Born on Prince Edward Island, currently based in Halifax, frequent Q&Q contributor Zachariah Wells is a Maritime poet of direct speech and muscular lexicon, both of which can be counted among the legacies of fellow ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry
In The Only Thing I Have, Rhonda Waterfall’s first collection of short stories, we’re presented with characters incapable of self-scrutiny. But not knowing what they want doesn’t stop them from acting. On the contrary, there’s ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
Michael Turner’s previous novel, The Pornographer’s Poem, employed a variety of narrative forms, including letters, film scripts, diary entries, and monologues. His latest work, 8×10, is similarly unconventional: a collection of fragments intricately assembled to ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Though its precise origins are unclear, the term CanLit is now culturally enshrined as shorthand for all that is established and orthodox (or boring and stuffy) in Canadian fiction. The anthology Can’tLit sets itself in ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
A character in Bonnie Burnard’s Suddenly smacks her husband, not entirely playfully, with a copy of Lives of Girls and Women. The allusion is appropriate, though Suddenly is not so much an homage to Alice ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels
In her second novel, Zoe Whittall follows a group of twentysomethings struggling to cope with their complicated lives. Trapped somewhere between growing up and being grown-ups, these would-be adults hide behind excessive drinking and partying, ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels
As his total number of published short stories exceeds 300, it seems unnecessary to dwell upon Leon Rooke’s much-celebrated productivity. What demands consideration, however, is whether such torrential output can exist without a corresponding dilution ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short
Lesley Crewe’s latest novel is about the bonds of friends and family – and the butt-kicking potential of a little pepper spray and a lot of frothing maternal instinct. Best friends Bette, Gemma, Augusta, and ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels
The title alone is a good indicator that in this new Arthur Beauchamp novel, William Deverell’s lovably irascible lawyer protagonist will find himself in unfamiliar territory. “Ottawa was his unhappy home away from home since ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
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