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<p>“Reading the Riot Act” is a phrase that has entered the popular lexicon, meaning the action taken by authority figures when they perceive that their “charges” are getting out of hand.

<p>Drinkin’ rye and water with Grandma. Guns in False Creek. Frat boy homies from the North Delta ghetto. Samuel L. Jackson. Phantom Lord & Metallica.

<p><i>Burqa of Skin</i> is a dense collection of writings from Nelly Arcan, channelling harrowing disenchantment and indignation.

<p>Longlisted for the ReLit Award</p> <p>Editor's Pick, <i>Vancouver Sun</i></p> <p><i>Dirtbags</i> is a novel about reckoning?with one?s

<p>Longlisted for the ReLit Award (2006)</p> <p><i>Going to New Orleans</i> is the story of Lewis King, a jazz trumpet player who lands a gig in the Big Easy.

<p>Longlisted for a ReLit Award (2007)</p> <p>Alcuin Society Citation for Excellence in Design</p> <p>The stories in <i>Sugar Bush & Other Stories</i>

<p>Winner, 2011 ReLit Award</p> <p>From the author of <i>Pontypool Changes Everything</i>, <i>Ravenna Gets</i> is a new collection of “wheeled” stories tha

<p>Four disparate people confront each other--their memory and their responsibility--at the emergency room of a hospital when brought together by the crisis of a teenager suffering a psychiat

<p>Winner, 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest (1999)</p> <p>Winner, Inaugural ReLit Award (2001)</p> <p>Salacious, funny, and painfully emotive, <i>Skin</i> is a

<p><i>The Incomparables</i> is the debut novel from the Trillium nominated author of <i>Animal</i>.

<p><i>Kaspoit!</i> puts speculative illustration to the most profuse series of crimes ever to take place on Canadian soil.

<p>Finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes)</p> <p>Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Prize</p> <p>Long listed for CBC Canada Reads 2015</p> <p

<p>Montaigne Medal Finalist (Eric Hoffer Awards)</p> <p>The stories in <i>Cretacea and Other Stories from the Badlands</i> mostly take place in hot weather, where dust

<p>Finalist, ReLit Award </p> <p>Amazon.ca's 50 Essential Canadian Books selection</p> <p>First published in 1997 to much critical acclaim, <i>Salvage King,

<p>Finalist, Giller Prize </p> <p>Winner of 2 Saskatchewan Book Awards (Best First Book; City of Saskatoon Book Award)</p> <p>Finalist, Saskatchewan Book Award (Book o