Quarterly Stories: Autumn 2016

2020-12-18T15:59:31-05:00

Only ten this year, so far. Without my Alice Munro project to steer me, I am not reading as many short story collections now. Over the summer, I read Cherie Dimaline's A Gentle Habit (2015) as part of All Lit Up's summer bookclub. Dimaline is a member of the Georgian

Quarterly Stories: Autumn 20162020-12-18T15:59:31-05:00

Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s The Spawning Grounds (2016)

2017-07-20T17:57:31-04:00

The Boston Globe called her fiction "Pacific Northwest Gothic" and her latest novel, The Spawning Grounds, fits that description well. She made a splash on Canadian readers' stacks since The Cure for Death by Lightning was shortlisted for the Giller Prize (A Recipe for Bees was also nominated for the Giller,

Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s The Spawning Grounds (2016)2017-07-20T17:57:31-04:00

The Fold’s 2016 Reading List (Part Four)

2020-08-19T08:23:07-04:00

The FOLD (The Festival of Literary Diversity) is an annual event, in Brampton (Ontario, Canada) dedicated to telling more stories, to having audiences connect with a wider variety of storytellers. You can check out their lineup of terrific writers and storytellers who were a part of the debut festival in May

The Fold’s 2016 Reading List (Part Four)2020-08-19T08:23:07-04:00

MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection (2016)

2019-05-11T19:50:37-04:00

"There is no single homogenous native identity and MOONSHOT is an extensive exploration of the vast variety of indigenous storytelling in North America," explains Hope Nicholson. That's editor Hope Nicholson: she and Andy Stanleigh work hard at AH Comics (Alternative History Comics) to make room on the page for voices which

MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection (2016)2019-05-11T19:50:37-04:00

Katherena Vermette’s The Break (2016)

2019-05-11T19:57:55-04:00

"My Stella, girls get attacked everywhere." Stella's Kookom -- her grandmother -- states her truth blnntly. She has lived it, is living it, has survived it and is surviving it. Although, as Lou says: "We have all been broken in one way or another." House of Anansi, 2016 The Break is

Katherena Vermette’s The Break (2016)2019-05-11T19:57:55-04:00
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