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Fiction: Novels

The Gold Eaters

By Ronald Wright

In the opening pages of his absorbing new novel, Ronald Wright introduces the reader to a highly advanced 16th-century society. This empire of expanding dominion boasts sophisticated, monarchial governance; large, functioning cities; and sufficient engineering ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Makarska

By Makarska

You can never tell how others might react to your art. This is the takeaway from Jim Bartley’s new novel, Makarska, about one family’s lingering scars from the Bosnian War of the mid-1990s. The artist ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Birthday Lunch

By Joan Clark

Joan Clark is the author of numerous books for adults and young adults, including An Audience of Chairs, which was shortlisted for the Winterset Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her new novel ... Read More »

July 6, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Nightwatching

By Meira Cook

Eleven-year-old Ruthie Blackburn is at the heart of Méira Cook’s third novel. Cook grew up in Johannesburg and now lives in Winnipeg; like her previous novel, The House on Sugarbush Road (which won the 2013 ... Read More »

June 23, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Too Much on the Inside

By Danila Botha

South African–born Danila Botha’s debut novel tells the extraordinary story of four individuals whose lives intersect in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. The narrative, which is constructed in alternating first-person voices, reveals a deep understanding of human ... Read More »

May 28, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels