Alien

By (artist) Mendelson Joe
As told by Nadia Halim

Musician, artist, anti-smoker, ecological gadfly — here is Mendelson Joe’s story, in his own outrageous word.

He believes that speaking out can make a difference, that women are the only hope for the future, and that there’s truth in a good blues song. He doesn’t believe ... Read more

Artistic Glass

By Cloe Joël Aigner

Celebrating 50 years of a master craftsman

Arts and crafts help define a culture; they reflect people’s values, beliefs, and the things they hold dear. Artistic Glass: One Studio and Fifty Years of Stained Glass is the first of its kind: a full-color large format art book ... Read more

Building the West

Edited by Donald Luxton

Printed in two colours throughout and richly illustrated with over 600 photographs and duotones of these architects’ most important works, Building the West tells the stories, discovers the hopes and aspirations, and celebrates the successes and accomplishments of the early ... Read more

Fiery Soul

By Fraidie Martz
With Andrew Wilson

John Hirsch arrived in Winnipeg in 1947, a 17-year-old Hungarian orphan of the Holocaust, knowing no English. Ten years later, he co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre, establishing a model for regional theatres across North America. He went on to direct award-winning productions ... Read more

Final Fire

By Michael Mitchell

See the world through a photographer’s eyes

Final Fire is a companion piece to Mitchell’s much-praised 2004 memoir, The Molly Fire, a finalist for both the Writers’ Trust Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction, and a Globe and ... Read more

Flower Diary

By Molly Peacock

“Graceful yet precise, poetic yet deeply rooted in research, this exploration of an overlooked painter is gorgeous — a joy to read. Molly Peacock’s insights and empathy with her subject bring to life both Mary Hiester Reid and her luscious flower paintings. ” — Charlotte ... Read more

Joe’s Politicians

By Mendelson Joe
Preface by Gary Michael Dault

Among many things, Mendelson Joe is a political activist. And he’s a painter. So it was inevitable that he would express his activism through a series of portraits of politicians.

Here we have George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Clinton ... Read more

Joe’s Toronto

By (artist) Mendelson Joe

Mendelson Joe was born in Toronto at the Western Hospital less than a year before Canada joined the Allies in ending World War II. Although Joe grew up in Maple, a feedmill town twenty miles north of Toronto, the city of Toronto was always his home — even during his itinerant ... Read more