The Miramichi Reader highlights noteworthy books and authors across Canada from coast to coast to coast. We invite you to peruse our site for in-depth Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Literary Criticism and Essays, posted weekly. Featured By-lines and Literary Showcases are posted monthly. We also have a TMR Podcast, the episodes of which you may find here.

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curRent fiction reviews

The Yankee Privateer by Derek Yetman

James M. Fisher | January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Newfoundland & Labrador

Natural Selection by Diane McGyver

Allan Hudson | January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Creative Fiction, Fiction

To See Out the Night by David Clerson

James M. Fisher | January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 | Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, QC Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Translation

Free Women in the Pampas: a Novel About Victoria Ocampo by María Rosa Lojo, Edited and Translated by Norman Cheadle

James M. Fisher | January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 | Fiction

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current non-fiction reviews

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

James M. Fisher | January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 | Non-Fiction

Rebuilding A Brick Wall by Susanne Gauthier with Evan Wall

James M. Fisher | January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Non-Fiction

Salt and Roses: The Coastal Maine Way of Life by May Davidson

James M. Fisher | January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 | Maine, Memoirs, Non-Fiction

Flora! A Woman in a Man’s World by Flora MacDonald and Geoffrey Stevens

Alison Manley | January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 | Memoirs, Non-Fiction

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Current poetry reviews

On Her Own Terms: Poems about Memory Loss and Living Life to the Fullest by Carolyn Gammon

James M. Fisher | January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Poetry

Excerpt: Brought Down by Simon Constam

James M. Fisher | January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Excerpt, Poetry

The Power of Lyricism in Wayde Compton’s 49th Parallel Psalm

Cynthia Sharp | January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 | Poetry

Answer to Blue by Russell Thornton

James M. Fisher | January 15, 2022January 16, 2022 | Poetry

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Current Titles for Younger Readers

Excerpt: The Degrees of Barley Lick by Susan Flanagan

James M. Fisher | January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 | Excerpt, Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult

Five Children’s Picture Books from Groundwood Books

Melanie Métivier | December 13, 2021December 31, 2021 | Children, Children, Picture Book

Little Wolf by Teoni Spathelfer 

Melanie Métivier | October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 | Children, Children, Picture Book

Mi’kmaq Campfire Stories of Prince Edward Island by Julie Pellissier-Lush

Melanie Métivier | October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 | Children, Children, Cultural, Indigenous Titles, Picture Book

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Featured Columns

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Current interviews

The Bruce Meyer Interview

January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 | Interviews

The Douglas Coupland Interview

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 | Interviews

The Kayla Geitzler Interview

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 | Interviews

The Zachari Logan Interview

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 | Interviews

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Singular Short Stories

C’est La Vie by Jim Nichols

James M. Fisher | December 6, 2021December 7, 2021

Doris Fly by P.W. Bridgman

James M. Fisher | November 29, 2021November 27, 2021

Magicicada by Barbara Black

James M. Fisher | November 15, 2021November 13, 2021

Pamela by Colin Thornton

James M. Fisher | November 8, 2021November 7, 2021

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The Best Books of 2021

Best Poetry of 2021

December 28, 2021January 17, 2022

Best Non-Fiction of 2021

December 26, 2021January 17, 2022

Best Fiction of 2021

December 19, 2021January 17, 2022

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