{"id":4594,"date":"2013-07-28T23:23:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T03:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=4594"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:34:10","slug":"autobiographies-memoirs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/autobiographies-memoirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Autobiographies \/ Memoirs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aboud, Najah.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I, Who Did Not Die: A Sweeping Story of Loss, Redemption and Fate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Zahed Haftlang; with Meredith May.
New York: Regan Arts, 2017.
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Akhavan, Payam.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Anansi, 2017.
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Al Ethari, Lamees.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Waiting for the Rain: An Iraqi Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2019.
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Al Kontar, Hassan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Man at the Airport: How Social Media Saved My Life–One Syrian’s Story.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New Westminster, BC: Tidewater Press, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Homes: A Refugee Story.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Winnie Yeung.
Calgary: Freehand Books, 2018.
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Alh’jooj, Amal Elsana.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hope Is a Woman’s Name: My Journey as a Bedouin Palestinian Activist in Israel.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sutherland House Books, 2024.
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Alhomsi, Amal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senescence: A Year in the Canadian Rockies.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Victoria, BC: RBM \/ Rocky Mountain Books, 2024.
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Ali, Kazim.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane, 2021.
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Alomar, Roza.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I Survived ISIS: A Yazidi Woman’s Escape From Genocide.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Written with Sean Steel.
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2026.
forthcoming January 2026
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Alsaadi, Nawar.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bull of Heaven: The Story of a Boy Who Grew up in a War Zone to Become a French Stock Market Millionaire Fighting for Shareholder Justice in North America.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[unnamed: The Author], 2014.
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Al-Soyalee, Kamal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2012.
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Anand, Madhur.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir in Halves.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2020.
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Ansari, Sadiya.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Exile: Rupture, Reunion and My Grandmother’s Secret Life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Askar, Saoussan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Far Away.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Robert Munsch. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Toronto: Annick Books, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reissued 2017 with new art by Rebecca Green.
Toronto: Annick Press, 2017.
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From Far Away<\/a> was adapted into a short animated film, directed by Shira Avni and Serene El-haj Daoud and issued by the National Film Board of Canada as part of its Tailspinners series in 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ayed, Nahlah.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey From Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2012.
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Aziz, Omer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brown Boy: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Scribner, 2023.
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Bae, Paul.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You Suck, Sir: Chronicles of a High School English Teacher and the Smartass Students Who Schooled Him.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020.
Series: Robin’s Egg Books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bahari, Maziar.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rosewater: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Aimee Molloy.
First published as: Then They Came for Me<\/em>. 2011
Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014.
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Bains, Tara Singh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Hugh Johnston.
Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995.
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Bates, Judy Fong.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Year of Finding Memory: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2010.
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Barzanji, Jalal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Man in Blue Pyjamas: A Prison Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Based on a translation by Sabah A. Salih.
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2011.
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Begamudr\u00e9, Ven.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Extended Families: A Memoir of India.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regina: Coteau Books, 2017.
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Benmergui, Ralph.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I Thought He Was Dead: A Spiritual Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton: James Street North Books, 2021.
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Bhaneja, Balwant.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Troubled Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: TSAR, 2013.
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Bhatia, Nav.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Heart of a Superfan: A Memoir of Grit, Love, Family and Basketball.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Tamara Baluja.
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2024
publishing in Feb. 2024
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Boullata, Issa J.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bells of Memory: A Palestinian Boyhood in Jerusalem.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Westmount, Quebec: Linda Leith Publishing, 2014.
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Braganza, Chantal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Story of Your Mother.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Campbell, Thanh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Orphan 32.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton, Ont.: Hope for the World Productions, 2013.
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Chan, Ruth.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
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Chang, Sophia.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Catapult, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chariandy, David.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to my Daughter.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2018.
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Chiang, Hung-Min.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Home Is Where the Water Is.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Charlottetown, PEI: Island Studies Press, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chitpin, Stephanie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Keep My Memory Safe: Fook Soo Am, The Pagoda, A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Baraka Books, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chong, Kevin.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Year of the Racehorse: Falling in Love with the Sport of Kings.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2012.
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Chong, Tommy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gallery Books, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chong, Vivian.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dancing After TEN.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber.
Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2020.
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Chopra, Shiv.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Corrupt to the Core: Memoirs of a Health Canada Whistleblower.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Caledon, ON: Kos Publishing Inc., 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chow, Olivia.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Journey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2014.
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Choy, Wayson.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and almost Dying.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2009.
PS8555 .H6658 Z534 2009<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Penguin Books, 2000.
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Clarkson, Adrienne.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heart Matters.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2006.
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Dashtgard, Annahid.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2019.
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De Leon, Adrian.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Notes From a Wayward Son: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Bond Street Books, 2026.
Forthcoming May 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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De Rozario, Tania.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And the Walls Come Crumbling Down.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gaudy Boy LLC, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Harper Perennial, 2024.
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Der, Hung.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Journey of a Paper Son: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Legacies, 2016.
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Dhillon, Sonny.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hide and Sikh: Letters From a Life in Brown Skin.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton: Wolsak & Wynn, 2025.
Forthcoming November 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dib, Kamal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beirut Culture Shock: A Canadian Tale.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beirut: Editions Dar An-Nahar, 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dosanjh, Ujjal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Journey After Midnight: A Punjabi Life from India to Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2016.
FC3829.1.D68 A3 2016<\/a>

New Delhi: Speaking Tiger Press, 2023. (paperback reprint)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Duong, Anh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear Da-L\u00ea: A Father’s Memoir of the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2024.
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Estacion, Therese.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jelly Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Book*hug Press, 2026.
Forthcoming April 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fraser, Tara Sidhoo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When My Ghost Sings.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023.
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Fung, Melissa.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under the Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
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Gatchalian, C. E.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019.
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Garebian, Keith.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pain: Journeys Around My Parents.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, [2000].
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Ghadery, Hollay.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fuse.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2021.
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Ghomeshi, Jian.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1982.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2012.
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Ghulam, Elen.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don’t Shoot! … I Have Another Story to Tell You.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ihath publishing, 2006.
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Gill, Charlotte.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Almost Brown: A Mixed-race Family Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2023.
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Gill, Rupinder.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2011.
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Goel, Sima.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fleeing the Hijab: A Jewish Woman’s Escape From Iran.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Renfrew, Ont.: General Store Publishing House, 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Goh, Chan Hon.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina’s Life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Cary Fagan.
Toronto: Tundra Books, 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grant, Larry.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Larry Grant in conversation with Scott Steedman.
Toronto: ECW Press, 2025.
E-book (Access restricted to members of the university community) [Available soon]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gu, Xiong.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Yellow Pear.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997.
N6549.X56 A2 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guillermo, Kawika.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gunraj, Andrea.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Go-Between Girl: My Indentured Roots as Reclaimed Present.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2026.
Forthcoming April 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Habib, Samra.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2019.
HQ75.4 .H38 A3 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Haftlang, Zahed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I, Who Did Not Die: A Sweeping Story of Loss, Redemption and Fate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Najah Aboud; with Meredith May.
New York: Regan Arts, 2017.
DS318.85 .H335 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Haidar, Ensaf.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raif Badawi: The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Andrea C. Hoffmann; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
London: Little Brown, 2016.
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Hartmann, Suzanne Elki Yoko.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Nail That Sticks Out: Reflections on the Postwar Japanese Community.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2024.
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Henein, Marie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nothing But the Truth: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2021.
KE416.H46 A3 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ho, Tuan (as told by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Art by Brian Deines.
Toronto: Pajama Press, 2016.
PZ10 .S58 A47 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ho, Wiley Wei-Chiun.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2026.
Forthcoming April 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hoan, Garry Son.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Letter to Vietnam.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From the film by Eugene Buia.
Based on the experience of Garry Son Hoan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Virgo Press, 1980.
HV640.5.V5 B93 1980<\/a>
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Hoang, Jolie Phuong.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three Funerals for My Father.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New Westminster, B.C.: Tidewater Press, 2021.
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Honda, Keiko.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Accidental Blooms.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Qualicum Beach, BC: Caitlin Press, 2023.

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Hidden Flowers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heritage House, 2025.
forthcoming October 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Househ, Mowafa Said.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under the Nakba Tree: Fragments of a Palestinian Family in Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edmonton: Athabasca University Press, 2021.
FC106.P35 H68 2022<\/a>
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Hoy Price, Lily.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I Am Full Moon: Stories of a Ninth Daughter.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Victoria, B.C.: Brindle & Glass, 2009.
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Hui, Ann.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2019.
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Ito, Sally.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Emperor’s Orphans.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2018.
PS8567 .T63 Z46 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jaggernath, Awadh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Innocence to Impudence [Growing up in Trinidad, The Story of One Family].<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 2016.
F2121 .J33 2016<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Explorations to Enlightenment [Reflections of the Glamorous Summers Experienced at Bigwin Island Resort on the Lake of Bays, Muskoka].<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Place?]: Awadh N. Jaggernath, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jahanbegloo, Ramin.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Time Will Say Nothing: A Philosopher Survives an Iranian Prison.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regina: University of Regina Press, 2014.
DS318.84 .J35 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jang, Lucia.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Susan McClelland.
Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2014.
E-book<\/a> (Access restricted to members of the university community)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jauhal, Pritam Singh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Soldier Remembers: Lieutenant Colonel Pritam Singh Jauhal, World War II Veteran: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra.
Abbotsford, BC: Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, University of the Fraser Valley, 2013.
The Centre has been renamed the South Asian Studies Institute.
The publication may be available as an open access pdf e-book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jin Guo: Voices of Chinese Canadian Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Women’s Book Committee, Chinese Canadian National Council.
Toronto: Women’s Press, 1992.
FC106 .C5 J56 1992<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jones, Kimberley.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

East Within West: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Kimberley Jones, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jong, Tamara.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Worldly Girls: A Memoir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Book*hug Press, 2025.
will be ordered
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Kadri, Nazem.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dreamer: My Life on the Edge.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Dan Robson.
Toronto: Viking, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kai Ellis, Jackie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Canada]: Appetite by Random House, 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Khalili, Hassan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Life Spent Listening.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

St. John’s, NL: Breakwater Books, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Knight, Chelene.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear Current Occupant: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Book*hug, 2018.
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Koul, Scaachi.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2017.
Available: Popular Reading KOU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kurdi, Tima.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Boy on the Beach: My Family’s Escape From Syria and Our Hope for a New Home.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Simon & Schuster Canada, 2018.
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Kwan, Michael David.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Things that Must not be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime China.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 2000.
DS777.5195 .K82 A3 2000<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kwong, Julia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Crossing the Phantom Pass: A Cancer Journey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Aevo UTP, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ladha, Mansoor.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Memoirs of a Muhindi: Fleeing East Africa for the West.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regina: University of Regina Press, 2017.
PN4913 .L33 A3 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lau, Evelyn.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inside Out: Reflections of a Life So Far.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2002, c.2001.
PS8573 .A7815 Z53 2002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins, 1989.
HQ799 .C22 V36 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lee, Edwin S.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sum Yung Guys: Untold Stories About Growing Up in Vancouver’s Chinatown.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Surrey, BC: Edwin Lee], 2014.
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Lee, Jen Sookfong.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2023.
P94.5.C572 C35 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lee, J. J. (James-Jason).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2011.
TT505 .L44 A3 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lee, Jessica J.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Turning: A Year in the Water.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Hamish Hamilton, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan’s Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family’s Past.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Hamish Hamilton, 2020.
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Lee, Sang-Chul.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Wanderer: [The Autobiography of a United Church Moderator].<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-author: Erich Weingartner.
Winfield, BC: Wood Lake Books, 1989.
BX9883 .L44 A3 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lim, John.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Grandmother’s House.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Tundra Books, 1977.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merchants of the Mysterious East.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Tundra Books, 1981.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lim, Sing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

West Coast Chinese Boy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Tundra Books, 1991, c1979.
PZ9.L55 W47 1991<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lin, Amy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here After: A Memoir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Santa Monica, CA?]: Zibby’s Books, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lin, Paul T. K.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the Eye of the China Storm: A Life Between East and West.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Co-authored with Eileen Chen Lin
Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011.
DS779.29 .L55 A3 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Liu, Simu.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2022.
PN2308.L58 A3 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lou, Ethan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field Notes from a Pandemic: A Journey Through a World Suspended.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Toronto]: Signal\/McClelland & Stewart, 2020.
RA644.C67 L69 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lui, Elaine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What’s a Daughter to Do? A Memoir (Sort of).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014.
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Luo, Katherine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Unceasing Storm: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018.
E-book<\/a> (Access restricted to members of the university community)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maclear, Kyo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Birds Art Life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2017.
QL686.5 .O5 M176 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unearthing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
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Mah, Alice.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Red Pockets: A Tale of Inheritance, Ghosts and the Future.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Bond Street Books\/Doubleday Canada, 2025.
forthcoming Sept. 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maharaj, Joshna.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: ECW Press, 2020.
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Mahtani, Mirelle.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

May It Have a Happy Ending: A Memoir of Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mak, Starkie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coming to Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Winnipeg: At Bay Press, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mapa, Lorina.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me: A Graphic Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wolfville, NS: Conundrum Press, 2017.
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Martis, Eternity.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They Said this would be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2020.
LC212.43.C2 M37 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Massoudi, Mehrnaz.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Never Without Love: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Inanna Publications, 2019.
DS318.84 .M37 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matin, Sumaiya.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Shaytan Bride: A Bangladeshi Canadian Memoir of Desire and Faith.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2021.
E-book<\/a> (Access restricted to members of the university community)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Memuna.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Where Flowers Bloom: [Memories of Burma].<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Saskatchewan: Memuna], 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mikado, Tayo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Grief Thing F**king Sucks.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Altona, MB: Friesen Press, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miki, Art.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gaman=Perseverance: Japanese Canadians’ Journey to Justice.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2023.
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Mohammed, Rahaf (as told to Sally Armstrong).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2022.
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Mohammed, Zaynab.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Are You Listening? Weaving a Tapestry From Pain into Beauty.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Nova Scotia]: Pownal Street Press, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mukbil, Huda.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023.
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The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth: Personal Stories by Canadian Muslim Women.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Saima S. Hussain.
Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2016.
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Nadir, Leilah.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Orange Trees of Baghdad: In Search of My Lost Family.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2007.
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Nakano, Takeo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Within the Barbed Wire Fence: A Japanese Man’s Account of His Internment in Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New edition.
Toronto: James Lorimer & Co., 2012.
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I, Bificus.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[New York; Toronto]: HarperCollins, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nawaz, Zarqa.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laughing All the Way to the Mosque.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Collins Canada, 2014.
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Nayar, Rita.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ordeal by Fire: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: TSAR Publications, 2003.
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Nemat, Marina.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010.
DS318.84 .N46 A3 2010<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2007.
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Ngo, Wilson, and Rose Wilson.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Journey Home: From Cambodia to Canada and Beyond.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2022.
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Nguyen, Ngoc Ngan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Will of Heaven: A Story of One Vietnamese and the End of His World.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Written with E.E. Richey.
New York: Dutton, 1982.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nguyen, Vinh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

HarperCollins, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Niazi, Amil.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Life After Ambition: A “Good Enough” Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2026.
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Nozari, Roza.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All the Parts We Exile.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2025.
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Nuri, Ayub.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being Kurdish in a Hostile World.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regina: University of Regina Press, 2017.
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Ondaatje, Michael.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Running in the Family.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982.
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Pachai, Bridglal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Accidental Opportunities: A Journey Through Many Doors: An Autobiography.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Halifax, N.S.: Roseway Publishing, 2007.
FC2327.1 .P33 A3 2007<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Africa, My Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot Press, 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Parsi, Arsham.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Exiled for Love: The Journey of an Iranian Queer Activist.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Arsham Parsi with Marc Colbourne.
Halifax, N.S.: Roseway Publishing, 2015.
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Pawagi, Manjusha.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Second Story Press, 2017.
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Pazira, Nelofer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2005.
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Peters, Russell.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Call Me Russell.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Russell Peters with Clayton Peters and Dannis Koromilas.
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2010.
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Phan, Rachel.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2025.
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Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015.
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Premji, Munira.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choosing Hope: 1 Woman, 3 Cancers: A Story of Inspiration, Resilience, and Courage.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2020.
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Premji, Zul.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Malaria Memoirs: My Life Journey as a Public Health Doctor in Tanzania.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2021.
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Quan, Elizabeth.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the Moongate: True Stories of 1920s China.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Upon a Full Moon.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quan: My Life, My Art: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays and Poetry.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Sounds Canadian, 1999.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rafiee, Maryam.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear Baba: A Story Through Letters.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[New Orleans?]: UNO Press, 2019.
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Raffi.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Life of a Children’s Troubadour: An Autobiography.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: Homeland Press, 1999.
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Raj, Rupert.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dancing the Dialectic: True Tales of a Transgender Trailblazer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[North Charleston, S.C.]: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2017.
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Ramadan, Danny.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2024.
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Ratnavel, Roy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prisoner #1056: How I Survived War and Found Peace.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Viking, 2023.
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Ray, Lisa.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Close to the Bone: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2020.
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Saeed, Jamal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Road From Damascus: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Catherine Cobham.
Toronto: ECW Press, 2022.
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Safdie, Moshe.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
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Safdie, Oren.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Ken Dryden: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Linda Leith Publishing, 2026.
Forthcoming May 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saltzman, Devyani.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shooting Water: A Mother-Daughter Journey and the Making of a Film.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2005.
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Sando, Tom.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wild Daisies in the Sand.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2002.
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Sandhu, Gian Singh.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An Uncommon Road: How Canadian Sikhs Struggled Out of the Fringes and into the Mainstream.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver: ECHO Storytelling, 2018.
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Sarin, Vic.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eyepiece: Adventures in Canadian Film and Television.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Calgary: Durvile Publications, 2017.
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Sarkar, Prasanta.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shackles of Independence: A Memoir of an Unknown Indian.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation, 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shah, Chandrakant P.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To Change the World: My Work with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Canada.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2023.
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Shan, Jacqueline.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Jacqueline Shan Story: Pursuing a Dream, Never Giving Up.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Barlow Book Publishing, 2014.
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Sharif, Omar, Jr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sharifirad, Yadi.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Flight of the Patriot (Escape from Revolutionary Iran)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With PJ Reece.
Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2010.
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Sheikh, Nazneen.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moon Over Marrakech: A Memoir of Loving Too Deeply in a Foreign Land.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Cormorant Press, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea and Pomegranates.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shimotakahara, Leslie.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Willowdale, Ont.: Stories That Bind, 2011.
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Shraya, Vivek.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m Afraid of Men.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Penguin, 2018.
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Shrivastava, Meenal.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Athabasca: Athabasca University Press, 2018.
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Siddiqui, Haroon.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Name is Not Harry: A Memoir.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2023.
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Singh, David.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Passion to Succeed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: ECW Press, 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Singh, Harnarayan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One Game at a Time: My Journey from Small-town Alberta to Hockey’s Biggest Stage.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2020.
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Singh, Jagmeet.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love & Courage: My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Simon & Schuster Canada, 2019.
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Singh, Jaspreet.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My Mother, My Translator.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal: Vehicule Press, 2021.
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Singh, Julietta.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Breaks.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Coach House Books, 2021.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2021.
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Singh, Lilly.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How to be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Ballantine Books, 2017.
CT275 .S52 A3 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Singh, Sonya K.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lightning Strikes Twice: Secret Confessions of a Career-woman-turned-caregiver.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[Canada] : Iguana Books, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stone Voices: Wartime Writings of Japanese Canadian Issei.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Keibo Oiwa.
Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1991.
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Surendra, Rajiv.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Elephants in My Backyard.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Suzuki, David, with Ian Hanington.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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