work in the forthcoming issue, Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/wu3AIhIwbr
Paperback, 2017
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Nothing You Can Carry
Susan Alexander
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Susan Alexander is the author of two books, Nothing You Can Carry and The Dance Floor Tilts. Read Alexander's work in the forthcoming issue, Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/wu3AIhIwbr
Paperback, 2020
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rain Shadow
Nicholas Bradley
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Nicholas Bradley is the author of Rain Shadow (University of Alberta Press, 2018). Read Bradley's work forthcoming in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XV5Dw. https://t.co/O2SVOtU0pC
Paperback, 2018
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Straggler: "DOOFUS" Grandpa
James Stordahl
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: @Tanis_MacDonald is the author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female (2022). Read MacDonald's work forthcoming in Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/MT8yW76oXq
Paperback, 2014
$7.23$3.62 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Curios: Poems
Judith Taylor
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Judith Taylor's poems have been most recently published in Antigonish, TNQ, and The Malahat Review. Read Taylor's work forthcoming in Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/f1eMzOwcwj
Paperback, 2000
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Avenue of Champions
Conor Kerr
Former Grain Prose Editor Lisa Bird-Wilson is a finalist in the Amazon First Novel Award, Adult category, for her novel Probably Ruby. Grain contributor Conor Kerr is also a finalist for his novel Avenue of Champions. Congratulations Lisa and Conor! Good luck to all finalists. https://t.co/VgGsSJd01G
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Response of Weeds: A Misplacement of Black Poetry on the Prairies
Bertrand Bickersteth
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Bertrand Bickersteth was born in Sierra Leone and raised in Alberta. His collection of poetry, The Response of Weeds, was the recipient of multiple awards. Read Bickerseth's work forthcoming in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XUxNY.
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elementary Particles
Sneha Madhavan-Reese
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Sneha Madhavan-Reese is the author of the poetry collections Observing the Moon (Hagios Press, 2015) and Elementary Particles (forthcoming from Brick Books, Fall 2023). Read Madhavan-Reese's work in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XUxNY https://t.co/26n81w3H5O
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Probably Ruby
Lisa Bird-Wilson
Former Grain Prose Editor Lisa Bird-Wilson is a finalist in the Amazon First Novel Award, Adult category, for her novel Probably Ruby. Grain contributor Conor Kerr is also a finalist for his novel Avenue of Champions. Congratulations Lisa and Conor! Good luck to all finalists. https://t.co/VgGsSJd01G
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book