Adult Nonfiction

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

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

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

These \"bra art\" creations are beautiful, often hilarious, and touching

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

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.

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

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

Women from places as diverse as Slovakia and Portugal, India and Uruguay, Korea and Kenya,...

"Queen of the Hurricanes" was so popular she inspired her own comic book hero

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