Guyana

By Élise Turcotte; Rhonda Mullins (trans.)

Rhonda Mullins’ translation of Montreal writer Élise Turcotte’s 2011 novel instantly transports readers into a cramped world that nearly shimmers with fear. Ana is clinging to a tenuous bond with her touch-averse young son, Philippe, ... Read More »

July 7, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Plague

By C.C. Humphreys

The new thriller by C.C. Humphreys opens in England in the year 1665. Gentleman thief and ex-cavalier Captain Coke is being pursued by Pitman, a bounty hunter and former roundhead with a growing family to ... Read More »

July 3, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Juliet Was a Surprise

By Bill Gaston

Novelist, dramatist, poet, and short-story writer Bill Gaston is a quadruple threat, but it’s with his stories that he’s had the most measurable success (his 2002 collection, Mount Appetite, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Summertime Swamp Love

By Patricia Young

Patricia Young, author of 12 previous books of poetry, has embarked on a peculiar mission in her latest volume: getting inside the psyches of animals with deviant (by human standards) sexual practices. Summertime Swamp Love ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

The Order in Which We Do Things

By Tom Wayman; Owen Percy (ed.)

Over the past 40 years, Tom Wayman has established a reputation as the Canadian work poet. In a series of collections, he has written about labour, strikes, the seemingly intransigent relationship between workers and management, ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal

By Dan Leger

For better or worse, there’s nothing like a scandal to rile people up about the political status quo. The Canadian senate, viewed by the public with begrudging apathy at the best of times, is a ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Trouble on Main Street: Mackenzie King, Reason, Race, and the 1907 Vancouver Riots

By Julie F. Gilmour

The life of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, has been a favourite topic of Canadian historians for decades. Yet first-time author Julie F. Gilmour has managed to break fresh ground with Trouble ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: History

Open Secret

By Deryn Collier

With her second novel, Deryn Collier returns to the fictional B.C. town of Kootenay Landing and to the character of former Canadian Forces commander Bern Fortin, who now works as the town coroner. Collier continues ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

How Loveta Got Her Baby

By Nicholas Ruddock

Nicholas Ruddock follows his 2010 debut novel, The Parabolist (which was nominated for the Toronto Book Awards and an Arthur Ellis Award), with a collection of linked stories set in and around St. John’s. There ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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