BIPOC Authors

Everything is Everything

By: Clive Myrie

Narrated by: Clive Myrie

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR, NOW UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL

Readers LOVE Everything is Everything:
'Clive Myrie is one heck of an author' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Well written and thought provoking. One to come back to again' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Thoughtful, analytical, deeply caring and, at times, very funny' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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As a Bolton teenager with a paper... Read more

To Build a Black Future

By: Christopher Paul Harris

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson shares how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care

When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag turned rallying cry is but one expression... Read more

Knowing the Spirit

By: Costi W. Hinn

Narrated by: Costi W. Hinn

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Explore what the Bible really says about the Holy Spirit and what it means to see the power of the Holy Spirit at work in your life.Whether intentionally or not, many Christians today seek health, wealth, and happiness by summoning the Holy Spirit like a genie to grant their wishes. When things don't go the way they think they... Read more

Chinese Menu

By: Grace Lin

Narrated by: Lisa Ling

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin delivers a groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, and beautifully written full-color book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food.

From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, here are the tales behind your favorite foods. Do... Read more

Pilgrim

By: Ruth Chou Simons

Narrated by: Ruth Chou Simons

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

As a follower of Christ, you live each day as a pilgrim, traveling the path Jesus sets before you. Though the road may be rocky, God provides reminders along the way to show you that He writes your story, paves your path, and walks with you always. From bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons comes this uplifting meditation on the... 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

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

Avenue of Champions

By: Conor Kerr

Narrated by: Jani Lauzon & Shane Ghostkeeper

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Daniel is a young Métis man searching for a way to exist in a world of lateral violence, intergenerational trauma and systemic racism. Facing obstacles of his own at every turn, he observes and learns from the lived realities of his family members, friends, teachers and lovers. He finds hope in the inherent connection of Indigenous Peopls to the... 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

In Bloom

By: Eva Verde

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The brilliant and incisive new novel from the author of Lives Like Mine...

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 of... Read more

The Adversity of Diversity

By: Carol M. Swain & Mike Towle

Narrated by: Carol M. Swain & Freddy Richardson

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

When the US Supreme Court announced its landmark 6-3 decision to take race out of the equation for college and university admissions, it did more than just bring Affirmative Action in higher education to a screeching halt. It also fired a warning shot across the bow of businesses and governmental agencies across America: the days for workplace... 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

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

Narrated by: Kristolyn Lloyd

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From debut author Jamison Shea comes this slow-burn horror novel that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit from exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back. This program is read by Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning-actor Kristolyn Lloyd.

There will be blood.

Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this... 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

Where There Was Fire

By: John Manuel Arias

Narrated by: Adriana Sananes

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Bilingual Spanish/English audiobook narrator Sananes enlivens Costa Rican American poet/writer Arias’ multigenerational saga." —Booklist

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias

Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s... Read more

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

By: T. L. Huchu

Narrated by: Kimberly Mandindo

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book of T. L. Huchu's USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series.

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery—a locked room mystery,... Read more

Beguiled by the Beastly Baron

By: YD La Mar

Narrated by: Hannah Martin & Dan Calley

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Miss Antônia Santos Pereira, at the bequest of your late father's will and on account of your potential ruined status and age, her majesty has hereby ordered you to attend the Monsters Ball to find suitable prospects for your family lineage.



Antônia is back in London after the passing of her father. Living overseas most her life, without the... Read more

Love Is the Point

By: Carlos PenaVega & Alexa PenaVega

Narrated by: Carlos PenaVega & Alexa PenaVega

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the authors.Love in action is what life is all about! Take a 100-day journey to recognize the ways that God shows love in your life and discover opportunities to share that love with those around you in this daily devotional--.In What If Love Is the Point? Carlos and Alexa PenaVega shared how putting God at the center of their marriage,... Read more

Peace by Chocolate

By: Jon Tattrie

Narrated by: Lee Majdoub

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, Gourmand Awards, and Taste Canada Awards (Culinary Narratives)
A National Bestseller
A Hill Times Top 100 Selection The extraordinary story of the Hadhad family and the founding of the chocolatier, Peace by Chocolate. Peace by Chocolate is the inspiring story of one family’s journey from the... Read more

Like Every Form of Love

By: Padma Viswanathan

Narrated by: Padma Viswanathan

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, a gripping exploration of class, race, friendship, sexuality, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person—all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story.

Padma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a warm-hearted,... Read more

Limp Forward

By: Libo Meyers

Narrated by: Libo Meyers

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

"A vibrant story of a brilliant and industrious woman." — Kirkus Reviews
"An inspirational book that drives home the importance of perseverance, love, and the beauty that can come from being differently abled." — Readers' Favorite (5 star)
"A tale of perseverance, an inspiration for all. Look back to understand your roots, & look forward to... 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

Stay Sane in an Insane World

By: Greg Harden

Narrated by: Greg Harden

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“What I learned from Greg is still a part of who I am today.”—Tom Brady, 7-time Super Bowl champion Greg Harden changes lives. This is why hundreds of world-class athletes, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders, college students, and professionals from all walks of life have come to him for advice and... Read more

We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

Narrated by: Rishma Malik Scott

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“Unsparing and compassionate … A novel of harrowing eloquence, We Meant Well explores compelling cultural contrasts and the ambiguity of charitable outreach.” — Foreword Reviews A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who deserves what, and who gets the power to decide It’s the middle... Read more