The holiday season is upon us, and we know gift giving can be tough! But what's better than giving a book? Books are a wonderful way to bring us together (and give us some needed alone time). We've put together a Second Story Press Holiday Gift Guide to make your shopping as easy as possible for all your loved ones (or yourself!).
Use the code HOLIDAY24 at checkout to take 20% off your order! The discount code applies ONLY to the books listed in the gift guide. The discount code can be used until the end of 2024.
We want to support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers who are going on strike at Canada Post as much as possible. However, as a small, independent publisher, we have little choice but to work with other couriers for direct orders placed through our website until a resolution is reached. Courier companies are experiencing higher-than-normal volumes at this time. We cannot guarantee orders will arrive by a certain date, but we will be shipping orders until December 17, 2024. Any orders placed afterwards will be fulfilled in the new year. We apologize for any shipping delays that may occur that are beyond our control.
If you would like to support the Canada Post strike, we strongly recommend shopping for Second Story Press books at your local independent bookstore (if they don't have a specific book in stock, they can order it in!).
FOR ADULTS:
Let’s escape with immersive fiction
Barcelona Red Metallic by Christine Cosack
[non]disclosure by Renée D. Bondy
Nights Too Short to Dance by Marie-Claire Blais and translated by Katia Grubisic
The Birds That Stay by Ann Lambert
Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith
Let’s connect to another’s experience
Motherlike by Katherine Leyton
Growing Old, Going Cold: Notes on Swimming, Aging, and Finishing Last by Kathleen McDonnell
Fractured: A Memoir by Susan Mockler
Any Kind of Luck at All by Mary Fairhurst Breen
Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy by Manjusha Pawagi
Let’s reflect with a heritage moment
The Abortion Caravan: When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose by Karin Wells
Queen of the Hurricanes: The Fearless Elsie MacGill by Crystal Sissons
Because They Were Women: The Montreal Massacre by Josée Boileau and translated by Chantal Bilodeau
More Than a Footnote: Canadian Women You Should Know by Karin Wells
No Second Chances: Women and Political Power in Canada by Kate Graham
FOR KIDS AND TEENS:
Let’s introduce history to little ones
Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer
Obaasan’s Boots by Lara Jean Okihiro and Janis Bridger
The Light Keeper by Sheila Baslaw and Karen Levine
A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade
To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis by Kathy Kacer
Let’s uplift the burgeoning activist
Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust by Sarah Silberstein Swartz
Undaunted Ursula Franklin: Activist, Educator, Scientist by Monica Franklin and Erin Della Mattia
World Shakers: Inspiring Women Activists by Helen Wolfe
I, Too, Am Here by Morgan Christie
Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism by Mary Fairhurst Breen
Let’s snuggle up for storytime
UPS and DOWNS by Nancy MacNairn
Charlie’s Balloons by Sarah Degonse and translated by Arielle Aaronson
Khadija and the Elephant Toothpaste Experiment by Farah Qaiser and Hajer Nakua
What’s in a Bead? by Kelsey Borgford
Everyone is Welcome by Phuong Truong
Let’s encourage their first solo adventures
Alina in a Pinch by Shenaaz Nanji
Alina in the Deep by Shenaaz Nanji
The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker by Alma Fullerton
Home Free by Sharon Jennings
Let’s inspire the hesitant reader
The Case of the Pilfered Pin by Michael Hutchinson
The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson
Ciel by Sophie Labelle
Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold by Jessica Outram
Krista Kim-Bap by Angela Ahn
Let’s embolden teens to be themselves
The End of Always by Rebecca Phillips
Rachel Bird by Becky Citra
Wish Upon a Satellite by Sophie Labelle
Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kacer
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen
