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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1989
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



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    Each story is perfect in its own way, from the wonderful celebration of the generic Caribbean grandmother in 'Photograph' to the terrifying magic realism of 'At the Lisbon Plate'...This is political art at its searing best.""- Rhonda Cobham, The Wome...



  • Brooding, obsessive stories of contemporary black life in Canada and the Caribbean offer an intimate view of women driven by poverty to leave their homes for a hostile new country. Most works are essentially monologues, capturing the language and exp...



  • Beautiful and meticulously wrought, set in both Toronto and the Caribbean, this astonishing novel gives voice to the power of love and belonging in a story of two women, profoundly different, each in her own spiritual exile. From the Trade Paperba...



  • In 1824, on the island of Trinidad, Marie Ursule, queen of a secret society of militant slaves, plots a mass suicide - a quiet, passionate act of revolt. But she cannot bring herself to kill her small daughter, Bola, whom she smuggles away in the ear...



  • Gripping at times, heartrending at others, What We All Long For is an ode to a generation of longing and identity, and to the rhythms and pulses of a city and its burgeoning, questioning youth. Dionne Brand's multicultural infusion follows the storie...



  • Curated by Dionne Brand, this anthology features the work of 18 emerging Toronto talents writing about their city:

    Diana Biacora
    David Bradford
    Nicole Chin
    Simone Dalton
    Dalton Derkson
    Doyali Islam
    Laboni Islam
    Ian Kamau





  • A smart, sensual and witty novel about what happens when love and intellect are set on a collision course. This compact tour de force affirms Dionne Brand's place as one of Canada's most dazzling and influential artists.

    Theory begins as its ...



  • At the heart of Luminous Ink are questions around the work of words. What can the literature being written today tell us about Canada's social arrangements; about its political and aesthetic shapes and its preoccupations? The contributions to this an...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dionne Brand has published 9 books.

Dionne Brand does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Luminous Ink, was published in January 2019.

The first book by Dionne Brand, Sans Souci, and Other Stories, was published in January 1989.

No. Dionne Brand does not write books in series.