This year’s most unlikely publishing phenomenon is Alan Bradley, the 70-year-old first-time novelist who launched a quirky mystery series starring 11-year-old, pigtailed prodigy Flavia de Luce. Before Bradley had completed the first draft of his ... Read More »

While historical fiction may be a perennial favourite with Canadian readers, it can be a challenge finding the right balance between a rich historical setting, a compelling cast of characters, and a story that is ... Read More »

Annabel Lyon made a name for herself with her brilliant debut story collection, Oxygen, and with the three novellas collected in The Best Thing for You. Both books were defiantly contemporary, which makes the setting ... Read More »

Lisa Moore’s second novel tells the story of Helen O’Mara, a woman devastated by the loss of her husband in the 1982 Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster. While memory and loss are familiar themes in ... Read More »

A new Margaret Atwood novel is always a publishing event, and The Year of the Flood – the sequel (or as Atwood would have it, "simultaneal") to 2003’s Oryx and Crake – was no exception. ... Read More »