Trinity Reads: Five Books to Re-Imagine Our Relationships with the Land
Trinity Reads embraces reading as a catalyst for change, offering students, staff, faculty and alumni a chance to read as a community and connect over big ideas in iconic Trinity spaces. To honour the addition of the Lawson Centre for Sustainability, this year’s shortlist features book that engage with the environment in creative and compelling ways – the final Trinity Reads title will be chosen after a public panel in January, with the winning author visiting campus in March 2026.
2025-2026 SHORTLIST
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW BY WAUBGESHIG RICE
A fast-paced dystopian story set in a northern Anishinaabe community suddenly cut off from power and communication before a long, dark winter.
RIVER MUMMA BY ZALIKA REID-BENTA
An exhilarating magical realism novel about a young woman navigating a quarter-life-crisis while taking to the streets of Toronto to fulfill a quest from a Jamaican water deity.
DISPERSALS BY JESSICA J. LEE
A beautiful meditation on how plants entangle with our human world to reveal belonging, displacement, and interdependence.
ENDSICKNESS BY SOFIA ALARCON
A colourful and wry exploration of the climate crisis and eco-anxiety through a series of comics that reveal a society at odds with itself and the changing world around it.
THE NATURE OF OUR CITIES BY DR. NADINA GALLE
A gripping exploration of the transformative potential of emerging technology in urban environments, offering readers practical insights and hope for what our world could become as we deepen our engagement with nature.
Enter the Restock the SCR Shelves Contest Now!
FALL 2025 EVENTS
- September 22: Reading Rhythms x Trinity Reads Shortlist Reading Party in the Chapel – learn more and register
- October 22: Dispersals Writing Workshop with Living Hyphen – learn more and register
- October 31: Restock the SCR Shelves Contest ends. Learn more, and enter now.
- November 2: Books & Brunch in the Graham Library with Emma Donoghue (closed event)
- November 6: The Nature of Our Cities Lunch & Learn, 12-2pm – learn more and register
- November 22: Trinity @ TIFF: Student & Alumni Film Screening & Author Talkback with Zalika Reid-Benta – learn more and register
Stay tuned for our winter 2026 programming! To receive updates on upcoming Trinity Reads events, follow @trinityreadsuoft on Instagram.
(Image from the September 22, Reading Party in the Chapel)
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