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By Joseph Boyden

Now that The Orenda has arrived, it’s hard not to think of Joseph Boyden’s first two novels (Three Day Road and its Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning follow-up, Through Black Spruce) as preludes to this magnificent literary ... Read More »

September 6, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Margaret Atwood

With MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood’s imposing speculative-fiction trilogy – spanning a decade that has seen at least a few of her predictions from Oryx & Crake and The Year of the Flood prove eerily prescient – ... Read More »

August 27, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Shaena Lambert

Shaena Lambert’s second collection of short stories continues to exhibit the narrative prowess of her previous collection, 2002’s The Falling Woman, and her novel, Radiance. With a subtle but consuming strength, the 10 stories in ... Read More »

August 26, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Karen Bass

Alberta author Karen Bass’s latest novel is a character-rich story about a 16-year-old boy struggling with anger, loyalty, and rebellion. What makes Graffiti Knight different is the setting: Soviet-occupied Eastern Germany in 1947. Wilm and ... Read More »

August 21, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

By Ann Walsh

Frustrated at missing an audition for a major role in a community play, 16-year-old Darrah Patrick pulls the fire alarm at the hospital where her 11-year-old brother is recovering from an epileptic seizure. Storming down ... Read More »

August 21, 2013 | Filed under: Events

By Karen Krossing

Orca Book Publishers’ new Limelights series takes readers backstage and into the lives of teens trying to make it in the performing arts. Two of the first books in the series are Totally Unrelated and ... Read More »

August 21, 2013