Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

Water Wings

By Kristen den Hartog

Kristen den Hartog’s dark, tender first novel reveals her as a sort of literary younger sister to Alice Munro, plumbing the landscape of small town southern Ontario to turn up stories of sexual discontent and ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kit’s Law

By Donna Morrissey

In her debut novel, Newfoundland native Donna Morrissey, who now lives in Halifax, tells us more than we need to know about her characters. The novel establishes its setting – 1950s outport Newfoundland – quickly, ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dorothy L’Amour

By Lynn Crosbie

When B.C’s own Playboy celebrity Dorothy Stratten was killed by her ex-lover in 1980, the Vancouver newspapers reported the facts of her murder with something of a subtle agenda. They played up her innocence and ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Then Again

By Elyse Friedman

This comic first novel by Toronto writer Elyse Friedman is the literary equivalent of a garage band gig: what it lacks in subtlety, it gains in energy, velocity, and sheer rude exuberance. Admittedly, these are ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels