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Studio Saint-Ex

By Ania Szado

All grown-ups were children first. (But few of them remember it.)” Certain readers may remember this dedication to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s cherished classic, The Little Prince, the most translated book in the French language. In ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Every Little Thing

By Chad Pelley

Chad Pelley, best known as the enthusiast behind the East Coast–based CanLit booster blog Salty Ink, has returned with his second novel. While Salty Ink offers a spirited (if somewhat sycophantic) take on our nation’s ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Open Pit

By Marguerite Pigeon

In 2005, during a time of increasing globalization, a group of Canadian human-rights activists travels to El Salvador. Before they get to see the sights or meet the locals, they’re taken hostage by a former ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Keeping the Peace

By Colette Maitland

Strictly speaking, there’s not much new about Colette Maitland’s debut short-story collection. Fifteen of the 19 pieces that make up Keeping the Peace have been published elsewhere, and Maitland is remarkably consistent in her themes: ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Belinda’s Rings

By Corinna Chong

The sagacious and singular worldview of 15-year-old narrator Grace is the most memorable aspect of Corinna Chong’s debut novel. Grace is the second of three children from her mother Belinda’s two marriages. Along with her ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

In Calamity’s Wake

By Natalee Caple

In the “note on pastiche sources” that follows the conclusion of Natalee Caple’s unconventional Old West family drama, the author calls the book a “metahistoriographic fiction.” Caple’s mash-up blends the real and the invented, the ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels