Poetry
- The Splintered Moon. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1967.
- A Choice of Dreams. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974.
- Jericho Road. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977.
- Six Poems. Toronto: League of Canadian Poets, 1980.
- What Do I Remember of the Evacuation? Scholastic Education Canada, 1985
- Woman in the Woods. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press, 1985.
- A Song of Lilith. Vancouver: Polestar, 2000.
- A Garden of Anchors: Selected Poems. Oakville, ON: Mosaic, 2003.
Novels
- Obasan. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. (winner of the 1982 Books in Canada First Novel Award)
- Itsuka. Toronto: Penguin, 1992. (rewritten as Emily Kato – 2005)
- The Rain Ascends. Toronto: Knopf, 1995. (revised edition released in 2003)
Nonfiction
- Gently to Nagasaki. Caitlin Press, 2016.
- East of the Rockies. National Film Board of Canada, 2019.
Children's literature
- Naomi's Road. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005.
- Naomi's Tree. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2009.
Except where noted, bibliographic information courtesy Brock University.[26]
