Diverse Voices
A very powerful aspect of reading is that it gives us the opportunity to see inside the lives of people who may be different from ourselves. We get to see through each other’s eyes, through each other’s experiences and gain new perspectives.
With our Diverse Voices staff-curated lists, we hope you will discover new books (and films too!) which could be a starting point in learning more about and celebrating our diverse community.
Looking for more resources, reading and otherwise? We’d love to hear from you! Just ask us.
Indigenous Voices
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Chelsea Vowel
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Joshua Whitehead
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Gloria Mehlmann
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Katherena Vermette
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Clayton Thomas-Muller
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David A. Neel
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Richard Wagamese
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Tracey Lindberg
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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Waubgeshig Rice
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Katłįà
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Richard Van Camp; illustrations by Julie Flett
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Dawn Dumont
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Thomas King
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Nahanni Shingoose
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Payne Many Guns, Crystal Many Fingers, Sheena Potts, Latasha Calf Robe, Tim Fox, Marlene Yellow Horn, and DerRic Starlight
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Cherie Dimaline
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Jesse Thistle
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Tanya Talaga
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written by Jodie Callaghan; illustrated by Georgia Lesley
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Julie Flett
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Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
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Tasha Spillett-Sumner; illustrated by Michaela Goade
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David A. Robertson
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Sunshine Tenasco; illustrated by Chief Lady Bird
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Allison Mills
Muslim Voices
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Samra Habib
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Edward Said
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James Wolfreys
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Sahar Mustafah
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Mark Gonsalez
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Sabina Khan
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G. Willow Wilson
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Imran Ahmad
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Safia Saleh
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Sabeeha Rehman
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Uzma Jalaluddin
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Arun Kundnani
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Rabiah York Lumbard
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Edited by S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed
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Saira Mir
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Sara Farizan
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Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan
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Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
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edited by Natasha Bakht
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Saadia Zahidi
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Syed M. Masood
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Aisha Saeed
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Nathan Lean
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Omar Saif Ghobash
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Khizr Khan
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Tahereh Mafi
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Aya Khalil
LGBTQ+ Voices
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Anna North
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Steven Rowley
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CN Lester
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Zen Cho
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Edited by Joshua Whitehead
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Alison Bechdel; illustrated by Holly Rae Taylor
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Elon Green
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Melissa Broder
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Morgan Rogers
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Jen Silverman
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Ivan Coyote
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Heather Walter
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Billy-Ray Belcourt
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Robert Jones, Jr.
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Torrey Peters
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Charlie Jane Anders
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Robin Stevenson; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
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Daniel Haack; pictures by Stevie Lewis
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Jodie Patterson; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
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written by Lilah Sturges; illustrated by Meaghan Carter; lettered by Joamette Gil
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Elliot Kreloff
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Katherine Locke; illustrated by Anne Passchier
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Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester
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JonArno Lawso ; illustrated by Qin Leng
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Rachel E. Simon; illustrated by Noah Grigni
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Chad Lucas
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Claire Kann
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Auriane Desombre
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Trung Le Nguyen
Asian Voices
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Jessamine Chan
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Amartya Sen
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Mia P. Manansala
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Sindya Bhanoo
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Sabaa Tahir
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Akshaya Raman
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Aisha Saeed
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Joanna Ho
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Amita Parikh
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Muon Thi Van
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Miguel Syjuco
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Michelle Tam & Henry Fong
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Harnarayan Singh with Michael Hingston
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Jack Wang
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Rabindranath Maharaj
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William Ging Wee Dere
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Sonya Lalli
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Jagmeet Singh
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Hiromi Goto x Ann Xu
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Madhur Anand
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Ann Hui
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Kerri Sakamoto
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David Suzuki
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Samra Habib
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Lindsay Wong
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Kim Thúy
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Sheung-King
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Andrea Lo
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Kat Zhang
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Jessica Kim
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Bao Phi
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Vivek Shraya
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Gene Luen Yang
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Tae Keller
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Raakhee Mirchandani
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Aisha Saeed
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Angela Ahn
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Supriya Kelkar
Black Voices
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Brit Bennett
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Keah Brown
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Jesmyn Warn
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Nnedi Okorafor
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Kwana Jackson
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Nancy Johnson
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Rivers Solomon
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Deesha Philyaw
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Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron
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Jeffrey Colvin
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Althea Prince
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Ben Phillipe
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Universal
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Freestyle Digital Media
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Kim Stim
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
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PBS Distrbution
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Lionsgate
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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HBO Documentary Films
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Wayne Grady
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Francesca Ekwuyasi
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Edwidge Danticat
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Marlon James
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Tochi Onyebuchi
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Marci Ien
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Chantal Gibson
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Colson Whitehead
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Ibi Zoboi
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Namina Forna
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Brandy Colbert
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Kacen Callender
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Zetta Elliott
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Dean Atta
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Angela Joy
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Kerascoët
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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Rio Cortez
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Jason Reynolds
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Tami Charles
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Elizabeth MacLeod
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Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson
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Karen Bass
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Kelly Starling Lyons
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Naomi M. Moyer
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Louise Spilsbury
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Sharee Miller
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Jewell Rhodes
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Lisa Ramee
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Jael Richardson
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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Marianne Celano