Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel

Autofiction told in graphic novel format by the author of Are You My Mother?

There’s a lot going on here, with pygmy goats, procrastination, old friends forming a throuple, the pernicious influence of social media  and reality TV. A hilarious, tender-hearted one sitting read.

Adult Graphic Novel pr7859158

 How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron

A melange of memoir, true crime and nature writing, Cameron investigates a bear attack taking place in Ontario’s Algonquin Park in 1991, alongside her own diagnosis with the same kind of skin cancer that killed her father.

Go to CBC to read an excerpt, and hear Cameron being interviewed on The Current.

Adult Non-Fiction pr7749879