Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman
Farrar is approached by one of Zugravi’s associates who insists that Farrar accompany him to an open-pit gold mine in Transylvania with a view to becoming an investor.
Fiction
Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir About Taking Up Space by Susan Swan
Although Swan had begun to write an earnest book about her experience of feminism in the 1970s, Margaret Atwood encouraged her to instead write a memoir about being tall.
The Girl in the Cellar by Natalie Carter-Giles
The only problem is, The Girl in the Cellar, ended on a cliff hanger (fitting for where it took place) that works as great a marketing ploy to ensure one gets the next one as soon as possible. The difficulty is that it isn’t published yet!
Interregnum: Inside the Gruelling and Glamorous Battle to Become the Next King of Chess by Jordan Himelfarb
Through 2023 and into 2024, Himelfarb attends the tournaments, interviews the players, and traces the journeys to get to the highest level of the chess world.
Memo to Murder: An Unintentional Sleuth Mystery by Barbara Emodi
The story kicks off with Heidi MacDonald being interviewed by the Chief of Staff for the position of Research and Communications Officer with the province’s Official Opposition.
The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove
I’m surprised that the woman in these poems keeps trying, but she does: “It’s embarrassing to still hope / to be loved.”
Throwback: Hey, Good Luck Out There by Georgia Toews
“Addicts don’t talk about the pain, the loss, the moments of deep sorrow that anchor us to the underbelly of society.”
Temporary Palaces by Jeff Miller
It is perhaps in the valleys between each ripple, not the peaks, that Miller does his best work. The real emotional substance of the book thrives in the quiet moments, the silence before and after the bangs.
The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston
Once a family experiences a wholly destabilizing trauma, and is fractured—how does it heal or reform in the proceeding years, and is this recovery ever sufficient?
Smash & Grab by Mark Anthony Jarman
[The stories] are often framed by violence or the bizarre or both.
A Sense of Things Beyond by Renée Belliveau
A Sense of Things Beyond by Renée Belliveau is a compelling and well-researched historical fiction novel set in the wake of World War I.
The Drowned Man’s Daughter by C.J. Lavigne
A ragtag group of humans live in a small colony, on the edge of the island. In one direction is the sea, rough and unpredictable.
The Rebel’s Wife by Gerald Richardson Brown
When her husband is sentenced to death by hanging after involvement in a failed rebel uprising in Upper Canada in 1838, Maria resolves to seek justice and save his life so that their young daughter can know her father.
Definitely Thriving by Kerry Clare
This is the story of Clemence, an unhappily married, eager-to-be fulfilled magazine writer of dream wedding articles.
There’s Always More to Say by Natalie Southworth
With her debut collection There’s Always More to Say, Natalie Southworth demonstrates that she not only understands the skills necessary to write powerful short stories, she has no shortage of them.
