Fall books from Nightwood Editions!
Nightwood Editions is proud to present our Fall 2025 list, offering a debut novel, three collections of poetry and crossword puzzles.
Most Grievous Fault by Meg Todd
This masterful debut novel follows a young mother desperate to deny her complicity in intergenerational trauma. Twenty-nine-year-old Crystal Constantine cannot see beyond the piles of bills, the threat of eviction and the relentless needs of her teenage daughter, Becky. How can she not drink? How can she not hit? Most Grievous Fault refuses easy redemption, delivering a powerful portrait of motherhood, generational wounds and the complexities of the social welfare system.
if: prey, then: huntress by Christina Shah
From a poet working in heavy industry comes an eclectic collection of observations and experiences as a woman on the road and out in the field in traditionally male-dominated environments. if: prey, then: huntress is an exploration of vulnerability, agency and existential homelessness, replete with portraits of beer drinkers and hellraisers and urban landscapes. Shah’s poems position her as a wandering eulogist for old industrial ways of knowing.
November, November by Isabella Wang
Isabella Wang’s second collection began as a tribute to the late Phyllis Webb and was completed in the aftermath of Wang’s cancer diagnosis. The poems respond directly to Webb’s work and collapse the fine landscapes separating death and Wang’s own mortality. Over the course of treatment and “days [when] we don’t get to rewrite the history of our bodies,” the pace of Wang’s poetry slows down in the complicated recovery from cancer. Entering the cloudless silver of November days, her words tell a story of loss and illness, and her poems linger in the cold air, visible.
I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand
Prolific Kwantlen writer Joseph Dandurand offers his latest poetry collection, following The Punishment and The East Side of It All, which was shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize. Building on his legacy as a skilled storyteller, Dandurand continues to write about trauma, love, grief and forgiveness. These poems are about the streets, the East Side, self-pity, spirits and Dandurand’s people, the Kwantlen. After putting this collection down, don’t be surprised to find yourself saying “thank you,” too.
O Canada Crosswords Book 26 by Gwen Sjogren
Hungry for some brain gym? O Canada Crosswords Book 26 is sure to hit the spot. No flash in the pan, the latest collection in this long-running series offers a smorgasbord of 75 crosswords jam-packed with thousands of clues. Author Gwen Sjogren has whipped up witty wordplay, tasty themes and a buffet of all things Canadian to satisfy your crossword cravings. For crossword connoisseurs, O Canada Crosswords Book 26 serves up a full plate of crossword fun for your palate.