Book description
Off the Map, an anthology of writing by Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues, aims to bring diverse and distinctive voices to the literary landscape. In works of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, you'll discover writing on a wide range of subjects. These narratives showcase unique storytelling…
- Coming soon!
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked Off the Map as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Thirty-three authors share their heartfelt, humorous, painful, insightful, poignant, and real life excerpts in this anthology. I think the writers are all gifted, not because of their illnesses or trials, but because of their response to trauma, their resolve, resilience, intellect, life experience, and their courage to share their voices in this collection. To stand up and say, we are here, we suffer but we are strong, we will survive. I appreciated the diversity, authenticity and quality of their work.
If you love Off the Map...
December on 5C4
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
Want books like Off the Map?
Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 2 books like Off the Map.
📚 If you like Off the Map, you might also like...
The Delphi Agenda
Papyrologist Lisa Emmer's world flips when the Sûreté detains her at her Metro station with news of the savage murder of the esteemed Paris historian Dr. Raimond Foix, her friend and mentor in the study of ancient documents.
Horrified, Lisa finds clues at the crime scene left behind for her…
The Tao of Poison
A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.
The polyandrous Yan family in China's rural Shaanxi Province takes in two carpenter brothers. When one brother is convicted of murder after killing their neighbor in a dispute, a constable threatens to expose the family's rumored polyandry and extorts…