Rejoice: A Knife to the Heart

Steven Erikson, the bestselling author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen high fantasy series, turns to science fiction in his newest novel. Inventive and engaging, Erikson’s tale tackles big existential questions that prove relevant ... Read More »

November 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

All of Us in Our Own Lives

By Manjushree Thapa

Canadian-Nepali author Manjushree Thapa’s All of Us in Our Own Lives begins in Toronto, where Ava Berriden is equally disillusioned with her job in corporate law and with her marriage. Deciding to leave both behind, ... Read More »

November 12, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Supreme Orchestra

By David Turgeon; Pablo Strauss (trans.)

On a snowy winter day in the fictional European city of Bruant, a mysterious stranger named Fabrice Mansaré (a.k.a. Charles Rose) walks into an art gallery in search of pictures to decorate his apartment. The ... Read More »

November 8, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Oldness; or, The Last-Ditch Efforts of Marcus O

By Brett Josef Grubisic

Marcus O, the focal character of the odd and winning new novel from Vancouver writer Brett Josef Grubisic, is something of a cranky, crusty misanthrope. When readers first meet the mid-level academic in October 2023 ... Read More »

November 5, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Death Scene Artist

By Andrew Wilmot

Even the most successful authors have certain (often early) work they’re not proud of: scenes they would deem poorly written or storylines they abandoned, considered unworthy of pursuing to completion. How can a writer sense ... Read More »

October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Summer Cannibals

By Melanie Hobson

October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Death and Life of Strother Purcell

By Ian Weir

Ian Weir’s third novel is an epic, gun-slinging western that nimbly stretches 174 years from a blood feud in antebellum North Carolina to Hell’s Gate and the Cariboo Gold Rush of the Fraser River Valley ... Read More »

October 22, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Paradise Lost

By Erin Shields

Playwright Erin Shields’s dramatic adaptation of Paradise Lost – commissioned by the Stratford Festival for a 2018 production in their Studio Theatre – explores with verve and a modern-day sensibility the themes found in Milton’s ... Read More »

October 15, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Such a Lonely, Lovely Road

By Kagiso Lesego Molope

In her third novel for adults (and the follow-up to this year’s novel for young adults, This Book Betrays My Brother), Kagiso Lesego Molope delivers a moving and poignant portrait of a South African man’s ... Read More »

October 4, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Starlight

By Richard Wagamese

The release of a new Richard Wagamese novel is a cause for celebration. His work is always spellbinding, comprising powerful stories that get to the heart of Canada – funny, sad, sometimes disturbing and weighty, ... Read More »

October 1, 2018 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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