Of the 12 stories that comprise Russell Wangersky’s new collection, only the last possesses an ending that could be called happy. In fact, the ending in question has more cautious optimism than unabashed joy, but ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
Arthur Pender and his college friends have few prospects and many reasons to turn to crime after the U.S. economic collapse. Embarking on what they call “the Pender Program,” the group launches into a series ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
The debut novel from Montreal writer Robert Pobi begins with a classic trope of literary fiction: a middle-aged man returns home to care for his aging father, now suffering from Alzheimer’s. For Jake Cole, that ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
The premise of Robert J. Sawyer’s 21st novel seems like a recipe for a great thriller. In a near-future Washington, D.C., the U.S. president is shot by a sniper. He survives, but while he’s in ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In this dark, twisted look at Hollywood celebrity, author Daniel Allen Cox shows us the seedy underbelly of the movie industry through the eyes of actor Michael-David. Ruined by fame and the banality of mainstream ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Vancouver-based writer Christopher Meades follows up his 2010 debut, The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark, with a sophomore effort that is both more ambitious and more accomplished. The earlier novel introduced Meades’ penchant for quirky, ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Toronto writer (and Q&Q reviewer) Grace O’Connell tackles serious subjects in her debut novel. Carol Pierce, who has been profoundly troubled for a long time, commits suicide by walking into the Don River with her ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In her debut novel, Ottawa author and poet Missy Marston is both fearless and quirky in her approach to some of the more difficult aspects of being human. Thirty-five-year-old Margaret H. Atwood sees no humour ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
There’s a voyeuristic quality to Heather Birrell’s stories. The Toronto author seems to have mastered the art of writing about universal themes and subjects – marriage, family, motherhood, death, sex – in a manner both ... Read More »
May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short
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