{
  "id": 2559374,
  "title": "Bumper crop of books",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/bumper-crop-of-books",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T11:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2026/08/22/bumper-crop-of-books"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Summer brings a surge of book releases for avid readers. A bumper crop of novels and non-fiction titles from Canadian authors is set to hit shelves in the coming months.\n\nOne notable debut is Michelle Good's new novel, Five Little Indians, which follows three generations of Cree women and their journeys of identity.\n\nNicholas Herring's follow-up to his award-winning Some Hellish explores the experiences of two Maritimers who move to Toronto in the 1990s.\n\nIn a departure from his previous work, author Patrick deWitt tells the story of a British archaeologist in Berlin who encounters mysterious doppelgangers in his latest novel.\n\nEmily St. John Mandel's latest novel, Exit Party, is set in a near-future Los Angeles where a party host vanishes after an interdimensional portal opens.\n\nB.C.-born author Patrick deWitt's new novel, Dodge City, follows a young man on the run from the draft in the U.S. who embarks on a drug-fueled journey to Canada.\n\nM.G. Vassanji's new novel is set in 13th-century Delhi, where a luminous presence appears in the sky and half men-half bird creatures descend upon the city.\n\nCatherine Leroux's novel, Set in Montreal, follows people struggling with housing shortages and disappearances from encampments.\n\nIain Reid and Ellie Foumbi team up for a surreal story of an aspiring actor auditioning for a commercial in their new novel.\n\nMary Lawson returns to her hometown of Oakville in her new novel, Solace in Winter, as a widower encounters a draft dodger and more.\n\nIn Truth Before Reconciliation, Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair examine the phenomenon of residential school denialism and its harmful effects.\n\nNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor explore the rise of far-right personalities and groups in their book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World.\n\nOlympians Jennifer Botterill and Kristina Rutherford share their Olympic gold medal-winning stories in Why Not You.\n\nIn The Inbetween Leader, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh explore how Indigenous governance traditions can help leaders create inclusive environments.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Michelle Good's debut novel Five Little Indians follows three generations of Cree women.",
    "Patrick deWitt explores a British archaeologist encountering mysterious doppelgangers in Berlin."
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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