Baby Khaki’s Wings

Anar Ali’s first book is made up of a series of seven diverse and compelling stories centred on the Ismaili community, a Muslim sect with origins in India but with a wide diaspora that includes ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Watermelon Social

By Elaine McCluskey

Despite the insistence of too many TV shows, stories of the suburbs don’t have to include big and dark revelations to provoke interest. Take The Watermelon Social, the first collection from Elaine McCluskey. The people ... Read More »

May 17, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Tent

By Margaret Atwood

Some of the earliest examples of women’s writing can be found in Renaissance “miscellanies,” or notebooks in which women copied, composed, and emended poems and brief bits of fiction for their own pleasure and edification. ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

By Vincent Lam

The critic’s job comes with its hazards – the threats, the angry letters, and the occasional egg lobbed at the Q&Q windows. But imagine the worst-ever scenario for a book reviewer, in which a sudden ... Read More »

April 7, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ When She Was Queen

By M.G. Vassanji

The newest book from M.G. Vassanji (after 2003’s Giller-winning The In-Between World of Vikram Lall) is a gripping collection of short stories that span the globe, from Toronto to Africa and beyond. The narratives are ... Read More »

April 3, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Sound of All Flesh

By Barry Webster

In the author biography for his first book of short fiction, Barry Webster is introduced as a classically trained pianist; appropriately, music is central to many of these stories. It’s present in the plot of ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Vanishing Man

By Aaron Bushkowsky

In the first story of his debut collection, Vancouver poet, playwright, and screenwriter Aaron Bushkowsky writes, “I’m working on my first book. Right now. Writing and holding my breath.” This, along with the fact that ... Read More »

September 19, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Rust and Bone

By Craig Davidson

There is a familiar pattern to intergenerational politics. The young folk look at their parents and see nothing but bad choices and misguided values. They vow to do things better, to avoid all the old ... Read More »

September 19, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Far Away Home

By Marci Denesiuk

In a world that can overwhelm us with the carefree fantasies of self-help books and distorted, media-saturated hyper-happiness, the stories of Marci Denesiuk leave us with the idea that loneliness is the normal human condition. ... Read More »

September 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

A Short History of Indians in Canada

By Thomas King

In his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures – published as the impressive The Truth About Stories – writer and academic Thomas King outlined a poetics of native narrative. It was an expansive perspective, incorporating both the ... Read More »

September 6, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

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