Ian Colford’s short fiction has appeared in Event, Grain, Riddle Fence, The Antigonish Review, The Fiddlehead and other literary publications. His previous books are Evidence, The Crimes of Hector Tomás, Perfect World and A Dark House and Other Stories. His work has been shortlisted for the Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Relit Award, the Journey Prize, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. He lives in Halifax.
Set in both Canada and Bangladesh, the eight stories in Home of the Floating Lily follow the lives of everyday people as they navigate the complexities of migration, displacement, love, friendship, and familial conflict.
Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: June 2021 Miramichi Flash showcases four stellar flash fictions: “The Sacrifice of Teeth” by Sandra Arnold; “Something is Out of Place” by Louella Lester; “I Thought” by Pia Z. Ehrhardt; and “Invisible To Men” by Steve Passey; in its June 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy! “The Sacrifice of Teeth” by Sandra Arnold …
Contentious family dynamics are at the heart of Sidura Ludwig’s collection of linked stories, You Are Not What We Expected.
Kazim Ali’s earliest memories are of Jenpeg, a temporary town in the forests of northern Manitoba where his immigrant father worked on the construction of a hydroelectric dam.
Dr. Bruce Hutchison describes emotional contagion as one of the most powerful forces at play in society and in politics in the last few decades, building to the 2020-21 crescendo. We need to learn about how to handle it to help us adapt to today’s stress. Dr. Hutchison’s book helps us learn how to do that.
The poems in Forever Cast in Endless Time offer a delightful tour of lands and seas and birds and bees and a gentle walk thorough the creative mind of Bill Arnott.
The Narrows of Fear (Wapawikoscikanik) weaves the stories of a group of women committed to helping one another. Despite abuse experienced by some, both in their own community and in residential schools, these women learn to celebrate their culture, its stories, its dancing, its drums, and its elders.
Within Don’t Be Talkin’ you’ll find stories and recitations told by the incomparable performer Harry Ingram.
The Crooked Thing is a collection of intense and emotional stories, there are traumas and betrayals, loves and losses, missed opportunities and discoveries, and above all, hope.
In the course of social isolation, social distancing, and social solitude, every hour can seem to last a year. In ‘The Hours’, Bruce Meyer presents six stories that showcase how individuals responded to pandemics throughout history with dignity and determination.
Marianne Jones was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where she lives with her husband Reg. Her work has appeared in Room, Wascana Review, Canadian Living and Reader’s Digest, and won awards from the Canadian Authors Association, Writer’s Digest, and others.
Estella Kuchta’s stark and stunning depiction of an escape through the Canadian wilderness.
When daydream meets intuition, a young ranch wife’s life turns upside down. Fleeing a dangerous husband, she steals away with her young daughter on a wild and unexpected adventure through Depression-era cowboy country in central British Columbia.
Who has held political power in Nova Scotia? How did they get it? And what did they do with it? In his latest book, best-selling author and former cabinet minister Graham Steele takes us on a roller-coaster ride through seventy-five years of Nova Scotia politics from 1945 to 2020.
The Doomsday Book Of Fairy Tales By Emily Brewes is an astounding tale of a dangerous quest, a talking dog, and fragmented fairy tales in an eerie post-climate collapse future.
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