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The Eliot Girls

By Krista Bridge

In her debut novel, Danuta Gleed Literary Award nominee Krista Bridge explores timeless and timely themes: adultery and psychological bullying among teen girls. The fictional George Eliot Academy in Toronto boasts a curriculum that blends ... Read More »

August 16, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Going Home Again

By Dennis Bock

Dennis Bock’s first two novels were about the fallout from war: the Second World War in 2001’s The Ash Garden, and the Spanish Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War in 2006’s The Communist’s Daughter. The ... Read More »

August 12, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Muse

By Mary Novik

In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier, A.S. Byatt, Sarah Dunant, and – more recently – Cathy Marie Buchanan, Mary Novik’s captivating second novel imagines the circumstances surrounding the creation of venerated works of art: in ... Read More »

August 8, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Hellgoing

By Lynn Coady

For several years, Lynn Coady – whose 2011 novel, The Antagonist, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize – hosted a “group therapy” advice column for The Globe and Mail, an experience that may ... Read More »

July 15, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short