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Between Gods

By Alison Pick

Toronto writer Alison Pick follows up her Man Booker Prize–longlisted novel Far to Go with an unflinching, courageous memoir that delves deep into her own recently uncovered Jewish heritage. Raised in a Christian family by ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Love Enough

By Dionne Brand

In 1990, Dionne Brand released No Language is Neutral, a poetry collection preoccupied, as much of Brand’s writing is, with the limitations of language to verbalize the experience of the oppressed, and with history’s inability ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Wallflowers

By Eliza Robertson

The debut short-fiction collection by B.C. author Eliza Robertson is carefully composed – perhaps too much so. The collection’s 17 stories – including “My Sister Sang,” which was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Chez l’Arabe

By Mireille Silcoff

Though this collection of short stories is the first work of fiction from Montreal’s Mireille Silcoff, the author’s name may already be familiar to readers. Silcoff is a regular National Post columnist and has previously ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Leaving Tomorrow

By David Bergen

The eighth novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize winner David Bergen continues the Winnipeg writer’s exploration into the complicated lives of ordinary people. Bergen is a master at delving into the psychology of his characters, often ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels