James M. Fisher

James M. Fisher is the owner and editor-in-chief of The Miramichi Reader. He began TMR in 2015, realizing that there was a genuine need for more book reviews of Canadian literature. It has since become Canada’s best-regarded source for the finest in new literary releases. James has been interviewed about TMR on CBC Radio and other media sites. James works as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technologist and lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick with his wife Diane and their tabby cat Eddie.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #16

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Featuring Steven Mayoff, Jerrod Edson, Cait Gordon, and Melia McClure

Excerpt: 18 Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages, edited by Nora Gold

September 24, 2023

This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language.

Excerpt: Catinat Boulevard by Caroline Vu

September 18, 2023

An excerpt from Catinat Boulevard by Caroline Vu.

Excerpt: A Hostage by Charlotte Mendel

September 13, 2023

An excerpt from A Hostage by Charlotte Mendel.

Excerpt: Fifteen Thousand Pieces: a medical examiner’s journey through disaster by Gina Leola Woolsey

September 11, 2023

Fifteen Thousand Pieces explores one man’s journey to accept his true nature and find his place in the world.

Excerpt: Ukrainian Portraits: Diaries from the Border by Marina Sonkina

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

At the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, Canadian author Marina Sonkina flew to the Ukrainian-Polish border to be one of the first respondents at the border for Ukrainians fleeing the war.

Excerpt: Survivors of the Hive

September 2, 2023

An excerpt of “Survivors of the Hive” a collection of short stories by Jason Heroux.

Excerpt: The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard by Ian Colford

September 4, 2023September 2, 2023

An excerpt from the new Ian Colford novel, The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard, published by Guernica Editions.

Collaboration is the Future: Tips for Writers on Working Together

August 30, 2023

Collaboration is gaining a bigger focus in the writing world.  Entrepreneur notes that multi-author books, anthologies, and other collaborative works are becoming hot trends, with more audiences becoming interested in seeing notable names work together on a single project.

Excerpt: All the World’s a Wonder by Melia McClure

August 26, 2023

An excerpt from All the World’s a Wonder by Melia McClure.

Excerpt: Rebellion Box by Hollay Ghadery

August 21, 2023

Two poems excerpted from “Rebellion Box” by Hollay Ghadery.

Battle on the Ice by Jean Rae Baxter

August 9, 2023

When young Dory Dickson leaves his home to seek work, his father advises him to avoid the border towns, where Patriots meet to plan rebellion.

The Boulevard by Jerrod Edson

August 8, 2023August 6, 2023

Hell is due for an inspection by the Big Guy and Satan has to scramble to de-beautify his underworld Capital City of “the Boulevard”.

The Jeff Kelland Interview

July 3, 2023

An interview with author Jeff Kelland.

A Matter of Inclusion by Chad Norman

July 3, 2023

Appealing to the Good is Us, Chad Norman writes poignantly and lyrically about the human journey, punctuated by border crossings, walls and barb-wire fences, racism, and intolerance based on one’s physical looks, religion, gender, language, and geographic dis/location.