Some Hellish

When most people think of the Prince Edward Island of literature, the image that comes up is of red-haired Anne Shirley and her romantic, sentimental adventures. But there is another, more rugged tradition of Atlantic ... Read More »

September 7, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Quiet Time

By Katherine Alexandra Harvey

“Have you ever heard of kintsukuroi?” Grace’s therapist, Trevor, asks her near the end of Katherine Alexandra Harvey’s grim, piercing debut, Quiet Time. “It’s this amazing Japanese art form. ... they repair vases that have ... Read More »

September 7, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Jones

By Neil Smith

Humour abounds in Jones. On practically every page, there it is. “Gerbils are rats with better PR,” opines Joy Jones. She’s called Brassy Broad by her teenage daughter, Abigail, who possesses “the long, straight, ... Read More »

August 17, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Wild Fires

By Sophie Jai

“The story of my family is one of potholes and cracks that I have tried to fill over the years,” narrator Cassandra Mishra tells the reader a few pages into Sophie Jai’s debut novel, Wild ... Read More »

August 9, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Good Girl

By Anna Fitzpatrick

Any novel billed as “Secretary meets Fleabag” will make a certain demographic of readers consider whether it is truly a book for them – namely, those of us who wear sensible shoes and go to ... Read More »

July 13, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Finding Edward

By Sheila Murray

Sheila Murray’s debut novel, Finding Edward, chronicles the story of Cyril Rowntree, a twentysomething international student who arrives in Toronto from a small village in Jamaica heavy with responsibility and grief from the loss of ... Read More »

June 29, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Cine Star Salon

By Leah Ranada

Upon entering the world of The Cine Star Salon – Leah Ranada’s dazzling debut novel – the reader is introduced to Sophia, a Philippines-born Vancouverite, as she attempts to balance the books of her newly ... Read More »

May 25, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Mansions of the Moon

By Shyam Selvadurai

After nearly a decade, bestselling author of Funny Boy and The Hungry Ghosts Shyam Selvadurai returns with a sweeping new novel set in ancient India. It introduces readers to Siddhartha Gotama – the man who ... Read More »

May 11, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ This Is How We Love

By Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore’s latest novel contains all the hallmarks that fans of the St. John’s author have come to expect: tightly constructed chapters that paint vivid images despite their almost minimalist prose; dialogue and turns of ... Read More »

May 4, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Autonomy

By Victoria Hetherington

Abortion is illegal, a plague is spreading, and the Arctic needs defending from Russia. No, Victoria Hetherington’s new novel, Autonomy, doesn’t take place next Thursday. The year is 2035, the place Ontario, and – aside ... Read More »

April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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