Blind Luck

Would you bet your life on luck? Risk your fortune on a coin toss or wager? In Toronto screenwriter Scott Carter’s debut novel, Dave Bolden could plausibly answer yes. When the driver of an 18-wheel ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Irrationalist

By Suzanne Buffam

The Irrationalist is Chicago-based expat Suzanne Buffam’s second collection, following her Gerald Lampert Award–winning debut, Past Imperfect. The book’s title plays on a snippet from Aristotle’s Poetics: “it is exclusively the irrational upon which the ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

You Know Who You Are

By Ian Williams

The letters on the cover of Ian Williams’ debut collection are all white except for one “u” and one “i,” both of which are red. This is because the poems in the book are chiefly ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

Darwin’s Bastards

By Zsuzsi Gartner, ed.

Canada may be the only country in the world where it’s not considered a liability to publish an anthology of dystopian and science-fiction stories that contains hardly any contributions from authors specializing in those genres. ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Falling from Grace

By Ann Eriksson

When Ann Eriksson conjured up Dr. Faye Pearson, a three-foot-tall entomologist, the idea must have seemed too good to pass up. Just think of all the ways that, both literally and metaphorically, the combination of ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

In the Fabled East

By Adam Lewis Schroeder

Adam Lewis Schroeder’s second novel ranges from France at the turn of the 20th century to French Indochina in the 1930s. Weaving together a host of narrators and timelines, the story primarily follows the paths ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Singer’s Gun

By Emily St. John Mandel

There is no doubt that Emily St. John Mandel is a skilled and promising new voice. Her first novel, 2009’s Last Night in Montreal, proved she is able to craft clear, concise, and beautifully composed ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Invention of the World

By Jack Hodgins

Jack Hodgins’ literary career has spanned more than three decades and resulted in a Governor General’s Literary Award (for the 1979 novel The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne) and the author’s induction into the Order of ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Master of Happy Endings

By Jack Hodgins

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Rehearsal

By Eleanor Catton

The plot is conventionally provocative: in the aftermath of a high school sex scandal, a group of teenage girls become aware of their own power. However, in The Rehearsal, the first novel by Canadian-born, New ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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