{"title":"Books Beyond the Algorithm","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks we'd hand you before the algorithm ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bad-cree-jessica-johns","title":"Bad Cree - Jessica Johns","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*The Book Archive Book Club May 2024 Pick*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting debut novel where dreams, family and spirits collide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMackenzie, a Cree millennial, wakes up in her one-bedroom Vancouver apartment clutching a pine bough she had been holding in her dream just moments earlier. When she blinks, it disappears. But she can still smell the sharp pine scent in the air, the nearest pine tree a thousand kilometres away in the far reaches of Treaty 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMackenzie continues to accidentally bring back items from her dreams, dreams that are eerily similar to real memories of her older sister and Kokum before their untimely deaths. As Mackenzie's life spirals into a living nightmare-crows are following her around and she's getting texts from her dead sister on the other side-it becomes clear that these dreams have terrifying, real-life consequences. Desperate for help, Mackenzie returns to her mother, sister, cousin, and aunties in her small Alberta hometown. Together, they try to uncover what is haunting Mackenzie before something irrevocable happens to anyone else around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting, fierce, an ode to female relations and the strength found in kinship,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Cree\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gripping, arresting debut by an unforgettable voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Johns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation. 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She has spoken at various literary and arts festivals such as The Bay Area Book Festival, WORD Vancouver, Vancouver Writers Fest, FOLD Festival, Victoria Festival of Authors, London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival, and Blue Metropolis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHer visual art has been featured at the 2022 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/buddiesinbadtimes.com\/show\/the-rhubarb-festival-2021\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRhubarb Festival\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grunt.ca\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003egrunt gallery\u003c\/a\u003e, and at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.latitude53.org\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLatitude 53\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eShe serves on the editorial board for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gutsmagazine.ca\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGUTS – An Anti-Colonial Feminist Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e, the advisory board for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roommagazine.com\/the-indigenous-brilliance-reading-series\/\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eIndigenous Brilliance reading series\u003c\/a\u003e, and also brews kombucha as the founder of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kokomkombucha\/?hl=en\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ekokôm kombucha\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Archive","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":45055949308221,"sku":"","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/811Er9b6sDL._SL1500.jpg?v=1743972363"},{"product_id":"small-worlds-caleb-azumah-nelson","title":"Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Costa First Novel Award winning author Caleb Azumah Nelson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most acclaimed and internationally bestselling “unforgettable” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) debuts of the 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson’s London-set love story Open Water took the US by storm and introduced the world to a salient and insightful new voice in fiction. Now, with his second novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmall Worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the prodigious Azumah Nelson brings another set of enduring characters to brilliant life in his signature rhythmic, melodic prose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet over the course of three summers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmall Worlds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanian immigrant parents, brother to Ray, and best friend to Adeline. On the cusp of big life changes, Stephen feels pressured to follow a certain path—a university degree, a move out of home—but when he decides instead to follow his first love, music, his world and family fractures in ways he didn’t foresee. 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