The Ghost in the House

Novels with ghost plots can be very ambiguous: who’s real, who’s dead, who’s a figment of someone’s imagination? And while The Ghost in the House starts off with a few of these questions, it quickly ... Read More »

August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Cascade

By Craig Davidson

Few contemporary Canadian writers are as difficult to pigeonhole as Craig Davidson. From the weird fiction of Sarah Court to the literary coming-of-age novel Cataract City, from the memoir Precious Cargo to the genre-inflected Saturday ... Read More »

August 17, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

The Lightning of Possible Storms

By Jonathan Ball

August 17, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ On Nostalgia

By David Berry

It’s not often I hear an author’s voice in my head while reading a book, but with On Nostalgia, I heard what I imagined to be David Berry’s roving documentary tones, bright and curious, not ... Read More »

August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Reviews

The Role I Played: Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team

By Sami Jo Small

Men’s hockey gets the majority of attention in this country, but it’s our national women’s team that is one of the most successful organizations in all of sports history. Since 1990, Team Canada has won ... Read More »

August 10, 2020 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Seven

By Farzana Doctor

In her fourth novel, Farzana Doctor breaks open the taboo subject of khatna (female genital mutilation/cutting) in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The Dawoodi Bohra is a subsect of Shia Ismailis, known for involvement with business ... Read More »

August 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Finder

By Will Ferguson

Will Ferguson has long demonstrated an enduring fondness for the con. From his Leacock-winning debut Generica (later retitled Happiness™) to the oft-overlooked period novel Spanish Fly to the Nigerian fraud at the heart of his ... Read More »

August 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Indians on Vacation

By Thomas King

Thomas King’s latest novel is a jaunty picaresque that contains within it an incisive character study. Each page of the novel offers the reader the author’s blend of humour and awareness of emotional layers – ... Read More »

August 5, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Things Worth Burying

By Matt Mayr

When you’re out in the bush, you can bury your troubles – and, sometimes, a body. Joe Adler is a third-generation logging foreman in Black River, a northern Ontario town where everyone knows your business ... Read More »

July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

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