Valerie Mills-Milde

Valerie Mills-Milde lives, works, and writes in London Ontario. She is the author of the novel After Drowning (2016), which won the IPPY Silver Medal for Contemporary Fiction and The Land's Long Reach,(2018) which was a finalist for The Miramichi Reader's 2019 "The Very Best!" Book Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous Canadian literary magazines. When she is not writing, she is a clinical social worker in private practice. Valerie acknowledges that the land on which she lives is the traditional territory of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, and Lunaapeewak peoples who have longstanding relationships to the land, water and region of southwestern Ontario.

A Convergence of Solitudes by Anita Anand

June 20, 2022 by Valerie Mills-Milde

A story of identity, connection and forgiveness, A Convergence of Solitudes shares the lives of two families across Partition of India, Operation Babylift in Vietnam, and two referendums in Quebec.

The Last Good Funeral of the Year: A Memoir by Ed O’Loughlin

December 25, 2021December 22, 2021 by Valerie Mills-Milde

From Ed O’Loughlin, author of Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Minds of Winter, a pensive and poignant recollection of love, loss, marriage, and the life events that have shaped his identity.

The Hours: Stories from a Pandemic By Bruce Meyer

July 7, 2021 by Valerie Mills-Milde

In the course of social isolation, social distancing, and social solitude, every hour can seem to last a year. In 'The Hours', Bruce Meyer presents six stories that showcase how individuals responded to pandemics throughout history with dignity and determination.

Down in the Ground by Bruce Meyer

May 12, 2021November 12, 2020 by Valerie Mills-Milde

In the collection of short flash fiction, Down in the Ground, author Bruce Meyer brings both wit and philosophical curiosity to his musings on death. These stories are brief and sometimes startling. In other hands, the subject might be given a maudlin treatment but here, the tone is surprisingly restrained, and at times, ironic.

Seeking Shade By Frances Boyle

July 18, 2021October 11, 2020 by Valerie Mills-Milde

In Frances Boyle's short story collection Seeking Shade, nuanced characters endure trauma, evolution and epiphany as they face challenges, make decisions, and suffer the inevitable consequences.

People Like Frank: and other stories from the edge of normal by Jenn Ashton

February 9, 2021September 2, 2020 by Valerie Mills-Milde

Jenn Ashton’s short stories are peopled with humble and forward-leaning characters, the collection aptly called People Like Frank.
Like many avid readers, I enjoy a good and satisfying dive into dark waters. I regularly embrace contradictions, twists and moral ambiguity. … Continue reading

Migrante by J.W. Henley

November 13, 2020August 6, 2020 by Valerie Mills-Milde

Author J.W. Henley states pointedly in the forward to his novel, Migrante, that “this is not my story”. Henley is not a migrant worker from the Philippines. In fact, he describes himself as a white, middle-Class Canadian, of English, … Continue reading