I Read Somewhere That: Episode 14
Welcome to the Christmas Edition of I Read Somewhere That! Filled with fascinating facts about books and Christmas, lots of recommends and a tribute to Luciana Ricciutelli, always in our hearts.
Month: November 2021
Just Like A Real Person by Doug Diaczuk
Just Like a Real Person is a story about broken cars and broken people. A story of intoxication, sobriety, and potent memories of a woman in a yellow sundress. But, it’s also a story about love that asks what it means to finally feel, after years of feeling nothing but numb.
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
A novella set in post–climate disaster Alberta; a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home or stay and help rebuild her community
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Bill Arnott visits a Nanaimo BC bookshop and purchases a copy of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, which he reviews here.
Doris Fly by P.W. Bridgman
“Doris Fly” by P.W. Bridgman is from his short story collection, “The Four-Faced Liar”.
Cadence: Voix Féminines, Female Voices edited by Kayla Geitzler and Elizabeth Blanchard
Cadence: voix féminines, Female Voices is a compilation of poetry from twenty-five female New Brunswick authors with diverse styles and distinct cultural backgrounds, including French, Vietnamese, German and Arabic.
Shapers of Worlds Volume II Edited by Edward Willett
Featuring a wide range of authors and settings, Shapers of Worlds Volume II performs the function of a speculative fiction sampler, offering a taste of different styles and themes.
I Am the Big Heart: Poems by by Sarah Venart
Sarah Venart’s “I Am the Big Heart” is a love story to the emotional self–this heart is tender, but it also has a savage bite.
The Miramichi Reader Podcast
In this episode, James talks about The Miramichi Reader’s “flash fiction” site, MiramichiFlash.ca as well as the new second edition of Brenda J. Thompson’s “A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses of Nova Scotia” and what’s in the next issue of the TMR Newsletter out on Monday.
Miramichi Flash ‘Showcase’: November 2021
Miramichi Flash showcases four outstanding flash fiction: “I Have to Ask” by Jan Stinchcomb, “Bear” by Ulrica Hume, “Secret” by Suzi Lovell, and “Stepping on the Throat of Their Song” by Barbara Ponomareff in its November 2021 Issue, today. — Enjoy!
The Dean Jobb Interview
Author Dean Jobb has recently released a new Nova Scotia true crime collection: Madness, Mayhem and Murder through Pottersfield Press. The collection features a variety of true crimes stories from Nova Scotia’s past.
These are not the potatoes of my youth by Matthew Walsh
In this confessional debut collection, Matthew Walsh meanders through their childhood in rural Nova Scotia, later roaming across the prairies and through the railway cafés of Alberta to the love letters and graffiti of Vancouver.
Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian Canine War Hero by Grant Hayter-Menzies
The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War.
Three for Trinity by Kevin Major
In Three for Trinity, the third book in the Sebastian Synard Mystery series, offbeat humour meets suspense as a nefarious crime unfolds.
