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Carrie Stanton

Carrie Stanton has a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary. She is the author of The Jewel and Beast Bot, and picture books, Emmie and the Fierce Dragon and The Gardener. Carrie loves to write stories that grow wings and transport readers everywhere.  She reads and enjoys stories from every genre.

The Prison Lady: True Stories and Life Lessons from Both Sides of the Bars by Phyllis Taylor

March 20, 2023 by Carrie Stanton

Phyllis Taylor tells the story of her fascinating, sometimes chilling and often uplifting work with prison populations.

Categories Non-Fiction Tags Life Lessons, prison, Prisoners, Social Work

The Ghost of You by Margarita Saona

February 20, 2023 by Carrie Stanton

The English translation, The Ghost of You, originally titled in Spanish La ciudad donde no estás, gives these ghosts an English-speaking home, in the hopes they can remain in the memory of their readers the same way someone’s presence stills haunts a place.

Categories Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Stories Tags short fiction, short stories, translation

Goddess by Deborah Hemming

February 14, 2023 by Carrie Stanton

An entrancing novel about a wellness retreat on a remote Greek island hosted by a celebrity guru who is more than meets the eye.

Categories Fiction Tags fiction, Satire

A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout, illustrations by Marjolaine Perreten

January 30, 2023 by Carrie Stanton

A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout, illustrated by Marjolaine Perreten, is a fresh take on fitting in, finding your place, and searching for somewhere peaceful to read, dream, and imagine.

Categories Children, Children Tags childrens books, Graphic Novel

Groundhog Night: Shubenacadie Sam’s Shadow by Doretta Groenendyk

December 25, 2022December 15, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

The day before Groundhog Day though is Groundhog Night, and as Sam discovers, other animals have shadows, too.

Categories Children, Children, Picture Book Tags childrens' picture book, Groundhog

The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten by Philipp Schott, DVM

November 28, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

From Dr. Schott’s 30 years in veterinary practice come over 60 heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogs.

Categories Non-Fiction Tags Memoirs, Pet Care, pets, Stories, veterinarians

Canada Wild: Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth, words by Maria Birmingham, art by Alex MacAskill

December 25, 2022November 27, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

A full-colour illustrated guide to Canada’s endemic species for young readers, from the award-winning author of Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways that Animals Sleep.

Categories Young Adult Tags animals, Canada, non-fiction, young readers

Shadows and Light: A Physician’s Lens on COVID by Heather Patterson, MD

December 25, 2022November 21, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

Editor’s note: this review previously appeared on the Atlantic Books Today website as part of …

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Categories Health, Non-Fiction Tags COVID-19, Health system, healthcare, Healthcare Professionals

Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk

November 21, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

Part love story, part survival story, part meditation on family dysfunction, this offbeat memoir chronicles the unpredictable life of a young wife and mother on Gabriola Island.

Categories Atlantic Canada, Maritimes, Non-Fiction Tags maritimes, Memoirs

River, Diverted by Jamie Tennant

November 28, 2022November 18, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

Filled with pop culture references and a deep love of monster movies, River, Diverted is both a light-hearted and subtly serious read that will captivate readers.

Categories Fiction Tags fiction, pop culture

A Season on Vancouver Island by Bill Arnott

December 25, 2022October 31, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

A beautiful collection of images and short travel essays highlighting the fun, eclectic, and unique nature of Vancouver Island and the attraction it has for travellers and tourists from across Canada and around the world.

Categories Non-Fiction, Travel Tags bill arnott, Travel, Vancouver Island

We Spread by Iain Reid

October 30, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.

Categories Fiction, Suspense Tags elderly, suspense

McNutt’s Island Journal by Elizabeth Walden Hyde

October 26, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

McNutt’s Island Journal is Elizabeth Walden Hyde’s candid record of her life on this small island off Shelburne, Nova Scotia, from September 1984 to May 1985.

Categories Atlantic Canada, Non-Fiction, Nova Scotia Tags journal, nova scotia

Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City, edited by Madi Haslam

October 20, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

Letters From Montreal: An Anthology documents the experiences of Montrealers past and present, creating a portrait of the storied city unlike any other.

Categories Non-Fiction Tags Essays, montreal, quebec, Travel, Travel essays

My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling

October 3, 2022September 30, 2022 by Carrie Stanton

An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.

Categories Cultural, Fiction, Indigenous Titles Tags Indigenous, National Truth and Reconciliation Day, residential schools
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Carrie Stanton has a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary. She is the author of The Jewel and Beast Bot, and picture books, Emmie and the Fierce Dragon and The Gardener. Carrie loves to write stories that grow wings and transport readers everywhere.  She reads and enjoys stories from every genre.

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