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Morgan’s Castle by Jan Hilliard

February 14, 2026 by Brett Josef Grubisic

Less consciously literary and considerably more pulpy than Laurence, the Jan Hilliard novel Morgan’s Castle (written by Nova Scotia-born Torontonian Hilda Kay Grant), suggests an alternative CanLit tradition to me—our dime store authors.

Categories Classics, Featured Posts, Fiction, Mystery, Noir, Suspense Tags Canadian Classics, Canadian Pulp Fiction, Dark Comedy, fiction, Jan Hilliard, Mystery, noir, Quick Reads
Cover of The Canadian Shields by Carol Shields. THe cover is of a sepia toned wall, with a picture of Shields in winter clothing, looking down and away from the camera.

The Canadian Shields: Stories and Essays by Carol Shields, edited by Nora Foster Stovel

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 by Michael Bryson

Her estate has recently emptied the cupboards with a release of Shields’s previously unpublished and/or uncollected stories and essays.

Categories Classics, Essays, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Stories Tags carol shields, collection, Essays

The Spellbinding Magic of Setting in Enchanted April

March 6, 2023 by Cynthia Sharp

Classic Book and Film Review: Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

Categories Classics, Fiction Tags classic literature, essay, Film

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