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The Ravine

By Paul Quarrington

Here’s an interesting question: when does stylistic inventiveness cease being an adventurous literary approach and become merely chaotic and contrived? In this, his 10th novel, Paul Quarrington goes out of his way to keep his ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Paul Goes Fishing

By Michel Rabagliati

Paul Goes Fishing is the fourth volume in Michel Rabagliati’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel series. In the new book, it’s July 1991; Paul is 32, and he’s finally establishing himself in the world. He’s got a ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Graphica

Hidden City

By Michelle West

Fans of award-winning Toronto fantasy writer Michelle West will be delighted with this return to the vivid and detailed universe of the Sacred Hunt and the Sun Sword series. Hidden City begins a new series ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Girls Fall Down

By Maggie Helwig

The contemporary urban experience is not a subject that dominates Canadian fiction. A quick scan of the bestseller lists and awards shortlists of recent years reveals the firm dominance of novels set in the past, ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Flirt: The Interviews

By Lorna Jackson

The conceit behind Lorna Jackson’s slim new volume of fiction is a series of phony encounters between an unnamed middle-aged female interviewer and eight celebrities culled mainly from the worlds of hockey and literature, including ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels