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-The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, Large Print Book, eBook and eAudiobook formats.

-Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook, and Kindle formats.

-Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, Large Print Book, eBook and Audiobook CD formats.

-Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook, Kindle, and Audiobook CD formats.

-The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook, and Kindle formats.

-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book format.

-All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, Large Print Book, eBook, Audiobook CD and eAudiobook formats.

-How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book and eBook formats.

-Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook, Kindle, and eAudiobook formats.

-Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book and eBook formats.

-Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook and eAudiobook formats.

-Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, Large Print Book, eBook and Audiobook CD formats.

The Danger of a Single Story

Ted Talk, 18:34 minutes – “Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice.”

The Guardian Interviews Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The Women’s prize-winning Nigerian author talks about sexism, hairstyles and living in America.”

The Guardian Review: Americanah

“Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel is a superb dissection of race in the UK and the USA.”

Creativebug

Creativebug is your go-to resource for high-quality, on-trend arts and crafts instructional videos. Enjoy HD instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, baking and more!

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Online Courses

Responding to Hate Toolkit: Combat Anti-Asian Racism by Taking Action

A list of resources to help those who may be victims of or witness to racially motivated hate or discrimination, developed by a group of prominent Asian Canadian leaders in collaboration with Ryerson University in response to growing anti-Asian racism since the outbreak of Covid-19. Free downloadable toolkit provides information on the difference between hate crimes, hate incidents and acts of discrimination, as well as links to the various organizations people can reach out to in order to report a hate act, whether they were a victim or witness.

Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canada

This series of three fact sheets focuses on racism experienced by Indigenous people in Canada – how to understand it in historical context, how it affects individuals and communities, and what programs, policies and strategies exist to combat it. From the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH).

The Boston Globe Review: The Invention of Wings

” ‘The Invention of Wings‘ by Sue Monk Kidd … the emotional core of her utterly engaging third novel, ‘The Invention of Wings.'”

The Boston Globe Review: All the Light We Cannot See

“The neat symmetry of Marie-Laure and Werner’s childhoods — one spent in darkness, the other exploring sound — would seem too obvious a mirror in another writer’s hands.”