Essais Books in Order
Essais contains 9 books, published between 2016 and 2021. The first book is Notes From a Feminist Killjoy (2016) and the newest is Begin By Telling (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2016–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,621 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 27–41 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,621 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Essais is a series of Canadian essay books published between 2016 and 2021, 9 titles with eight different writers on the credits: Erin Wunker on 2, and Lee Maracle, M. NourbeSe Philip, Chelene Knight, Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak, Nikki Reimer and Cynthia Cruz on one each. Subjects record Canadian essays, feminism and feminist theory, race, and Indigenous peoples in Canada. Notes From a Feminist Killjoy (2016) opens the listing and Begin By Telling (2021) closes it, by way of My Conversations with Canadians, Blank, Dear Current Occupant, Refuse, Disquieting, The Nothing That Is and Where Things Touch.
How many Essais books are there?
Essais has 9 books, released between 2016 and 2021.
Essais Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Essais books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Notes From a Feminist Killjoy2016 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/420162161/4
- 2My Conversations with Canadians2017 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/420172601/4
- 3Blank2017 · 345 pages · confirmed 1/420173451/4
- 4Dear Current Occupant2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 5Refuse2018 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/420182601/4
- 6Disquieting2019 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/420191801/4
- 7The Nothing That Is2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420191281/4
- 8Where Things Touch2020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420201121/4
- 9Begin By Telling2021 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/420211201/4
Where to start with Essais
Start with Notes From a Feminist Killjoy (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Essais book?
Begin By Telling (2021) is the newest Essais book released so far.
Is there a new Essais book coming?
No next Essais book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Essais at a glance
- Paused
- No new Essais title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Essais books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,621 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Essais books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 2 are credited to Erin Wunker, 1 to M. NourbeSe Philip, 1 to Lee Maracle and 1 to Chelene Knight. A further 7 writers are credited.
What the Essais books are about
6 of the 9 Essais books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: canadian essays is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Canadian essays 3 of 6 books
- History 2 of 6 books