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Into the Current

By Jared Young

Framing a character’s life in such a way that there is a worthy purpose for telling their story, while also avoiding the monotony of cliché, is a meticulous undertaking. In his debut novel, Ottawa writer ... Read More »

October 17, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Don’t I Know You?

By Marni Jackson

While the pop-culture imprint of the music video for Kanye West’s “Famous” was less indelible than its creator expected, the clip’s basic thesis holds up: “Celebrities – they’re just like us!” The floating, Lost Highway–like ... Read More »

October 11, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Belief

By Mayank Bhatt

Novelist Mayank Bhatt, who immigrated to Canada from Mumbai in 2008, delivers a taut, timely debut focused on one immigrant family and the devastating experience that threatens to destroy the life they have struggled to ... Read More »

October 5, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ After James

By Michael Helm

Michael Helm has spent his career probing the relationship between the intellectual and the physical. He tackled the subject in his first two novels, The Projectionist and In the Place of Last Things, by exploring ... Read More »

October 3, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels