The Kitchen House

Saskatchewan-born Kathleen Grissom’s debut novel is a forthright, albeit overwrought, look at plantation life before the American Civil War. It focuses primarily on the women who lived through it, both up in the big house ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Deloume Road

By Matthew Hooton

Told in more than 100 chapters and written from the perspectives of 12 characters across three timelines, Matthew Hooton’s debut novel, Deloume Road, is nothing if not ambitious. Unfortunately, despite smooth prose that evokes a ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dahanu Road

By Anosh Irani

Though the area outside the western Indian city of Dahanu is not an actual jungle, in Anosh Irani’s third novel, the same law applies: “higher eats lower.” Lowest of all are the indigenous Warlis, chained ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Doctrine of Affections

By Paul Headrick

In music, the “doctrine of the affections” is the theory that a composer can elicit involuntary emotions in listeners by utilizing certain techniques, such as large or small intervals between notes (meant to invoke joy ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Extinction Club

By Jeffrey Moore

In Jeffrey Moore’s third novel, a recovering addict from Neptune, New Jersey, arrives in a snowy Laurentian town with nothing but a beat-up van, withdrawal hallucinations, and a suitcase full of inherited cash. Fleeing lawsuits, ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Walt Whitman’s Secret

By George Fetherling

Frequent Q&Q reviewer George Fetherling’s third novel is an intriguing look at one of America’s most influential poets. The novel focuses on the last years of Whitman’s life as observed by his real-life friend Horace ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Patient Frame

By Steven Heighton

Patient Frame is Kingston-based poet, fiction writer, and essayist Steven Heighton’s fifth collection of poems. As readers of his work have come to expect, this book has tremendous range, covering subjects both personal and political, ... Read More »

March 22, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Girl Crazy

By Russell Smith

Writing about sex can be a tricky affair. The sexual act (and its corresponding emotional components) is both intimate and ridiculous, and if not approached with wit and grace, can appear absolutely ludicrous (see, for ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Penalty Killing

By Michael McKinley

Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs will find much to relate to in Michael McKinley’s debut sports mystery. The Continental Hockey League stands in for the NHL and the hapless New York St. Patricks are ... Read More »

March 8, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Never More There

By Stephen Rowe

Never More There is Newfoundland-based school teacher Stephen Rowe’s first collection of poems. In many ways, it is a typical debut, featuring poems of family history, quotidian observations, formal experiments, and nods to literary models ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Poetry

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Patient Frame

Girl Crazy

The Penalty Killing

Never More There

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