Fiction: Novels

When Fenelon Falls

When Fenelon Falls takes place during the summer of 1969, with Woodstock, the moon landing, and “Sugar Sugar” in the background. Palmer is as playful with language as she is with pop-culture references, but it ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Spat the Dummy

By Ed Macdonald

The perilous repercussions of a horrific childhood secret propel Spat the Dummy, Gemini Award–winning screenwriter Ed Macdonald’s dynamic exploration of sex, drugs, violence, and the meaning of fatherhood. This excellent debut novel combines gutsy language ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Extensions

By Myrna Dey

At first glance, Myrna Dey’s debut novel offers a familiar set-up: a modern-day city slicker finds a packet of letters written by her great-grandmother Jane, a Welsh immigrant battling poverty and loneliness amid the misery ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Irma Voth

By Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews’ follow-up to 2008’s The Flying Troutmans details its eponymous protagonist’s various attempts to answer the question, “How do I behave in this world without following the directions of my father, my husband, or ... Read More »

April 1, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Free World

By David Bezmozgis

After Henry Roth, after Isaac Bashevis Singer, after Saul Bellow, after Philip Roth, after Grace Paley, after Mordecai Richler, after Cynthia Ozick, after countless other writers secular and religious, socialist and conservative, Zionist and assimilationist, ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bride of New France

By Suzanne Desrochers

In the 17th century, hundreds of girls and women were sent from France – often against their will – to populate the New World. But little is known of these filles du roi, as they ... Read More »

February 17, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Letters to Omar

By Rachel Wyatt

Rachel Wyatt is the author of six novels, a handful of stage plays, and over 100 radio plays. A great many of her works have been anthologized. Her writing has even earned her a place ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Player One: What Is to Become of Us

By Douglas Coupland

Player One is best-selling author, artist, and now clothing designer Douglas Coupland’s contribution to the annual CBC Massey Lectures. Instead of the traditional series of five lectures, Coupland has produced a novel about four characters ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

People Live Still in Cashtown Corners

By Tony Burgess

As he has done in the past, Tony Burgess combines lyricism with graphic, cinematic violence in his two newest works of fiction. Published by different small presses, each book contains precisely rendered portraits of small, ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels