November’s “Mystery Date with a Book” Giveaway!
November’s “Mystery Date Book” is from Penguin Random House
November’s “Mystery Date Book” is from Penguin Random House
There’s something just so nice about a new chapbook with a fun cover. Girl Dinner by Jamie Kitts, a collection of poems largely focused on food and the ways it connects to different ways of being and experiences, has a cover illustrated by New Brunswick artist Dawn Mockler.
Boom Road is the most Miramichi book I’ve ever read, and I say that with deep affection.
Wallin leaves no stone unturned in this collection, probing her memories to figure out what was real and what wasn’t, as well as coming to terms with being an unreliable narrator of her own life, and what it means to be disabled in a world that has yet to accept the less “challenging” forms of mental illness.
The 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award shortlists have been announced, and you can find reviews of many of the shortlisted titles right here on TMR! Our reviewers have such good taste 💁♀️.
It’s funny to have had Keep by Jenny Haysom fall into my hands (and the publishing schedule) just as I’m contending with my own personal riff on this in the guise of parents and in-laws, looking to downsize or actively downsizing.
October’s “Mystery Date Book” is from House of Anansi Press
September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in so-called-Canada.
In 1979, in the Hydrostone neighbourhood of Halifax, June’s son Gerald goes missing.
Today, September 21, 2024, is the fifth annual I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book Day, coordinated by the Frye Festival.
With a title like Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim, I’m not even sure I need to review this one. Isn’t it marvellous?
I had already committed to review Playground by Richard Powers for The Miramichi Reader when it was announced that Playground was long-listed for the 2024 Booker Prize.
What is the TMR “Win a Mystery Date With a Book” giveaway? How can one one join? First of all, TMR, in collaboration with some of Canada’s finest publishers, is giving away one current fiction title per month in 2024. We have 12 titles from three different publishers, so there will be variety in the available titles.
There is something wonderful about a book that feels comfortable — not that it doesn’t challenge a reader, but it feels comfortable.
In pondering what to write about All Hookers Go To Heaven by Angel B.H., I kept coming back to the idea of joy.