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Coventry

By Helen Humphreys

Similar to her 2002 novel, The Lost Garden, Helen Humphreys’ sixth novel is concerned with finding one’s bearings in a world made unrecognizable by war. During the Second World War, on the night of the ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Sleeping Porch

By Ian Wallace

Ian Wallace, the veteran Canadian-born children’s author and illustrator, begins his latest picture book in an unidentified American town. (Wallace now lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, a likely contender.) Young Brando is attempting to catch a ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Man Game

By Lee Henderson

Readers familiar with the grim suburban landscape of Lee Henderson’s 2002 short-story collection The Broken Record Technique may be surprised to discover that the Saskatoon-born, Vancouver-dwelling author’s debut novel digs deep into the hoary ground ... Read More »

July 30, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Pole

By Eric Walters

Eric Walters returns with gusto to one of his favourite literary landscapes, the far North – this time as far north as it is possible to go. He also revisits a memorable character, Newfoundland Captain ... Read More »

July 8, 2008

Break on Through

By Jill Murray

Montreal writer Jill Murray’s debut novel is the kind of book that will be loved by parents bemoaning the generally sorry state of YA lit for girls. It will also be loved by their whip-smart ... Read More »

July 8, 2008