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Overview: A landmark special edition celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Journey Prize.
Since its inception in 1989, the Journey Prize anthology has been widely celebrated for introducing readers to a who’s-who of up-and-coming Canadian literary voices, many of whom have gone on to become some of our most beloved writers. This special thirty-fifth-anniversary edition of Canada’s most prestigious annual fiction anthology gathers thirty-one timeless stories from throughout the prize’s history–some contemporary classics, some hidden gems–as chosen by two modern masters of the short story, Souvankham Thammavongsa and Alexander MacLeod, who are themselves previous Journey Prize contributors.
After her Olympic ski-jumper husband lifts off but never comes down, a woman counters the world’s doubts with her own leap of faith. A daughter reflects on the simple ritual she shared with her father–and the moment when her unconditional love for him was called into question. An Indigenous Elder recounts an alternative creation story of Ah-damn and Evening to a trio of anthropologists. After months of trying to sell the worthless sports card collection his no-good father left behind, a boy is unprepared for a bizarre encounter with the "pile of human being" who wants to buy a card to complete his collection. A mother and child contend with the strange after-effects of an unusual multi-course meal. Infighting, blatant favouritism, and judging irregularities mar a living-room beauty pageant as four sisters vie for the title of Miss Canada. A carpet collector reimagines his family’s fractured history by weaving new tapestries to tell their stories. The last words of a fifty-year-old pet parakeet leads to the first in a series of unfortunate events.
Marvellously eclectic, constantly surprising, and full of vibrant life, these glittering stories speak to the power of the short story and the extraordinary impact the Journey Prize continues to make on Canadian literature. Journey is a gift for readers and writers alike.
Featuring an introduction by the editors, and stories by André Alexis, Michael Christie, Alicia Elliott, Jessica Grant, Kevin Hardcastle, Angélique Lalonde, Annabel Lyon, Thomas King, Téa Mutonji, Saleema Nawaz, Heather O’Neill, Eden Robinson, Naben Ruthnum, and Madeleine Thien, among others.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
JESSICA GRANT – My Husband’s Jump
THOMAS KING – One Good Story, That One
MARTIN WEST – My Daughter of the Dead Reeds
TÉA MUTONJI – The Photographer’s Wife
ANDRÉ ALEXIS – Despair: Five Stories of Ottawa
PAIGE COOPER – The Roar
SARAH SELECKY – Throwing Cotton
MARK ANTHONY JARMAN – Righteous Speedboat
MADELEINE THIEN – Simple Recipes
JEAN RYSSTAD – Winter Baby
MICHELLE WINTERS – Toupée
HEATHER O’NEILL – The Difference Between Me and Goldstein
SALEEMA NAWAZ – My Three Girls
MICHAEL CHRISTIE – The Extra
LUE PALMER – I Swallow Creatures Whole
EDEN ROBINSON – Traplines
NANCY JO CULLEN – Hashtag Maggie Vandermeer
ANDREW HOOD – Manning
K.D. MILLER – Sunrise Till Dark
ANGÉLIQUE LALONDE – Pooka
NABEN RUTHNUM – Cinema Rex
MARY BORSKY – Maps of the Known World
KEVIN HARDCASTLE – Old Man Marchuk
ALICIA ELLIOTT – Tracks
ANNABEL LYON – Fishes
BEN LADOUCEUR – A Boy of Good Breeding
JOCELYN BROWN – Miss Canada
DORETTA LAU – How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?
LEANNE TOSHIKO SIMPSON – Monsters
ELYSE GASCO – Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
KRIS BERTIN – Is Alive and Can Move
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