Top Eleven Indie Picks of 2008

My favourite books by independent publishers this year in no particular order (except perhaps a bit chronological). And my list's explanation.

• Pulpy and Midge by Jessica Westhead (Coach House)
• Things Go Flying by Shari Lepena (Brindle and Glass)
• Stunt by Claudia Dey (Coach House)
• Flirt by Lorna Jackson (Biblioasis)
• Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
• Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig (Coach House)
• Silent Girl by Tricia Dower (Inanna)
• Once by Rebecca Rosenblum (Biblioasis)
• Entitlement by Jonathan Bennett (ECW)
• What It Feels Like for a Girl by Jennica Harper (Anvil Press)
• The Myth of the Simple Machines by Laurel Snyder (No Tell Books)