Very Good Butter

John Lavery, to judge from his debut collection of short stories Very Good Butter, obviously missed that creative writing class where the instructor counselled the students to write about what they know. Abandoning the autobiographical ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Haunting of Maddie Prue

By Alfred Silver

The Haunting of Maddie Prue, the new book from Nova Scotia-based historical novelist Alfred Silver, is complex and enchanting, both a well-crafted mystery and a subtle, poignant ode to lost love and misspent youth.It’s a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Burridge Unbound

By Alan Cumyn

Sequels rarely live up to their progenitors, maybe because whatever truths impelled the initial impulse have been articulated; the second time out is often an exercise in literary nostalgia. Not so with Alan Cumyn’s new ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

This Place Called Absence

By Lydia Kwa

This Place Called Absence is the first novel from Vancouver writer Lydia Kwa. With its lyrical prose and compassionate voice, the book is an auspicious start, and Kwa is a welcome addition to the growing ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Exhibitions: Tales of Sex in the City

By Michele Davidson, ed.

Exhibitions, an anthology of erotic short stories combining sex with travel, succeeds on certain levels but fails on others. The foreword, by Bust magazine editor Debbie Stoller, explains that sex is a type of journey ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Lost Geography

By Charlotte Bacon

Just when the appropriation of voice issue has finally sputtered out, along comes another American novelist who dares to don the toque and parka of imagination and make like a Canadian. But Charlotte Bacon acquits ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Nine Bells for a Man

By Peter Unwin

Stephen Crane’s short story “The Open Boat” and Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey both resonate in Peter Unwin’s captivating debut novel, Nine Bells for a Man. Unwin takes the cold facts of ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Pray for Us Sinners

By Patrick Taylor

When – or if – this no-nonsense techno-thriller is made into a movie, it will feature action and more action: uniformed men pouring out of military vans; gunfire; sirens; casualties of war; pin-drop suspense sequences ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Defying Gravity

By Jennifer Wynne Webber

With the media-saturated popularity of the works of Deepak Chopra and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, “spirituality” became the buzzword of the 1990s, and the trendiest Hollywood celebrities worshipped at the feet of ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Forests of the Heart

By Charles de Lint

Ottawa writer Charles de Lint is one of Canada’s best-kept literary secrets, one of our most accomplished writers despite an undeserved lack of mainstream recognition. His work defies easy categorization: it’s marketed as fantasy, but ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

Very Good Butter

The Haunting of Maddie Prue

Burridge Unbound

This Place Called Absence

Exhibitions: Tales of Sex in the City

Lost Geography

Nine Bells for a Man

Pray for Us Sinners

Defying Gravity

★ Forests of the Heart

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