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Alison Manley

Alison Manley has ricocheted between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for most of her life. Now in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she is the Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Saint Mary's University. Her past life includes a long stint as a hospital librarian on the banks of the mighty Miramichi River. She has an honours BA in political science and English from St. Francis Xavier University, and a Master of Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University. While she's adamant that her love of reading has nothing to do with her work, her ability to consume large amounts of information very quickly sure is helpful. She is often identified by her very red lipstick, and lives with her partner Brett and cat, Toasted Marshmallow.

The Road Between Us by Bindu Suresh

June 25, 2025 by Alison Manley

Suresh’s novel is full of morally grey behaviour and each characters has trauma and reasoning for their actions.

Categories Featured Posts, Fiction Tags fiction

Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton

June 15, 2025 by Alison Manley

Newton’s skill as a writer is in the subtlety of the twists in these stories, and I was continually astonished at how well he executed a story during my read. When I pulled out Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers again, to prepare for this review, I went to look at some brief notes …

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Categories Featured Posts, Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Stories Tags fiction, short stories, Stories About Life

Finding Flora by Elinor Florence

May 31, 2025 by Alison Manley

Some of the broader issues of colonialism are explored, such as residential schools and the marginalization of the Métis in particular.

Categories Fiction Tags fiction

How People See by Terry Ades

May 24, 2025 by Alison Manley

An interesting take on a family tragedy and saga.

Categories Fiction Tags fiction, francophone, separatism

milktooth by Jaime Burnet

May 11, 2025 by Alison Manley

You can both love and fear a novel, I think.

Categories Atlantic Canada, Featured Posts, Fiction, Nova Scotia Tags abuse, fiction, Halifax, Halifax Queer Culture, Lesbian, nova scotia, Scotland

Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe

May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 by Alison Manley

Everything Is Fine Here is a great introduction to Ugandan culture, and a tender coming-of-age story in a mix of cultures and beliefs.

Categories Featured Posts, Fiction, LGBTQIA2S+ Tags 2SLGBTQIA+, coming of age, fiction, Uganda

I Will Tell the Night by Kevin Thomas Craig

April 29, 2025 by Alison Manley

I Will Tell the Night is a touching novel about going home again. There are so many vivid details in Craig’s work, and it will fill one with a bit of necessary hope.

Categories Fiction Tags fiction, Grief, healing

Nightstand: Leafing through a little darkness by Berdene Owen

May 2, 2025April 29, 2025 by Alison Manley

Nightstand is a quirky chapbook, but one that works very well, The irreverence sheds light on the darkness Owen is exploring.

Categories Chapbook, Poetry Tags chapbook

Mining the Quiet: Twelve Poems by Tara G. Harris

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 by Alison Manley

Harris takes the bleakness of her landscape and makes it beautiful.

Categories Chapbook, Poetry Tags chapbook, Poetry

The Immortal Woman by Su Chang

April 4, 2025 by Alison Manley

The Immortal Woman is a densely packed novel focusing on generational trauma, loss of identity (self-inflicted and societally), and mental health…

Categories Featured Posts, Fiction Tags fiction

Wild Life by Amanda Leduc

April 3, 2025 by Alison Manley

The modern fairy tale is something that Leduc excels at, and Wild Life is no exception here.

Categories Fiction Tags animal, fiction

The Maker of Spells by Jenny O’Kell

March 31, 2025 by Alison Manley

O’Kell has woven an intriguing world, with alliances between powers, a seemingly delicate system of magic…

Categories Fiction Tags fantasy, fiction, romance
Cover of Barbara by Joni Murphy. A grey scale close up image of a white woman's face.

Barbara by Joni Murphy

March 29, 2025 by Alison Manley

One of the privileges of getting to review for The Miramichi Reader is the opportunity to read some really very fascinating books. Obviously, since I’m pointing this out, Barbara by Joni Murphy is one of them.

Categories Fiction, Historical Fiction Tags fiction, historical fiction, Showbusiness, WWII
Cover of The Favorites. The bodies of two ice skaters, one holding up the other. The woman being held up is curving her back and looking up. The title and author's name are in gold text over the image.

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

March 10, 2025 by Alison Manley

There’s not much more you need to do to sell me on a book than to tell me it’s about figure skating.

Categories Featured Posts, Fiction, Romance, Sport Tags fiction, Figure Skating, romance, sport

International Women’s Day at TMR

March 7, 2025 by Emma Rhodes, Carrie Stanton, Nicholas Selig, Alison Manley and Sue Slade

March 8th is International Women’s Day! Here’s a reading list, picked by the editorial team at The Miramichi Reader, to help you celebrate and get you thinking. 💭

Categories News, TMR Team News Tags feminism, International Women's Day, women writers
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