★ Signs and Wonders

It’s always a good sign when a book that opens with an attempted suicide still manages to elicit a surprised chuckle from the reader by page eight. Such is the complex, delightful nature of Alix ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Gethsemane Hall

By David Annandale

With Gethsemane Hall, Winnipeg writer David Annandale has created that rarest of books: a genuinely chilling horror novel. And a fresh take on the hoary old haunted house novel, no less. Following the death of ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Thirst

By Shree Ghatage

Fans of Shree Ghatage’s first novel, Brahma’s Dream, will appreciate her follow-up, which features the return of Vasanti, the aunt of the earlier novel’s 13-year-old protagonist. Thirst reveals the true circumstances behind the supposed death ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Valery the Great

By Elaine McCluskey

In her second collection of short stories, Elaine McCluskey has concocted a ragtag chorus of sometimes funny, often sad characters. The title story, about a child who has been exiled to the circus by the ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ My Leaky Body: Tales from the Gurney

By Julie Devaney

Part memoir, part manifesto, Julie Devaney’s profoundly honest new book should be required reading for anyone who may ever have to visit a hospital – which means, in effect, everyone. The book details Devaney’s painful ... Read More »

August 13, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Blondes

By Emily Schultz

Unleash rabid blonde killers in an apocalyptic New York City, then add a pregnant woman trying to make her way outside city limits to inform her married lover he’s the father. The result is an ... Read More »

August 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stony River

By Tricia Dower

American small-town life in the 1950s wasn’t actually like Leave It to Beaver. In her ambitious first novel, Tricia Dower reveals the darker side of an era we tend to idealize. In the novel’s titular ... Read More »

August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Grid

By Brenda Schmidt

In her fourth collection, Brenda Schmidt, a poet based in Creighton, Saskatchewan, pays homage to the juxtapositions inherent in her surroundings. The scenery itself is a presence in this work, which depicts the intersection between ... Read More »

July 16, 2012 | Filed under: Poetry

Beach Strip

By John Lawrence Reynolds

Beach Strip is two-time Arthur Ellis Award winner John Lawrence Reynolds’ first mystery in eight years, and it’s a welcome return to the form. Reynolds keeps the pace lively, teasing out clues as if he’s ... Read More »

July 9, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

People Park

By Pasha Malla

As Pasha Malla’s debut novel commences, its eponymous civic landmark is replete with citizenry, gathered for a joyous public celebration. When the book reaches its conclusion nearly 500 pages later, the park fills with people ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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