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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.

curRent fiction reviews

Monster Child by Rahela Nayebzadah

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Monster Child by Rahela Nayebzadah

Hollay Ghadery | July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 | Fiction

The Last Time I Saw Her by Alexandra Harrington

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The Last Time I Saw Her by Alexandra Harrington

Claire Bennet | July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 | Fiction, Nova Scotia, Summer Reads, Young Adult

Death on Darby’s Island by Alice Walsh

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Death on Darby’s Island by Alice Walsh

James M. Fisher | July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 | Crime, Fiction, Mystery

Disease By Sarah Tolmie

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Disease By Sarah Tolmie

Lisa Timpf | July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 | Fiction, science fiction

current non-fiction reviews

In the Arms of Inup: The extraordinary story of a Guatemalan survivor and his quest for healing from trauma by Eve Mills Allen

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In the Arms of Inup: The extraordinary story of a Guatemalan survivor and his quest for healing from trauma by Eve Mills Allen

James M. Fisher | July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 | Mental Health, Non-Fiction

Northern Light: Power, Land, and Memory of Water By Kazim Ali

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Northern Light: Power, Land, and Memory of Water By Kazim Ali

Heidi Greco | July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 | Environment, Non-Fiction

Excerpt: Emotions Don’t Think by Dr. Bruce Hutchison Ph.D.

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Excerpt: Emotions Don’t Think by Dr. Bruce Hutchison Ph.D.

James M. Fisher | July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 | Health, Mental Health, Non-Fiction

Nova Scotia Politics, 1945-2020: From Macdonald to McNeil by Graham Steele

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Nova Scotia Politics, 1945-2020: From Macdonald to McNeil by Graham Steele

Alison Manley | July 2, 2021July 4, 2021 | Atlantic Canada, Non-Fiction, Nova Scotia

Current poetry reviews

The Blue Dragonfly – healing through poetry by Veronica Eley

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The Blue Dragonfly – healing through poetry by Veronica Eley

James M. Fisher | July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 | Poetry

The Knowing Animals by Emily Skov-Nielsen

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The Knowing Animals by Emily Skov-Nielsen

Nicola Vulpe | July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 | First Book, Poetry

Creeland by Dallas Hunt

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Creeland by Dallas Hunt

Pearl Pirie | July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 | Cultural, Culture, Indigenous Titles, Poetry

Winter in June by Lorette C. Luzajic

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Winter in June by Lorette C. Luzajic

Bill Arnott | July 24, 2021July 25, 2021 | Ekphrastic, Poetry

Featured Columns

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Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: July 2021

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

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Indie Bookstores: Connecting Communities

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021

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On the Importance of Writing Groups

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

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Introducing Bill Arnott’s Travel Beat

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

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Weekly Ferocity: July 23, 2021

Simon Constam | July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

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Conflict of Interest

Nathaniel G. Moore | July 25, 2021July 26, 2021

Current Titles for Younger Readers

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The Last Time I Saw Her by Alexandra Harrington

Claire Bennet | July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 | Fiction, Nova Scotia, Summer Reads, Young Adult

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Orca Books for Children: 1,2,3 Salish Sea and The Night is Deep and Wide

Melanie Métivier | July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 | Children, Children, Picture Book

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Tell Me When You Feel Something by Vicki Grant

Claire Bennet | June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 | Teen, Young Adult

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Two New Children’s Picture Books From Boulder Books

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

Current interviews

The Bill Arnott Interview

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The Bill Arnott Interview

James M. Fisher | July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 | Interviews

The Seth Bunev Interview

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The Seth Bunev Interview

James M. Fisher | July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 | Interviews

The Kelly Jo Burke Interview

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The Kelly Jo Burke Interview

James M. Fisher | July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 | Interviews, Memoirs

The Ian Colford Interview

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The Ian Colford Interview

James M. Fisher | July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 | Interviews

“The Very Best!” Book Awards, 2021

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Gone Viking: a Travel Saga by Bill Arnott

James M. Fisher

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Brighten the Corner Where You Are, a Novel Inspired by the Life of Maud Lewis by Carol Bruneau

Patricia Sandberg

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Seeking Shade By Frances Boyle

Valerie Mills-Milde

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If You Discover A Fire by Shaun Robinson

All Previous Years

Viewpoints

Hispanic Canadian Literature in Translation: No Longer from the Outside Looking In by Luciana Erregue

Luciana Erregue-Sacchi | June 26, 2021June 27, 2021

The Great Canadian Lit-Mag Hunt by Nathaniel G. Moore

Nathaniel G. Moore | June 2, 2021June 27, 2021

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