Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

If I Fall, If I Die

By Michael Christie

The grim industrial waterfront of Thunder Bay, Ontario, is the setting for the debut novel by B.C.-based author Michael Christie. This atmospheric work of gritty realism explores themes of class mobility, self-determination, and the impact ... Read More »

January 26, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Deep

By Nick Cutter

Following up his sensational 2014 debut thriller, The Troop, was never going to be easy for Nick Cutter. But the author shows no lack of ambition in The Deep, another spectacular journey into the extremes ... Read More »

January 8, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Savour

By Jackie Bateman

In her new novel, Vancouver author Jackie Bateman – who lived in Edinburgh and London before relocating to the West Coast – brings a unique and unsettling perspective to the otherwise hoary trope of the ... Read More »

December 19, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Barker

By Wayne Tefs

The latest and, unfortunately, final novel by Winnipeg author Wayne Tefs (who died of cancer in September), is a mesmerizing tale of self-discovery about Harlan, an unusual teenaged boy living on a hardscrabble Saskatchewan farm ... Read More »

December 15, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Celia’s Song

By Lee Maracle

Generations of First Nations in Canada have suffered a history of unthinkable trauma and hardship in the aftermath of European settlement, prompting ongoing attempts at healing and reconciliation. Lee Maracle’s new novel, a work of ... Read More »

November 24, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels