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SOAR: A Soul's Quest, is the stirring story of a young eagle who sets out in quest of self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment. So come and sail on Soar's wings! Like most fables, the narrative unfolds as a series of encounters with inspirational creatures who teach Soar critical life lessons. Ultimately Soar learns, as psychologist Dr. Jillian Rigert puts it in her testimonial-"what it means to live a life true to himself and teach others to do the same." Soar comes to learn the importance of self-discipline, intuition, altruism, trust, and interdependence.

Hope Unleashed is a comic book about moving from climate anxiety to climate action, and about people in Nova Scotia working to make a difference.Maude (the dog) and Feebee (the cat) come to the rescue of Patrick (the person), who is in a funk about the rapid warming of the earth, the death of so many species, and the worsening pollution of the environment. So Maude and Feebee decide to go exploring to see how they can help... Antigonish artist Sara avMaat says of creating her comic book: "Facing my own climate anxiety and getting informed about the many people and organizations who are making a difference in Nova Scotia has been a real learning journey for me." Sara's book-which is highly appealing to both children and adults-will make you laugh and will make you cry. Above all, it will make you sit up and take notice. "Hope Unleashed is a charming and timely comic book that inspires climate action. We follow Maude the dog, Feebee the cat, and Patrick the pe as they explore recent Nova Scotian initiatives that model climate activism. Maude, Feebee, and Patrick welcome you to join them on their journey of hope! - Sue Adams, community activist "Hope Unleashed reveals the hero who lives within all of us, young and old. Sara shines a personal lens on what can happen when we demand change in how we treat our natural environment. It is a timely and inspiring guide to action for every teacher and student." - Nancy Turniawan, artist and educator

For Those I Have Loved is a collection of poems by Ontario-based bilingual poet Kyla Heyming (KPH). She dedicates this volume to her recently deceased "Opa", saying of him that he was "a great man who made me fall in love with stories."The collection is also for all those who have lost someone they were close to. Kyla knows that to have the chance to love at all is a profound blessing, even when it means we must ultimately be faced with grief. Moments of love, loss, and self-discovery, captured at their rawest on the typewriter, resonate with readers from all ages and walks of life, as they speak of universal experiences and truths.Poet Trisha Cull calls Kyla's work "a sublime elegy for the dead. These naked straightforward poems seek to understand the complexities of grief in its many facets."

The Choreography of Care chronicles the work of healing artists Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello with thousands of professional caregivers over the past three decades.*These pages offer countless strategies for bringing creative expression to professional caregivers in their workplaces*Stuart opens wide his tool chest of movement, theatre, writing, visual, vocal, and improvisational exercises to invigorate healing practices*At the heart of this book is Stuart's unwavering belief that art offers healing to the very community that is entrusted with our healthSome words from StuartEvery day, my creative practice affords me the luxury and privilege of learning. In pursuing new ideas, my job asks me to blend sensory awareness and intellectual curiosity. As an artist and problem solver, I embrace paradox. I cherish how art can enhance clarity, vision and understanding of our subjectivity...can uncover how love and loss infiltrate our bodies...can take us deep within to personal healing and daily health.

A descendent of Armenian genocide survivors on her mother's side, Simon Fraser University professor Celeste Nazeli Snowber explores the relationship between longing, belonging, and identity. In The Marrow of Longing, her third book of poetry, Snowber traces her own aches of heart, intergenerational trauma, yearnings of body and the lessons learned in kitchen conversations to uncover universal themes and, in doing so, she effectively leads readers to discover what has shaped their own lives.The inherited trauma of the Armenian genocide marked Snowber's childhood. Her poems express both the sense of loss which that event created within the culture and the counterbalancing satisfaction of being a survivor and witness. In reflecting on her own childhood, The Marrow of Longing explores universal experiences: fragmented memories of grandparents, parents' love letters, prayers in the night, cooking in the kitchen, and relationship to place. "Fragments can hold a world," says Snowber.Snowber's work is always both deeply personal and deeply interpersonal. In excavating her own vulnerabilities and longings she invites the reader into a community of reflection. "look beneath the surface / how many dimensions/ one object, one heart holds."Motherhood is a recurring theme within The Marrow of Longing. Snowber recalls the lessons learned in kitchen conversations with her mother: the biographical details, the recipes of the old country, the wisdom of the ancestors. "My mother had an / eggplant soul / a beauty of both / dark and light / rough and tender...the meeting of art and life / just beneath the skin of plum black."In other poems, Snowber speaks directly to her ancestral homeland as a living entity, "I am letting you / wash over me Armenia / stone to stone /kachkar to kachkar, / lavash to lavash/ ... dance my olive skin / on your baptized land."