Crimes Against My Brother

Over his long career, David Adams Richards has carved out a unique body of work, in the process developing a form of literary expressionism that illuminates the moral depths – and depravity – of several ... Read More »

May 22, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab

By Shani Mootoo

What does it mean to be a man? How do we tell our most intimate stories? In her provocative, sophisticated fourth novel, Shani Mootoo addresses these questions while reflecting on notions of home, identity, and ... Read More »

May 12, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age

By Nancy Lee

In 2002, Nancy Lee’s Dead Girls, a collection of dark, chilling stories exploring the lives of murdered teens and lost women in Vancouver, thrilled critics here and abroad. Twelve years later, Lee returns with a ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Smoke River

By Krista Foss

The best books destroy you, overwhelm you with deep feelings – despair, anger, love, defiance, frustration, yearning, bitterness, pain. In her debut novel, former journalist and two-time Journey Prize finalist Krista Foss elicits precisely this ... Read More »

May 5, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Pastoral

By André Alexis

André Alexis’s new novella should be neither judged nor dismissed on the basis of its title. The pastoral is often defined by clean images that conjure the simplicity, serenity, and charm of rural places and ... Read More »

May 1, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Confabulist

By Steven Galloway

Martin Strauss is doubly cursed: he is the victim of a degenerative condition that destroys his memories while replacing them with false ones, and the man responsible for the death of Harry Houdini. He is ... Read More »

April 28, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ All My Puny Sorrows

By Miriam Toews

The choice to die and the shame associated with suicide are at the thematic heart of Miriam Toews’s stunning sixth novel. This is not unexpected, given that the author herself has been touched by suicide ... Read More »

April 24, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Winning Power: Canadian Campaigning in the 21st Century

By Tom Flanagan

“A national political campaign,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.” After four federal elections in the seven years ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Persona Non Grata: The Death of Free Speech in the Internet Age

By Tom Flanagan

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Lynching of Peter Wheeler

By Debra Komar

Canadian forensic anthropologist Debra Komar spent decades helping the United Nations solve mysteries involving mass graves in the former Yugoslavia, Darfur, and other international political hot spots. Lately, Komar has been metaphorically exhuming Canadian graves ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Quill and Quire

Crimes Against My Brother

★ Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab

The Age

★ Smoke River

★ Pastoral

The Confabulist

★ All My Puny Sorrows

Winning Power: Canadian Campaigning in the 21st Century

Persona Non Grata: The Death of Free Speech in the Internet Age

The Lynching of Peter Wheeler

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