The Colonial Hotel

The Colonial Hotel takes a classic tale and recasts it in a form both episodic and abstract. The names are borrowed from Greek mythology, though the Trojan war parallel isn’t developed much beyond that. ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cold Mourning

By Brenda Chapman

Intertwining mysteries drive the fast-paced plot of this suspenseful, wintry novel from Ottawa crime writer Brenda Chapman. When wealthy businessman Tom Underwood disappears one week before Christmas, police recruit Kala Stonechild’s first assignment is to ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blood Always Tells

By Hilary Davidson

With Blood Always Tells, Hilary Davidson gives her recurring character, travel writer turned amateur sleuth Lily Moore, a rest. This time out, the Anthony Award–winning author spins a standalone tale of revenge, greed, and abuse, ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Shadow Queen

By Sandra Gulland

Though it purports to be the story of Louis XIV’s second official mistress, Athénais de Montespan (the story of the first official mistress, Louise de La Vallière, having been told in Gulland’s 2008 novel, Mistress ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Wind Is Not a River

By Brian Payton

Vancouver author Brian Payton is best known for wilderness-focused non-fiction, such as Shadow of the Bear and The Ice Passage. With The Wind Is Not a River, a tale of love and survival set during ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Clyde

By David Helwig

The father of Clyde, the political analyst and title character of David Helwig’s new novel, died in Dieppe and his mother raised him in grim, post-war Ontario, employing a no-frills parenting style that would be ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

By Padma Viswanathan

When Air India Flight 182 exploded over the Atlantic Ocean in 1985, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney phoned his counterpart in India to offer his condolences, even though the vast majority of passengers were Canadian. The ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The River Burns

By Trevor Ferguson

In 1984, arson destroyed a 69-year-old covered bridge in the small Quebec town of Wakefield. Many residents mourned the loss of this popular landmark and, in 1997, built a replica with largely volunteer labour and ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

This Location of Unknown Possibilities

By Brett Josef Grubisic

We are all constantly writing and revising our own stories, serving as protagonists in the tangled and evolving fictions of our own lives. We narrate our progress, building myths and legends, identifying cruxes and climaxes, ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Landing Gear

By Kate Pullinger

In 2009, Kate Pullinger won a Governor General's Literary Award for her historical novel The Mistress of Nothing. Five years later (with a collection of short stories in between), Pullinger proves she can write just ... Read More »

March 10, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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