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The Journey Prize Stories 31

The Best of Canada's New Writers

The Best of Canada's New Writers

Selected by Carleigh Baker, Catherine Hernandez and Joshua Whitehead

Selected by Carleigh Baker, Catherine Hernandez and Joshua Whitehead

Selected by Carleigh Baker, Catherine Hernandez and Joshua Whitehead

Selected by Carleigh Baker, Catherine Hernandez and Joshua Whitehead

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    About The Journey Prize Stories 31

    For more than thirty years, this celebrated anthology has introduced readers to the next generation of great Canadian writers. With settings ranging from a Saskatchewan wheat field marked by crop circles to a dystopian metropolis where people are under constant surveillance, the twelve stories in this collection represent the year’s best short fiction by some of our most exciting emerging voices.

    An aspiring artist looking for inspiration in the “aliveness of the desert” gets less–and more–than she bargained for when she signs up for a residency at a roadside motel. After years of toiling to pay off a debt that has devastated his family, a young Chinese fisherman makes a magical catch that will change the course of his life. As a populist candidate stands poised to triumph at a political convention, his campaign strategist and childhood best friend reflects on the dark legacy of their relationship. A brutal assault on a Toronto taxi driver leads his friend on a desperate search for answers. When troubling stories of women’s encounters with aliens start to dominate the news cycle, a reporter reluctantly returns to her hometown to cover the phenomenon. A carpet collector reimagines his family’s fractured history by weaving new tapestries to tell their stories. Unsure of whether his client is really dying, an end-of-life gift professional must assess the man’s extravagant last wish. A Ktunaxa grandmother tells a parable of why you shouldn’t speak to Kupi (owl) at night.

    About The Journey Prize Stories 31

    For more than thirty years, this celebrated anthology has introduced readers to the next generation of great Canadian writers. With settings ranging from a Saskatchewan wheat field marked by crop circles to a dystopian metropolis where people are under constant surveillance, the twelve stories in this collection represent the year’s best short fiction by some of our most exciting emerging voices.

    An aspiring artist looking for inspiration in the “aliveness of the desert” gets less–and more–than she bargained for when she signs up for a residency at a roadside motel. After years of toiling to pay off a debt that has devastated his family, a young Chinese fisherman makes a magical catch that will change the course of his life. As a populist candidate stands poised to triumph at a political convention, his campaign strategist and childhood best friend reflects on the dark legacy of their relationship. A brutal assault on a Toronto taxi driver leads his friend on a desperate search for answers. When troubling stories of women’s encounters with aliens start to dominate the news cycle, a reporter reluctantly returns to her hometown to cover the phenomenon. A carpet collector reimagines his family’s fractured history by weaving new tapestries to tell their stories. Unsure of whether his client is really dying, an end-of-life gift professional must assess the man’s extravagant last wish. A Ktunaxa grandmother tells a parable of why you shouldn’t speak to Kupi (owl) at night.

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Sep 24, 2019 | 216 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780771050794

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Sep 24, 2019 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780771050824

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    “The collection consistently does what the oeuvre does best: communicate intense emotion with force, give life to characters that struggle with their circumstances, illuminate the universal through the specific and the particular, and turn the commonplace into art.” —The Globe and Mail

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