Fictive Press: 18 books

Lisa and her little brother Jon enjoy collecting stamps. But when their father holds a contest to decide which child will get a new large stamp album, Lisa has to solve a difficult problem.This chapter book for ages 8 to 12 (grades 3 to 6) takes place around 1960 and portrays a Jewish family...

An entertaining collection of 96 short-short stories, each one exactly 55 words, by accomplished author and songwriter Doug Long. Twenty-four illustrations by David Botten. Perfect for reading between bus stops or while multi-tasking. Also known as short fiction, nano-fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction...

Inspired by the life of Alex Decoteau, this moving one-act play tells the tale of a Cree hero and running warrior. In 1911, in Edmonton, Alberta, he became Canada’s 1st aboriginal police officer, famous for chasing after speeding vehicles on foot to ticket them! A champion runner and popular figure,...

Road trips from Manitoba, Canada, to Palm Springs, CA, inspire these poetic meditations by Danish-born, Canadian poet, playwright, essayist and dramaturge Per K. Brask. Composed in accessible “plain speech,” this collection of 37 poems is grouped thematically into three sections, offering a poetic...

Death and dying are difficult subjects to discuss with children. If you are looking for a way to talk about death to your child or grandchild, When I Die, a short but powerful meditation on death by award-winning children's author, Carol Matas, can give you a safe place to start.(N.B.:...

A Suspenseful Sci-Fi Thriller for Middle Grades and YA A new updated edition that combines Canadian bestseller, Cloning Miranda, with its two sequels, The Second Clone and The Dark Clone into a single gripping adventure. Fourteen-year-old Miranda has it all: beauty, brains, talent, perfect...

A Poetic Exploration of JudaismPer K. Brask is fascinated with the conversation that Jews have had down through the ages about life and God and about what humans owe to each other and to God. A Jew by conviction not birth, He offers an accessible and insightful collection of 32 poems that explore his experience growing into Judaism.

Is there a solid foundation for the ethical concept of the good?Danish-Jewish thinker Andreas Simonsen explores this “ancient all-important question initially debated by the Sophists, Socrates and Plato” using an ancient technique – the dialogue form. Three separate conversations, three...

A Provocative Play about Malcolm LowryOctober Ferries to Gabriola is a play inspired by the life of the notorious British novelist, Malcolm Lowry, author of the 20th century masterpiece, Under the Volcano. Playwright Charlotte Cameron mixes fact and fiction, moving back and forth in time from...

Ekphrasis” is a literary description of, or commentary on, a work of art. A Spectator, the first published collection of ekphrastic poetry by poet, author, playwright and dramaturg Per K. Brask does that, and more. Written in "plain speech," these accessible and insightful poems express the poet's...

An important 20th century work on ethics. Now available in English for the first time.Danish thinker Andreas Simonsen explores what he considers the three most fundamental problems in ethics: free will versus determinism, happiness versus duty, and humanism versus humility.“These problems...

2014 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST in the Children's and Young Adult category. Appropriate for Middle Grades and up (age 9 plus). “Papa is a tyrant; that’s what he is — a tyrant! And I will always be subject to his whims!” When her father decides to run for mayor...

What does Judaism say about free will, suffering, good and evil, sin, responsibility, righteousness? Danish philosopher Andreas Simonsen explains where Judaism stands on these and other complex moral issues, puts them into historical context and discusses their relevance to our lives today, while...

A Girl & her Dog –Let the Magic Begin! When 11-year-old Millie McTwitter defies her mother’s strict pet prohibition and adopts P.J. le Pooch while her mother is away, something magical begins to happen in Millie’s lonely life. Millie’s drawings in her sketchbook—the last gift...