BIPOC Authors

You Are More Than You've Been Told

By: Hosanna Wong

Narrated by: Hosanna Wong

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author with pre-recorded spoken word performances of “I Have a New Name” and “Greatly Loved”!A Publisher's Weekly and ECPA bestsellerYou don't have to live disconnected from yourself or from God.Have you ever felt unseen, unwanted, or unworthy? If so, you're not crazy. You've been told lies your whole life. From the beginning of... Read more

The Light on Halsey Street

By: Vanessa Miller

Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Two girls’ lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades.In the summer of 1985, Lisa Whitaker is a church kid headed to college on a scholarship while her best friend, Dana, is floundering in the wake of her mother’s... Read more

Grit Don't Quit

By: Bianca Juarez Olthoff

Narrated by: Bianca Juarez Olthoff

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Whether by choice or circumstances out of our control, we will have moments where we feel like we've been punched out, dragged down, or knocked out. What do we do in those situations? You must learn to persevere.Perseverance requires a deep sense of hope, and thought leader, pastor, and podcaster, Bianca Juárez Olthoff, knows... Read more

The Piano Tuner

By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo

Narrated by: Fernando Chien

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei’s red-light district to snow-clad New York. At the heart of the story is the nameless narrator, the piano tuner. In his forties, he is... Read more

Life Stages and Native Women

By: Kim Anderson

Narrated by: Marsha Knight & Maria Campbell

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

A rare and inspiring guide to the health and well-being of Aboriginal women and their communities. The process of “digging up medicines” — of rediscovering the stories of the past — serves as a powerful healing force in the decolonization and recovery of Aboriginal communities. In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the... Read more

Welcome to the Cypher

By: Khodi Dill

Narrated by: Khodi Dill

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“WELCOME TO THE CYPHER is a delight to read—a story that will move every part of you to a wild and wonderful beat.” —Jael Richardson, Author and Executive Director, The Festival of Literary Diversity "WELCOME TO THE CYPHER is a beautiful, rhythmic exploration of the joy of language and self-expression. Our whole family loved how the bright... Read more

Frequently Asked White Questions

By: Ajay Parasram & Alex Khasnabish

Narrated by: Ajay Parasram & Alex Khasnabish

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy, or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? This book is for you: a basic guide for people learning about racial privilege. In Frequently... Read more

Standoff

By: Bruce McIvor

Narrated by: Lorne Cardinal

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Faced with a constant stream of news reports of standoffs and confrontations, Canada’s “reconciliation project” has obviously gone off the rails. In this series of concise and thoughtful essays, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor explains why reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is failing and what needs to be done to fix it.Widely known as... Read more

I Will Greet the Sun Again

By: Khashayar J. Khabushani

Narrated by: Sean Rohani

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for us, we Iranian Americans whom you don’t often hear about.”—Porochista Khakpour, The Washington Post (Best Books of the Year)

“A triumph . . . a book of astonishing accomplishment and... Read more

It Stops Here

By: Rueben George & Michael Simpson

Narrated by: Rueben George

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE GEORGE RYGA AWARD*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CITY OF VANCOUVER BOOK AWARD*
*LONGLISTED FOR THE SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA AWARD*

A personal account of one man’s confrontation with colonization that illuminates the philosophy and values of a First Nation on the front lines of the fight against an... Read more

If My Words Had Wings

By: Danielle Jawando

Narrated by: Kenton Thomas

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A life affirming story of rehabilitation and hope after prison. The third novel from multi-award-winning Danielle Jawando, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Elizabeth Acevedo.
 
‘Jawando’s writing is incredibly raw and real; I felt completely immersed’ Alice Oseman, author of the Heartstopper series
 
When fifteen-year-old Tyrell Forrester... Read more

The Year of Cecily

By: Lisa Lin

Narrated by: Kat Riley

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

San Francisco attorney Cecily Chang is ready to tackle the New Year head on, so she creates a list of resolutions guaranteed to reboot her life—right after her dutiful visit home to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for the Lunar New Year. Cecily prepares to face her critical, meddling mother, nosy relatives, and the chaos and drama family togetherness... Read more

Inheritance

By: Darrell Dennis, Daniel Arnold & Medina Hahn

Narrated by: Darrell Dennis, Daniel Arnold, Medina Hahn & Mi...

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Three people – Indigenous, immigrant, and settler – journey over dangerous terrain in a race against time, and each other, to gain control of a vast parcel of land. YOU decide how events unfold, ultimately determining how the land is stewarded, and by whom.
 
An urban couple are on a getaway to visit her father at his vast rural estate. But when... Read more

Under the Tamarind Tree

By: Nigar Alam

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A compellingly heartbreaking debut novel about the echoes of Partition and four friends whose dark secrets lead to a life-changing night that comes back to haunt them decades later.

One night. Four friends. Countless secrets.

1964. Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena is running out of time. She'll lose her home—her parents' safe haven since fleeing India... Read more

The Girl With the DragonFruit Tattoo

By: Carrie Doyle

Narrated by: Elizabeth Cottle

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

On the tropical island of Paraiso, Plum Lockhart has a new zest for life. Not only is her new villa rental company growing like a weed, but things are also finally heating up between her and the handsome Director of Security at Las Frutas Resort. Plum's thrilled when she gets an invite to dinner on the yacht of a wealthy music executive,... Read more

Briefly Perfectly Human

By: Alua Arthur

Narrated by: Alua Arthur

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | Named a New York Times' Staff Favorite Book of 2024 and a Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America’s most visible death doula.""A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the... Read more

In Bloom

By: Eva Verde

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Preorder THEM GIRLS, the breathtaking new Eva Verde novel, coming August 2025.

A deeply affecting novel, In Bloom tells of strength, survival, forgiveness, resilience and determination, and the fierce love and unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.

Delph has kept herself small and quiet as a form of self-protection, ever since the love... Read more

When Broadway Was Black

By: Caseen Gaines

Narrated by: Caseen Gaines

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

If Hamilton, Rent, or West Side Story captured your heart, you’ll love this in-depth look into the rise of the 1921 Broadway hit Shuffle Along, the first all-Black musical to succeed on Broadway.No one was sure if America was ready for a show featuring nuanced, thoughtful portrayals of Black characters―and the potential fallout was terrifying.... Read more

Everything There Is

By: M.G. Vassanji

Narrated by: Vik Sahay & Leslie Ann Sheppard

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada’s finest and most celebrated writers, comes a brilliant new novel that vividly examines the seemingly incongruous worlds of science, religion and desire.

Nurul Islam is a world-renowned physicist, professor at Imperial College, London, and one half of the Islam-Rosenfeld... Read more

Who Gets Believed

By: Dina Nayeri

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit... Read more

Sun of Blood and Ruin

By: Mariely Lares

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there’s a new vigilante in town serving justice. This reimagining of Zorro—featuring a heroic warrior sorceress—weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, and... Read more

Gentleman of Jazz

By: Ramsey Lewis & Aaron Cohen

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time.Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his memories of the music in his parents’ church and his early piano... Read more

The Portal Keeper

By: David A. Robertson

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Eli and Morgan experience life-changing revelations in this new adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series.

While exploring World’s End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli struggles to understand his new-found power: the ability... Read more

Wednesday's Child

By: Yiyun Li

Narrated by: Yiyun Li

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and includes an audio-only bonus story, Call Me Ishmael's Mother.

A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the award-winning, and inimitable, author of The Book of Goose.

A grieving mother makes a spreadsheet of everyone she’s lost. Elsewhere, a professor... Read more