Kanata Classics

A ground-breaking collection that proudly brings together diverse works to create a new conversation about the nature of our country: its culture, history, and identity. 

  • Little Badger and the Fire Spirit: Kanata Classics Edition

    Maria Campbell
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    Little Badger and the Fire Spirit: Kanata Classics Edition

    Maria Campbell

    “Nohkom, where did we get fire?” my grandson asked, climbing up beside me on the sofa. “My teacher wants to know, and here is my gift for the story.” He handed me a small tobacco tie and a jar of homemade jam. “Me and mom made the jam,” he said proudly. This was the first time I had ever received tobacco and a gift for a story, so it was very special."  

    -Maria Campbell 

    Paperback

    $22.00

    “Nohkom, where did we get fire?” my grandson asked, climbing up beside me on the sofa. “My teacher wants to know, and here is my gift for the story.” He handed me a small tobacco tie and a jar of homemade jam. “Me and mom made the jam,” he said proudly. This was the first time I had ever received tobacco and a gift for a story, so it was very special."  

    -Maria Campbell 

  • American War: Kanata Classics Edition

    Omar El Akkad
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    American War: Kanata Classics Edition

    Omar El Akkad

    "El Akkad’s greatest achievement is his unsparing absorption of the tangle of thorns that comprises how we dispossess and dispose of those in the world whose presence is inconvenient to us." 

    -Saeed Teebi 

    Paperback

    $24.00

    "El Akkad’s greatest achievement is his unsparing absorption of the tangle of thorns that comprises how we dispossess and dispose of those in the world whose presence is inconvenient to us." 

    -Saeed Teebi 

  • Childhood: Kanata Classics Edition

    Andre Alexis
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    Childhood: Kanata Classics Edition

    Andre Alexis

    "André Alexis is one of a kind. But one of a kind of what? Let’s just say he isn’t like any other writer. Maybe there’s another of him under a stone on Mars, but in his technique and his angle on human life on earth, he is unique." 

    -Margaret Atwood 

    Paperback (2026)

    $23.00

    "André Alexis is one of a kind. But one of a kind of what? Let’s just say he isn’t like any other writer. Maybe there’s another of him under a stone on Mars, but in his technique and his angle on human life on earth, he is unique." 

    -Margaret Atwood 

  • Starlight: Kanata Classics Edition

    Front cover

    Starlight: Kanata Classics Edition

    “Starlight is, metaphorically speaking, layers of love letters—to listening, to humility (Richard once said, “Time has a way of bringing you to your knees”), to the land, to kindness, to love, and to the gift of life, “our greatest wonder.” 

    -Shelagh Rogers 

    Paperback (2026)

    $23.00

    “Starlight is, metaphorically speaking, layers of love letters—to listening, to humility (Richard once said, “Time has a way of bringing you to your knees”), to the land, to kindness, to love, and to the gift of life, “our greatest wonder.” 

    -Shelagh Rogers 

  • The Tin Flute: Kanata Classics Edition

    Gabrielle Roy
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    The Tin Flute: Kanata Classics Edition

    Gabrielle Roy

    “A novel written about a certain city gives it grandeur. What is a place that isn’t written about? Paris isn’t famous because of its beautiful apartments. It is famous because the poets wrote about surviving and making love and art in those apartments. And if Paris belongs to the poets, St. Henri belongs to Gabrielle Roy.” 

    -Heather O’Neill 

    Paperback (2026)

    $24.00

    “A novel written about a certain city gives it grandeur. What is a place that isn’t written about? Paris isn’t famous because of its beautiful apartments. It is famous because the poets wrote about surviving and making love and art in those apartments. And if Paris belongs to the poets, St. Henri belongs to Gabrielle Roy.” 

    -Heather O’Neill 

  • This Wound is a World: Kanata Classics Edition

    Billy-Ray Belcourt
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    This Wound is a World: Kanata Classics Edition

    Billy-Ray Belcourt

    “This is perhaps what it means to be native,” we read as well, over and again functions as reminders that are not set in stone: it can be acquiescence, it can be grief, it can be plea-sure, it can be a grappling with a complex and twisted terrain of relations, simultaneity that unfold with and through the terrain of this truly remarkable gift to us all, this body of poems and essays." 

    -Audra Simpson 

    Paperback

    $22.00

    “This is perhaps what it means to be native,” we read as well, over and again functions as reminders that are not set in stone: it can be acquiescence, it can be grief, it can be plea-sure, it can be a grappling with a complex and twisted terrain of relations, simultaneity that unfold with and through the terrain of this truly remarkable gift to us all, this body of poems and essays." 

    -Audra Simpson 

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