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Independence

By Cecil Foster

Cecil Foster was 12 years old in 1966 when Barbados gained independence from Britain. Foster’s first novel in almost a dozen years delves into the formative period of the newly liberated nation, as seen through ... Read More »

February 10, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Helium

By Jaspreet Singh

Helium is a haunted novel. Virtually every page in this masterful tale by Toronto’s Jaspreet Singh (Chef) features a visitation from the dead or a trip to an otherworldly past. Literary figures as far apart ... Read More »

February 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bear

By Claire Cameron

With the publication of such Modernist works as The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner honed a stream-of-consciousness technique that immersed readers in the thoughts and experiences of characters too ... Read More »

February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Eye of the Day

By Dennison Smith

The world young Aubrey Brown inhabits in B.C. writer Dennison Smith’s accomplished second novel is one of privilege and leisure. As a member of the affluent and influential New England Shaw-Browns, Aubrey spends his summers ... Read More »

January 21, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels