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The Miramichi Reader highlights noteworthy books and authors across Canada from coast to coast to coast. We invite you to peruse our site for in-depth Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Literary Criticism and Essays, posted daily. Featured By-lines and Literary Showcases are posted monthly, and our annual “The Very Best!” Book Awards, presented each summer, are not to be missed.

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Editor-in-Chief, James M. Fisher

Announcing: The winners of the 2021 The Very Best! Book Awards.

Recent fiction reviews

Goth Girls of Banff by John O’Neill

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Goth Girls of Banff by John O’Neill

Ian Colford | June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 | Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Stories

Dear Hearts by Barbara Miller Biles

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Dear Hearts by Barbara Miller Biles

Ian Colford | June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 | Feminist, Fiction, First Book, Short Fiction

Supermarket Baby by Susan Flanagan

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Supermarket Baby by Susan Flanagan

Stephanie Collins | June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 | Fiction, Humour, Summer Reads

Poor Farm by Ronan O’Driscoll

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Poor Farm by Ronan O’Driscoll

James M. Fisher | June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 | Fiction, Historical Fiction

Recent non-fiction reviews

Anything but a Still Life: The Art and Lives of Molly Lamb and Bruno Bobak by Nathan M. Greenfield

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Anything but a Still Life: The Art and Lives of Molly Lamb and Bruno Bobak by Nathan M. Greenfield

Alison Manley | June 20, 2021June 19, 2021 | Art, Biography, Non-Fiction

Chiru Sakura-Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Mother & Daughter’s Journey through Racism, Internment and Oppression by Grace Eiko Thompson

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Chiru Sakura-Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Mother & Daughter’s Journey through Racism, Internment and Oppression by Grace Eiko Thompson

Rachel Fernandes | June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 | Memoirs, Non-Fiction

My Visual Self Revealed: Original Paintings and Stories from Newfoundland by Elijah Lloyd Pretty

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My Visual Self Revealed: Original Paintings and Stories from Newfoundland by Elijah Lloyd Pretty

Andrew Yang | June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 | Art, Newfoundland & Labrador, Non-Fiction

Excerpt from Honorarium: Essays 2001-2021 by Nathaniel G. Moore

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Excerpt from Honorarium: Essays 2001-2021 by Nathaniel G. Moore

Nathaniel G. Moore | June 2, 2021June 8, 2021 | Essays, Excerpt, Non-Fiction

Recent poetry reviews

The Pit by Tara Borin

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The Pit by Tara Borin

Alison Manley | June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 | Poetry

Wild Green Light by David Adams Richards and Margo Wheaton

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Wild Green Light by David Adams Richards and Margo Wheaton

Trevor Corkum | June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 | New Brunswick, Poetry

Revelation and Reconciliation in Rob Taylor’s “Strangers”

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Revelation and Reconciliation in Rob Taylor’s “Strangers”

Chris Banks | May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 | Poetry

Little Housewolf by Medrie Purdham

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Little Housewolf by Medrie Purdham

Alison Manley | April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 | Poetry

Recent Titles for Younger Readers

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Two New Children’s Picture Books From Boulder Books

Melanie Métivier | June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 | Children, Children, Picture Book

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East Coast Counting Written and Illustrated by Dawn Baker

Melanie Métivier | June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 | Atlantic Canada, Children, Children, Picture Book

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Aetherbound by E. K. Johnston

Claire Bennet | May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 | Fiction, science fiction, Young Adult

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Two Children’s Books from Chapel Street editions

Claire Bennet | March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 | Children, Children

Recent interviews

The Tara Borin Interview

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The Tara Borin Interview

James M. Fisher | June 11, 2021June 16, 2021 | Interviews

The David Homel Interview

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The David Homel Interview

James M. Fisher | June 5, 2021 | Interviews

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Patti Shales Lefkos

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Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Patti Shales Lefkos

Bill Arnott | June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 | Bill Arnotts Showcase, Interviews

Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Mike Schauch

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Bill Arnott’s Showcase Interview: Mike Schauch

Bill Arnott | May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 | Bill Arnotts Showcase, Interviews

Featured Columns

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: May 2021

May 29, 2021May 31, 2021

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Bill Arnott’s Beat: The Authors’ Lounge Interview

April 27, 2021May 8, 2021

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On the Importance of Writing Groups

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

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Weekly Ferocity: June 17, 2021

Simon Constam | June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

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