Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

Out of Cleveland

By Lolette Kuby

With Out of Cleveland, poet and academic Lolette Kuby has produced a promising and occasionally brilliant first collection of short stories.The book’s first tale, “Ninety East,” weaves back and forth between the minds of two ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Outlander

By Gil Adamson

What was Gil Adamson thinking when she titled her novel The Outlander? What was Anansi thinking? After all, that’s the name of the first book in Diana Gabaldon’s wildly successful time-travel series that spirits a ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bone Cage

By Angie Abdou

B.C. writer Angie Abdou chronicles the rise and fall of swimmer Sadie Jorgensen and wrestler Tom “Digger” Stapleton in her first novel, The Bone Cage. A tale of two athletes, The Bone Cage alternates between ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Unravelled

By Robyn Harding

You know what you’re going to get with most chick lit: an appealing heroine with a job that leads to hijinks or, at the very least, some low-grade titillation. While these books add little to ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Town House

By Tish Cohen

At age 36, Jack Madigan would seem to be skewing slightly old to be a proper hero of romantic comedy, but no: he fits the role as perfectly as Hugh Grant wears his hair. Author ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels