The Sick Box by Matthew Fries
In Matthew Fries' novel The Sick Box, wanna-be advice columnist, Ben Matthews, is faced with a ridiculous problem that even he can offer no explanation for.
Humour
Sick in Bed Across Two Chairs, with My Feet out Through the Window by Laurie Blackwood Pike
Grandpa Pike may not have "seen it all," but he has a lifetime of encounters-both serious and humourous-from his life in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia that make for terrific reading.
An Embarrassment Of Critch’s: Immature Stories from My Grown-Up Life by Mark Critch
The heartfelt and hilarious story of beloved Canadian comedian Mark Critch's journey from Newfoundland to the national stage--and back home again.
Buffoon by Anosh Irani
Three-time Governor General’s Literary Award–shortlisted author and playwright Anosh Irani’s critically acclaimed one-man show Buffoon is a masterclass of tragicomic theatre.
Unfiltered: An Irreverent History of Beer in Nova Scotia by Steven Laffoley
After extensive initial research, author Steven Laffoley discovered that the history of beer in Nova Scotia was as cloudy as a good pumpkin lager or a cold wheat beer on a dark winter's day. So with an intrepid, albeit mildly inebriated, explorer's courage, he packed up his notebook and set off in search of Nova Scotia's beer-filled past, which, as it turned out, was far stranger than he expected.
The Liquor Vicar by Vince R. Ditrich
Reduced to DJing rural weddings, Tony Vicar feels the bite of failure. A frustrated and failed musician, unable to discern why he has not ascended to stardom, his only defence is to see the world through the lens of gallows humour, absurdism, and black comedy.
Fight Night by Miriam Toews
Those who enjoy appreciating cutting, witty, and sometimes dark humour with a dash of philosophical thought mixed in will find much to like in this Miriam Toews novel.
Don’t Be Talkin’: Recitations and Other Foolishness From Newfoundland and Labrador by Harry Ingram
Within Don't Be Talkin' you’ll find stories and recitations told by the incomparable performer Harry Ingram.
Supermarket Baby by Susan Flanagan
Who would have thought that a single dose of “cold and sinus” medication and a quick trip to the supermarket would unleash a series of unfortunate events for newly retired, Henry Puddester. The movie-star handsome civil servant just wanted to … Continue reading
Fishnets & Fantasies by Jane Doucet
Well, well, well. Jane Doucet, you have done it again. Just like your first novel, The Pregnant Pause, you have given your reader delightful, multi-faceted characters and laugh out loud passages that made this reader blush.  The title of … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of Derek Cowell by Valerie Sherrard
, the high-school years. Especially the Junior grades when you are still finding your way around a new academic setting, while at the same time discovering your own way in life. When the opposite sex gets thrown into the mix, … Continue reading
I Am Herod by Richard Kemick (Guest Review by Chris Benjamin)
On a whim, armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the 100-plus cast of The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, North America's largest production of its kind and one of the main tourist attractions in Alberta. By the time closing night is over, Kemick has a story to tell
Bill Arnott’s Beat: World Poetry
I was making my way across town. Town being Vancouver, BC. We have to say that as there’s another one, a perfectly pleasant American one, its pleasantness being its proximity to Vancouver, BC. I was to be the guest on World Poetry Café, an unassuming FM radio program with a shockingly large listenership – one-hundred-thirty-three countries, at last count.
Bill Arnott’s Beat: Independents’ Day
Independent bookstores shouldn’t exist. Brick-and-mortar bibliophile havens are retail models waiting to be business school case studies, “Why These Can’t Work.” TV narcissi could bleat indefinitely as to why they’d never invest in such ventures. But they do exist. And despite every reason why they shouldn’t, they thrive.
The Transaction by Guglielmo D’Izzia
Mr. De Angelis, an inscrutable northerner, is travelling to a small town perched somewhere in Sicily's hinterland to negotiate a real estate transaction, only to find himself embroiled in a criminal conspiracy.