The Lizard Cage

You don’t need to start reading Karen Connelly’s latest knowing anything about her Governor General’s Award for non-fiction in 1993 or her five books of poetry or her enduring love for the country of Burma. ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cross Bones

By Kathy Reichs; $,

Kathy Reichs received a great deal of attention when her first novel was published. Many compared her to Patricia Cornwell, which was natural given that they each had a forensic scientist as the protagonist in ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Crazy About Lili

By William Weintraub

Montreal’s famous Gayety Theatre and the golden age of burlesque come alive in William Weintraub’s novel Crazy About Lili. In this, his fifth book, Weintraub draws upon a youth spent in Montreal and his education ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Wall of Light

By Edeet Ravel

The first two sentences of A Wall of Light lay out the book’s main events with Melvillian aplomb: “I am Sonya Vronsky, professor of mathematics at Tel Aviv University, and this is the story of ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Perfect Pledge

By Rabindranath Maharaj

You can’t judge a book by its cover, but it’s sometimes possible to glean quite a bit from its opening sentence. “On the evening the baby was delivered by Mullai, the village midwife, a chain-smoking ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Sweet Edge

By Alison Pick

The Sweet Edge chronicles the gender wars as seen through the contemporary lens of poet Alison Pick. Upon first glance, the novel is merely a tale of two self-absorbed, befuddled young people lost in the ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes

By Jaclyn Moriarty

Why are urban fairytales so deliciously appealing to many readers? Maybe it’s the nearness of magic – the girl at the corner store turned mysterious; the neighbourhood cats turned ominous harbingers; the far-away suddenly appearing ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Tapas on the Ramblas

By Anthony Bidulka

In Anthony Bidulka’s third Russell Quant mystery, Tapas on the Ramblas, the gay former Saskatoon cop turned private investigator gets off the prairie and takes a case that involves a cruise from Barcelona to Rome, ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Alligator

By Lisa Moore

The transition from writing short fiction (especially good short fiction) to writing novel-length fiction is one fraught with peril. With her first novel, Alligator, Giller-nominated St. John’s writer Lisa Moore faces that challenge not quite ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Carolan’s Farewell

By Charles Foran

Oliver Cromwell, during his grim subjugation of Ireland, confiscated and burned 2,500 harps and crowded the prisons with harpers. Old Ironguts was one smart tyrant: he knew that to bring a people low, he needed ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

The Lizard Cage

Cross Bones

Crazy About Lili

A Wall of Light

A Perfect Pledge

The Sweet Edge

I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes

Tapas on the Ramblas

★ Alligator

Carolan’s Farewell

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