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TMR Fundraiser for Palestine

July 12, 2024May 19, 2024 by Emma Rhodes, Nicholas Selig, Carrie Stanton, Alison Manley and Sue Slade

We’ve noticed a marked absence of books by Palestinian authors and/or books about Palestine through our regular pitches from publishers. As a result, we’d like to do a direct callout for Palestinian books to review, as well as for our other features such as interviews, excerpts, and “Why I Wrote This Book” features.

In addition to this, we know that the world of literature can exist in an ethereal space of “ideas.” We want to be clear that we, the editors-in-chief at The Miramichi Reader, understand that all writing is inherently political in a world where people’s existences are politicized. So we will be donating 100% of donations through the ko-fi button on our website to GoFundMe’s supporting civilians.

Cover of Last Woman by Carleigh Baker. A blue and purple image of a large rock floating. The title is on a white strip along the the top.

Last Woman: Stories by Carleigh Baker

May 17, 2024 by Bryn Robinson

After finishing the clear, crisp prose that Baker deftly shares in her latest collection of short stories, Last Woman, I was left wanting more.

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Marek’s Coat by Joseph Skarżeński

May 16, 2024 by Lucy E. M. Black

Marek’s Coat is a memoir written by Joseph Skarżeński, who as a Polish child in April of 1940 was transported to Siberia.

Water Confidential by Susan Blacklin

December 18, 2024May 16, 2024 by Dawn Mockler

Water is a basic human right. In 2024, in Canada, there are First Nations Communities that have been living under Boil Water Advisories for up to 28 years.

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We Are Already Ghosts by Kit Dobson

May 16, 2024 by Lucy E. M. Black

There is a lyricism to Kit Dobson’s prose in We Are Already Ghosts, a way of revealing detail that is at once both elegant and calculated in its precision, distinguishing the novel by its tempered restraint.

An Interview with David Roche, author of Standing at the Back Door of Happiness: And How I Unlocked It

May 12, 2024 by Cathalynn Labonté-Smith

While David’s face looks different, and his condition is so rare that he’s met only one other person that looks like him, but much worse alterations to the human visage are caused by traumas like burns and diseases like cancer, although therapies and plastic surgeries have improved significantly in the past decade.

Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024 by Bryn Robinson

Like the bright, sharp images we attribute to the ubiquitous social media influencers, Deepa Rajagopalan’s first book is a beautiful series of snapshots that allude to colourful lives.

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

May 12, 2024May 11, 2024 by Heather McBriarty

The Great War is over, and the summer of 1919 should be one of celebration, but Constance Haverhill has lost her mother to the Spanish influenza. Constance also lost the job managing Lord Mercer’s country estate, which she held all through the war, to a man.

Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas by Karen Pinchin

May 12, 2024May 11, 2024 by Carrie Stanton

Author Karen Pinchin has given us a gift. It is her perfectly paced, exquisitely written work of creative nonfiction.

The Fredericton Walking Bridge lit up at night, seen through some dead winter trees.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #28

June 2, 2024May 11, 2024 by Emma Rhodes

Why do your favourite Canadian authors write the books they write? Let’s find out in this exclusive feature here at The Miramichi Reader.

The Years Shall Run Like Rabbit Cover. Pink flowers blooming in the night.

Excerpt: The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits

May 6, 2024 by Emma Rhodes

Hello.

I know you are scared. It’s okay. I know, I know. All this is frightening.

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Threshold Stories by Carol Bruneau

May 6, 2024May 5, 2024 by Steven Mayoff

Carol Bruneau is an award-winning writer from Halifax and has been a key figure on the Atlantic-Canadian literary scene for many years. She is also one of the finest writers this country has produced and has published internationally.

Cover of Off the Tracks. An image of two vintage train seats, facing each other. A window looking out at some trees is between them.

Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys by Pamela Mulloy

May 3, 2024 by Alison Manley

The romance of train travel has never left our minds, even long after it stopped being such a vital part of travel for the average person. Off the Tracks: a Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel by Pamela Mulloy is a love letter to these trains, from a North American perspective.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #27 — Children’s Book Week 2024 Edition!

May 12, 2024April 28, 2024 by Emma Rhodes

Why do your favourite Canadian authors write the books they write? Let’s find out in this exclusive feature here at The Miramichi Reader.

Nan's House cover. An image of a white house with a blue roof and blue windows, on a grassy field with a blue sky.

Children’s Book Week 2024: Nan’s House Written by Jillian McCarthy and Illustrated by Corey Majeau

April 27, 2024 by Sue Slade

Nan’s House by Jillian McCarthy and illustrated by Corey Majeau is a picture book describing, in verse, a child’s visits to her Nan’s house.