Gerry Fostaty’s As You Were (2011)

2014-03-20T19:54:41-04:00

It's the summer of 1974, twenty-five kilometres north of Quebec City, and eighteen-year-old Gerry Fostaty is on a cadet training assignment. Goose Lane Editions, 2011 A cadet training assignment on a Canadian Forces base? I know nothing of this world, beyond what I've gleaned from "Private Benjamin", "An

Gerry Fostaty’s As You Were (2011)2014-03-20T19:54:41-04:00

Linda Svendsen’s Sussex Drive (2012)

2014-03-20T14:55:47-04:00

“Number One, satire is not on. Critics love it, real people turn it off." That from the satirical novel Easy to Like*, which takes on Canadian media just as Linda Svendsen takes on Canadian politics in Sussex Drive. Of course, Edward Riche was satirizing the idea of satire

Linda Svendsen’s Sussex Drive (2012)2014-03-20T14:55:47-04:00

Corey Redekop’s Husk (2012)

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Sheldon Funk is having a rough go of things. ECW Press, 2012 His most meaningful relationship right now is with his cat, and he is under no illusions about its sustainability. "I don't think cats like anyone. They're only biding time until they evolve thumbs. Then we're probably

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Grace O’Connell’s Magnified World (2012)

2014-03-18T11:45:12-04:00

The title of Grace O'Connell's debut novel is pulled from a poem by Helen Humphreys, "Blurring".* It's ironic that the closer you examine something, the harder it is to focus, and this is a truth which Maggie Pierce inhabits when Magnified World opens. She is reeling from her

Grace O’Connell’s Magnified World (2012)2014-03-18T11:45:12-04:00

Weekend Sampler: Featuring Edward Riche’s Easy to Like

2014-03-20T14:55:37-04:00

"Reality is for people who can't handle fiction -- and that is mostly everybody." Elliot Johnson has been writing screenplays in LA, but he's been having trouble selling his fictions. House of Anansi, 2011 That's Elliot Johnson. Or Elliot Johnston, or Elliot Jonson: it depends which document you're

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