Come, Thou Tortoise

Jessica Grant’s debut novel is one of those rare books that manage to entwine humour – in this case, even outright silliness – with poignant insight and a captivating plot. Lost soul Audrey Flowers is living ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Darwin’s Nightmare

By Mike Knowles

Meet Wilson. No first name necessary. All he’s ever known is a life of crime. He has chosen a criminal path even in the face of his family members’ attempts to dissuade him. His method ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Still Waters

By John Moss

In over two dozen previous books, John Moss has tackled the state of the Canadian novel, collated field notes on Ireland, studied the Arctic landscape, and collected some of his own short stories. Now he’s ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal

By Michael Van Rooy

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal, the second novel by Winnipeg writer Michael Van Rooy, is a well-written, convincing, and compelling novel. Reminiscent of Elmore Leonard and Andrew Vacchs, this is hard-boiled fiction laced with humour and ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Soul of All Great Designs

By Neil Bissoondath

If asked to describe a typical contemporary Canadian novel, the words witty, cosmopolitan, and erotic are unlikely to fly to the lips of most readers. That Neil Bissoondath’s The Soul of All Great Designs contains ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Godblog

By Laurie Channer

The publicity bumph for Toronto author Laurie Channer’s debut novel promises an edgy narrative in the vein of Douglas Coupland. It’s fine to aim high, but Godblog does not come remotely close to dethroning Canada’s ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Vishnu Dreams

By Ven Begamudré

Ven Begamudré’s second novel deals with the conflicts that develop within an Indian family in the wake of their emigration to North America in the late 1960s. Told from the point of view of siblings ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The White Space Between

By Ami Sands Brodoff

Ami Sands Brodoff chooses an inherently weighty subject for her novel The White Space Between. Any discussion of the legacy of the Holocaust and its victims draws heavily on cultural history, and carries a certain ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Scrapbook of My Years as a Zealot

By Nicole Markotic

Nicole Markotic’s second novel tells the story of a young woman trying to understand how the devout Mormon girl she once was could have developed into the woman she is now (“lapsed” hardly begins to ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis

By Aaron Peck

“While on a residency at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on Toronto Island in June 2004, an archivist named Bernard Willis disappeared.” Thus begins the introduction to Vancouver author Aaron Peck’s debut novel. ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Come, Thou Tortoise

Darwin’s Nightmare

Still Waters

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal

The Soul of All Great Designs

Godblog

Vishnu Dreams

The White Space Between

Scrapbook of My Years as a Zealot

The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis

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