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By J.E. Forman

Really Dead begins with Pam, a reality show production assistant, finding a severed foot on a Caribbean beach. The ankle shows a tattoo resembling one belonging to another PA, Kate Bond, who has disappeared from ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Thea Bowering

Love at Last Sight goes against the grain of most story collections these days, the majority of which are quippy and concise plot-driven adventures in minimalism. Bowering’s debut collection, which embraces a rich maximalism, is ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Liz Worth

Liz Worth’s debut novel is grim, dark, and unflinching. As the sole survivor of a mass suicide pact, Ang is barely hanging on. Her close companions, all of whom were part of an underground music ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Elise Gravel

From Elise Gravel, winner of the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for illustration, comes the Disgusting Critters series, an amusing group of books for beginning readers that successfully mixes fact and humour to introduce youngsters ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction