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Roost

By Ali Bryan

In an era when so many books and articles argue about whether women can and should “have it all,” it’s refreshing to read two witty debut novels about women who don’t stand in for some ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Whisper of Legends

By Barbara Fradkin

The Whisper of Legends is the latest instalment in Ottawa writer Barbara Fradkin’s long-running detective series featuring Inspector Michael Green. The novel finds Green’s daughter, Hannah, and her new boyfriend vacationing with friends in the ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mount Pleasant

By Don Gillmor

Money carries a very different set of connotations and implications in the works of Canadian authors born between (roughly) 1930 and ’60 and those born after. For authors such as Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, Alice ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The ’Geisters

By David Nickle

Connoisseurs of dark fantasy experience genuine joy in encountering authors who revel in the genre as much as they do. Two new books from ChiZine Publications set out to feed the desires of genre aficionados ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Where the Sun Shines Best

By Austin Clarke

Over the course of a writing career that spans half a century, Austin Clarke’s transnational prose has beautifully encompassed issues of class, race, and the immigrant experience. Clarke has had a distinguished career as a ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry