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Pathologies

By Susan Olding

Pathologies is an apt title for Kingston, Ontario-based writer Susan Olding’s first book, a collection of personal essays. In each of the 15 pieces, she dissects moments from her own life in the manner of ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Entitlement

By Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett’s second novel captures the uneasy existence of a Canadian dynasty, as biographer Trudy Clarke attempts to make a name for herself by writing the definitive tell-all about the Aspinalls, a wealthy family that ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Filaria

By Brent Hayward

Filaria is a double debut: the first book to be published by the new macabre fiction imprint ChiZine Publications (an offshoot of the Chiaroscuro website run by Toronto author Brett Savory), as well as the ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Shuck

By Daniel Allen Cox

Shuck, a startling debut novel by Montreal’s Daniel Allen Cox, charts one young man’s path from homeless street hustler to porn superstar to aspiring writer. The story’s a lot more hopeful than it sounds.     ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Inside Out Girl

By Tish Cohen

Based on the success of Town House, Torontonian Tish Cohen’s debut novel, you might expect her to stick to a similar formula for her follow-up, Inside Out Girl. Many of the same elements are here: ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Catch

By Louisa McCormack

Like all good chick-lit heroines, Minerva Gallant is brimming with pluck and drive. She’s successful and well liked at her job as a television producer. She’s the gal who’s confident enough to cut her friends’ ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels