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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.

Best Books of 2023: Poetry

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Here are the titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Books of Poetry” of 2023.

Categories April is Poetry Month, Best Books of 2023, Book Awards, Poetry Tags Best Books 2023, Poetry

Best Books of 2023: Young Readers

November 27, 2023November 22, 2023

Nine titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Short Fiction” of 2023.

Categories Best Books of 2023, Book Awards, Young Adult Tags Best Books, Best Books 2023, Young reader

Best Books of 2023: Short Fiction

November 20, 2023

Nine titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Short Fiction” of 2023.

Categories Best Books of 2023, Book Awards, Short Fiction, Short Stories Tags Best Books, Best Books 2023, short stories

Gone Viking III: The Holy Grail by Bill Arnott

October 31, 2023

Join bestselling author Bill Arnott on this extraordinary adventure, trekking the ancient world, unearthing Viking secrets and more to reveal history’s most elusive treasure, the holy grail!

Categories Best Books of 2023, Book Awards, History, Non-Fiction, Travel Tags adventure travel, Best Books, bill arnott, Holy Grail

James’ Fall 2023 Round-up (Part One)

October 24, 2023

James reviews six books in one post.

Categories Mini-review, News Tags fiction, History, mini reviews, non-fiction, short stories

Excerpt: The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief

October 23, 2023

An exclusive excerpt from Steven Malloy’s “The Island Gospel According to Samson Grief”.

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, fiction

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #18

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023

Featuring Sophia Devi, James O. Weeks, Carmela Circelli, Elana Wolff, and Brian Van Norman.

Categories Why I Wrote This Book Tags authors, Column, Why I Wrote This Book, writing life

Excerpt: Grantrepreneurs by Jake Swan

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

With scalpel-sharp wit, hilarious schemes and generous injections of heart, Jake Swan has written a page-turning, laugh-out-loud, idol-skewering misadventure.

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, fiction, Humour, Jake Swan, satirical humour

Excerpt: The Matryoshka Memoirs: A Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, The Leica Camera Factory and Nazi Resistance by Sasha Colby

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Excerpt: A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, Nazis, Ukrainian, WWII

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #17

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Featuring L. P. Suzanne Atkinson, Jake Swan, Pan Bouyoucas, Lynn Tait, Colleen Brown and Patti Grayson.

Categories Why I Wrote This Book Tags authors, Column, Why I Wrote This Book, writing life

EXCERPT: The Maze in Your Mind Has a Way Out by Amy Cottreau-Moore

October 9, 2023

After experiencing a traumatic childbirth, Amy suffered from acute postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder and postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder for most of her first child’s early life. 

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, non-fiction, PPOCD

Excerpt: If you lie down in a field, she will find you there by Colleen Brown

October 3, 2023

Colleen Brown is known primarily as a sculptor. If you lie down in a field, she will find you there, is her first book.

Categories Excerpt Tags death, essay, excerpt, fiction

Excerpt: The Brickworks by Lucy E. M. Black

October 2, 2023

Told in beautifully crafted prose, it is Black’s incomparable voice–her uncanny humour and an astonishing ear for dialogue–that renders The Brickworks both remarkable and unforgettable.

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, fiction, Lucy E. M. Black

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #16

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

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

Categories Why I Wrote This Book Tags authors, Column, Why I Wrote This Book, writing life

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.

Categories Excerpt Tags excerpt, Jewish Literature, Jewish writers
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