March 2024 | The Miramichi Reader

A grey lilac filtered image of rough water flowing among large rocks. The title is in white letters in the centre of the image. The author's name is in thin yellow letters just above.

Throwback: Dream Chasers by Barbara Fradkin

March 23, 2024 by Sarah Butland

The sixth installment of the eleven book Inspector Green Mystery series, my first of Barbara Fradkin’s, I can’t figure out why I waited so long.

A dark blue background with many constellations. "Imagining" is written in big white block letters at the top of the image and again at the bottom of the image. "Essays" and the author's name are in small cursive letters among the constellations.

Imagining Imagining by Gary Barwin

March 23, 2024 by Susan Wismer

There is an intimacy to walking with my dog at night”, says Gary Barwin, in this small book of wonder tales.

A small house with all the lights on insider sits alone in a field. It is night time. The cover is in yellow letters over the dark sky, and the author's name is in blue letters over the grass of the field.

Coming To Find You by Jane Corry

March 22, 2024 by Lori Green

Fans of mystery and suspense are in for quite a ride with one of the newest must-read psychological thrillers of 2023 in Jane Corry’s new novel Coming to Find You.

A dark blue cover with ornamental designs and flowers around the edges. The author's name is in gold letter at the top of the image. The title is in blue letters at the centre of the image. A gold moon sits at the bottom of the image.

The Black Crescent by Jane Johnson

March 22, 2024 by Kim Covert

The Black Crescent is the story of an unassuming man at a turbulent time in Morocco’s history.

An orange background with large block and designed letters forming the title which fills the image. Running behind the letters is a dotted line ending in an arrow, arriving at "Medina." An illustrated light skinned man in a light blue shirt, tan pants, and a dark blue jacket sits on the "a" of "Medina." A woman with brown skin wearing a dark blue hijab, brown scarf, pink coat, and blue pants holds a suitcase and stands on the "M" of "Medina." The author's name and previous book title are in smaller letters at the bottom of the image.

Love from Mecca to Medina

March 21, 2024 by Laurie Burns

This book connects to S.K Ali’s previous book Love from A to Z, but it is not necessary to read the first one to read this one; Love from Mecca to Medina can certainly stand alone.

A grey and sepia cover with a transparent woman's face over a view of a lake and a ferris wheel in the background.

Flicker by Lori Hahnel

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Carrie Stanton

Flicker by award-winning author Lori Hahnel is part of the University of Calgary Press’s Brave & Brilliant Series, 2023.

Dancing With Our Ancestors: Ceremony and Celebration

March 19, 2024 by Christina Barber

In Dancing With Our Ancestors, readers are invited to participate in a special Haida Potlatch in Hydaburg Alaska, the birth place of co-author Robert Davidson.

A light blue background with a blue, red, and green covered bicycle. A blue bird and a red bird sit on the seat of the bicycle. Only part of the bicycle is shown - part of the back wheel and the seat. The title is in dark blue letters to the left side of the blue bird. The author's name is in small red letters just above.

The Gift Child by Elaine McCluskey

December 10, 2024March 19, 2024 by Laurie Burns

No one writes Dartmouth as well as Elaine McCluskey writes Dartmouth.

A green- ish blue-ish background with a blurry black shadow figure. Different coloured specks cover the image - resembling dirty and cracked glass. The title is in lower case letters, right-aligned. The author's name is small, on the right-hand side next to the title.

Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us by Colleen René

March 22, 2024March 17, 2024 by Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird

The debut novel Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us from author Colleen René is a wonderful work in balancing tension and intrigue with the complexity of compassion.