Biographical fiction Books

A stunning and unforgettable novel about the pursuit of a creative and independent life, Barbara Hanrahan’s Sea Green is an Australian feminist classic. With a new introduction from Laura Elizabeth Woollett.Virginia is on a ship bound for London, lured...

From the bestselling author of The Frozen River comes an enthralling historical mystery that unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson’s fifty-year battle to be recognised as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian grand...

A graphic novel anthology focused on the consequences of war, peace and relief, and mental health. All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian-based Voices of Children to provide psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by war.Lower...

A graphic novel anthology focused on the consequences of war, peace and relief, and mental health. All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian-based Voices of Children to provide psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by war.Lower...

"A window into Canada's role in the making of Ernest Hemingway in clear, clean prose." - Lee Gowan, author of The Beautiful PlaceSent to cover bank robber Red Ryan's daring prison break, a young Ernest Hemingway becomes fascinated with the convict.In...

A Teen Edition of the hit West End musical about learning who you are - and loving it!Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terriffed about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation...

Toni Stone is an encyclopedia of baseball stats. She's got a great arm. And she doesn't understand why she can't play with the boys. About the first woman to go pro in the Negro League and featuring a bullpen of players crossing age race and gender to...

Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends Jamie overcomes...

Inspired by the real letters between Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks spanning from 1899 to 1937 this fast-paced comedy asks: What is revolution? What does it mean to be at odds with the world? How do we fulfill our potential? And how the hell do we grow...

The Behavior of Broadus is the incredible sort-of-true story of John Broadus Watson father of behaviorism and modern advertising. He has the power to control your brain. Indeed we suspect he's making you read this right now. This Mad Men-esque dark...

The Play About My Dadis a look at Larry Killebrew through the eyes of his playwright daughter Boo. His words his family his job as an emergency room surgeon his community of Gulfport Mississippi and Hurricane Katrina which almost turned Gulfport into a...

Joan of Arc led an army to victory at seventeen. At eighteen she engineered thecoronation of a king. At nineteen she went up against the Catholic church...and lost.Her trial lasted five months and the testimony by witnesses was carefully transcribed by...

Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely...

WINNER! Best Musical - 2015 Tony Awards! WINNER! Best Score (Jeanine Tesori & Lisa Kron) - 2015 Tony Awards! WINNER! Best Book of a Musical (Lisa Kron) - 2015 Tony Awards! WINNER! BEST MUSICAL - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Obie Award Lucille...

Set in the tony resort town of Newport RI during the height of the Jazz Age in summer 1926 Theophilus North follows the exploits of the title character as he searches for adventure and his place in the world. Quitting his teaching position in New Jersey...

Characters: 2 maleBare stageA Couple of Blaguards a two-man show by literary greats Frank and Malachy McCourt is a bubbling stew of their well-known humor with a dash of poignancy to sharpen the flavor. A comedic springboard for Angela's Ashes 'Tis and...

Character: 1 femaleIn this play Marilyn confronts voices in her head to validate her life as an actress. She finds in the afterlife that she must audition and interview to get into heaven and that her judges are her enemies and aborted children. Along...

All Groups / Comedy / 3f 1m or up to 17f 7m or an all Female cast / Unit setThe story of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 Women! Some Enthralled some appalled ALL OBSESSED! A fast paced series of 5 comedic plays and 3 monologues based on the...

Dramatic Comedy / Characters: 1 male (can be voiceover) 1 femaleAdrienne Kennedy relates her bizarre and star-studded experience of moving to London and working on THE LENNON PLAY: IN HIS OWN WRITE. Her absolute astonishment at being thrust in among the...

Christopher Plummer won a Tony for his portrayal of John Barrymore in the acclaimed Broadway production of this work by the master of one-character biographies for the stage.

Characters: 1 male 2 female Simple setIncluding music by various gospel composers as well as hymns and spirituals made famous by Mahalia Jackson this is a joyous celebration of the life and music of the world's greatest gospel singer: a humble deeply...

Tammy Wynette the woman behind the legend and the incredible songs that made her the First Lady of country music leaps off the stage and into your heart. Through her eyes the audience relives her journey from the cotton fields of Itawamba Mississippi to...

A novel of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka's first fiance, and the story behind Letters to FeliceFranz Kafka scholars know Felice Bauer, his onetime fiance, through his Letters to Felice, as little more than a woman with a raucous laugh and a taste for...

A young artist meets Stephen Crane as America's hunger for empire draws them both into warOliver Fischer, a self-styled bohemian, boardwalk caricaturist, and student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, enrages his banker father and earns the...

'Societies are oiled with the unpaid, unaccounted for, work of women. It is the very glue that binds us together, and yet we are blind to it; a woman's work remains invisible.'Rosalind Franklin knows that to be a woman in a...

CBC BOOKS: 2024 SPRING FICTION PREVIEW A queer writer travelling through India can't escape the regrets of his past, nor the impending ruin of his present. "I am leaving for the winter I have to get away from this small town and all its dangers to write,...

FEATURED ONLITHUB CBC BOOKS:2024 SPRING FICTION PREVIEW Dickinson after her death: a novel of the trio of women who brought Emily Dickinson's poems out of the shadowsWhen she died, Emily Dickinson left behind hundreds of texts scribbled on scraps of...

A dark chapter in recent human historyThe first part of this novel follows the adventures of three young friends during a memorable last mountain climbing trip to a remote area of a country under the control of a ruthless authoritarian regime. During...