The Friends of Meager Fortune

Though the last 25 years have seen enough social, economic, technological, and even ecological change to keep a small army of novelists busy, historical fiction has become almost a default setting for Canada’s best writers, ... Read More »

October 3, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Fearsome Particles

By Trevor Cole

Do you know what liquid bandage is? You know – the gel formula that “fills in and protects skin cracks to reduce minor pain instantly”? You might need some familiarity with it in the early ... Read More »

October 3, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Knights of the Black and White

By Jack Whyte

Having brought his epic vision of Camelot to a close, Jack Whyte has now focused his attention on the lesser-known story of the Knights Templar. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jack Whyte ... Read More »

September 26, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dead Man in the Orchestra Pit

By Tom Osborne

Midway through Tom Osborne’s second comic novel, Dead Man in the Orchestra Pit, Calgary native Harry Pazik Jr. becomes embroiled in a hotel heist during the insanity of Vancouver’s Grey Cup weekend. Osborne, whose first ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

One Chrysanthemum

By Joan Itoh Burk

On the surface, One Chrysanthemum is a beautiful book for those seeking prose that evokes fragrant Japanese cherry blossoms and the mysticism of the East. However, it is precisely this superficiality that prevents the novel ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Houdini’s Shadow

By Leo Brent Robillard

Leo Brent Robillard’s new novel plunges us into the world of Jake O’Sullivan, a young boy growing up in a poverty-ridden section of Montreal. The year is 1912, and Jake’s father, Sean, is an alcoholic ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Governor of the Northern Province

By Randy Boyagoda

Canada, if you believe government websites, is an immigrant’s heaven – a place where grateful newcomers easily weave themselves into our already-rich multicultural mosaic. As anyone who has ever ridden in a cab driven by ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Other Side of the Bridge

By Mary Lawson

The Other Side of the Bridge is an accomplished successor to Mary Lawson’s widely acclaimed first novel, Crow Lake. This new novel tells the story of the Dunn family. Its two boys, Arthur and Jake, ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

All This Town Remembers

By Sean Johnston

Adam, the protagonist of Sean Johnston’s first novel, has just returned from working the oil fields of Alberta to the small town in Saskatchewan where he grew up. He has suffered a head injury (though ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Unstolen

By Wendy Jean

Inspired by true events that took place in Victoria, B.C., in the early 1990s, pre-school teacher and former journalist Wendy Jean set out to tell a story that is not often heard: that of the ... Read More »

September 18, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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The Friends of Meager Fortune

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Houdini’s Shadow

Governor of the Northern Province

The Other Side of the Bridge

All This Town Remembers

Unstolen

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