Fiction: Novels

A Blessed Snarl

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad,” the poet tells us. This sad fact of life is comprehensively borne out by Samuel Thomas Martin’s debut novel. Set in Newfoundland, it tells the story of ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Shore Girl

By Fran Kimmel

The debut novel from Alberta-based author Fran Kimmel revolves around a young girl’s turbulent and peripatetic life with her mother – a conflict that initially strikes a too-familiar chord. But the story’s twists and turns ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Anna from Away

By D.R. MacDonald

Readers can be forgiven for glancing at the cover image and title of D.R. MacDonald’s new novel and thinking, “Oh no, not another Canadian novel of austere landscapes and rural folk who don’t take to ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Husk

By Corey Redekop

A gore-filled comedy/horror hybrid about a zombie with Oscar ambitions, Husk isn’t an obvious follow-up to Shelf Monkey, Corey Redekop’s 2007 debut novel about frustrated employees at a big-box bookstore, but both have the same ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The World

By Bill Gaston

The World begins with a wonderful narrative spark: Stuart Price, a boring, methodical, recently retired suburban everyman, accidentally burns down his house the day he finishes paying off the mortgage. Due to a series of ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age of Hope

By David Bergen

David Bergen has always been good at literary ventriloquism. Whether conjuring the consciousness of a horny 16-year-old in The Case of Lena S., or envisioning characters traumatized by the effects of war in The Time ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Sweet Jesus

By Christine Pountney

Christine Pountney’s third novel attempts much more than most novels can handle. Thankfully, the author acquits herself with aplomb. The book’s three main characters ask life’s proverbial “big questions” without seeming precious or sentimental, and ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Western Light

By Susan Swan

Nearly two decades after the publication of her best-selling novel The Wives of Bath, Susan Swan revisits protagonist Mary Beatrice Bradford – M.B. or Mouse for short – in a prequel set in Madoc’s Landing, ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Emperor of Paris

By CS Richardson

CS Richardson’s first novel, The End of the Alphabet, was an international bestseller and won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book. With his follow-up, Richardson has taken the approach he used in his ... Read More »

August 20, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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By Marjorie Celona

Victoria-born writer Marjorie Celona (who now lives in Cincinnati) chose Vancouver Island as the setting for her buzzy debut novel, the coming-of-age story of Shannon, a young misfit with a curly blond halo, a lazy ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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