Adult Nonfiction

A story of survival was often a story of hiding.

We’re shapeshifters, women—beasts, but everyone likes to hush that up.

Behind every “landmark case” is a woman with a story.

“We have told only half the stories of how our world was shaped.”

"One irresistible story from the journey towards women owning their own bodies." - Gloria Steinem

Fourteen deaths that forced a reckoning with violence against women

Women don’t win re-election. Why? Because in Canadian politics, there are no second chances.

The undertold story of the all-women’s symphony orchestra that revolutionized music in Canada

A remarkable woman's story of survival and resistance during the Holocaust

Remarkable stories and photographs that bear witness to the Holocaust from the much-respected organization The...

Can the strength accumulated over a lifetime of losses be enough to cope with a...

An unexpected, wry, and funny memoir about one woman's experience with cancer. Manjusha Pawagi describes...

As she aged, Kathleen McDonnell discovered her secret superpower: swimming in cold water.

A collection of first-hand accounts of strength, resistance, and discovery from immigrant and refugee women.

Features insights from notable Canadian sports stars Hayley Wickenheiser and Nikki Dryden

Somehow it was easier to be inside the injury. Not to see what was visible...

50 years of frontline legal battles to protect the civil liberties we take for granted

The first two women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada were polar opposites, but...