Laurie Burns – The Miramichi Reader

Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising by Brandi Morin

September 25, 2022September 22, 2022 by Laurie Burns

Our Voice of Fire chronicles Morin’s journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice.

The Mother of All Degrassi: A Memoir by Linda Schuyler

August 12, 2022August 6, 2022 by Laurie Burns

Author Linda Schuyler was the writer, creator and director of Degrassi, and she weaves a great story in her memoir, taking us through the idea and concept of Degrassi, the difficulty of being a woman in television in the 70s, life lessons, infertility and acceptance of people where they are at.

Taobao by Dan. K Woo

July 11, 2022 by Laurie Burns

In twelve spare, fable-like short stories Dan K. Woo introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters from different regions of China. From rural villages to bustling cities, Woo deftly charts the paths of young people searching for love, meaning and happiness in a country that is often misunderstood in North America.

Shelterbelts by Jonathan Dyck

June 20, 2022 by Laurie Burns

Through a series of vignettes, Shelterbelts explores the perspectives, experiences and limitations of a wide range of characters who find themselves increasingly at odds with their surroundings.

Mud Lilies by Indra Ramayan

June 13, 2022 by Laurie Burns

The night fourteen-year-old Chanie Nyrider ran away from her abusive parents, she was saved by an older woman who, after building a friendship with the teen, offers her a new life working as a prostitute.

Almost Beauty: Poems by Sue Sinclair

June 2, 2022April 4, 2022 by Laurie Burns

This collection includes an introductory essay by editor and poet Ross Leckie, over one hundred selected poems from Sinclair’s twenty-year career, and new poems that consider the poet’s evolving relationships with the idea of beauty and with the more-than-human world in a time of manufactured upheaval.

These are not the potatoes of my youth by Matthew Walsh

June 2, 2022November 22, 2021 by Laurie Burns

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.