Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction from the Future of Food
Devouring Tomorrow is an eclectic collection of imagined food futures, speculative and dystopian, by some established and creative Canadian writers, edited by Jeff Dupuis and A.G. Pasquella.
Short Fiction
Remaindered People & Other Stories by Pratap Reddy
Remaindered People is the title story for this impressive collection. Brij is a young man who is currently unemployed and seemingly without direction, yet when he accepts a position as a caregiver to his friend’s father, he comes to genuinely care for the aging patriarch. This piece establishes a very fine standard for the rest …
The Art of Forgiveness: Short Fiction by Chris Benjamin
In The Art of Forgiveness, Chris Benjamin presents readers with short fictions in grim tones about three friends — Gerry, Long, and Drew — in a collection that could have been called Men Without Women if Hemingway first, then Murakami, hadn’t used that title.
Tilting Towards Joy by Margaret Macpherson
Tilting Towards Joy, a collection of short stories on the themes of making and finding community, is a refreshing exploration on the complexity of human behavior.
The Canadian Shields: Stories and Essays by Carol Shields, edited by Nora Foster Stovel
Her estate has recently emptied the cupboards with a release of Shields’s previously unpublished and/or uncollected stories and essays.
Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery
Hollay Ghadery is a writer who will not waste your time. By which I mean both that she says what she has to say succinctly, and that her observations are inevitably worthwhile.
A Way To Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
In her latest short story collection A Way To Be Happy, Caroline Adderson pursues the question of happiness – the fleeting, highly-theorized, and hotly pursued topic.
Northern Nights, Edited by Michael Kelly
From the introduction and “Rescue Station” by Nayani Jensen, I knew I was in for a wild and wonderful ride.
Scandal at the Alphorn Factory: New and Selected Short Fiction 2024-1984 by Gary Barwin
A Canadian writer born in Northern Ireland to South African Jewish parents of Lithuanian descent, Gary Barwin is a man of many hats: poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer and educator. His work has won many awards.
Threshold Stories by Carol Bruneau
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.
Grandview Drive by Tim Blackett
A debut short story collection investigating the strange and unexpected intersections of loneliness and connection.
Splinter and Shard: Stories by Lulu Keating
Splinter & Shard is the debut story collection by acclaimed filmmaker-turned-writer Lulu Keating. Vivid and precise, the stories in this collection offer an uncompromising journey into what it means to be human.
The World is But a Broken Heart by Michael Maitland
The eleven interconnected stories in The World Is But a Broken Heart follow the Fitzpatricks, a blue-collar family constantly followed by bad luck.
Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness by Danila Botha
Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness is Danila Botha’s third collection of short fiction. In these brilliant stories she observes with her signature vulnerability and humour what it’s like to struggle to find your place in the world.
