The View from Errisbeg by Sheila Graham-Smith
There is something wonderful about a book that feels comfortable — not that it doesn’t challenge a reader, but it feels comfortable.
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The Sugar Bowl Feud by Gina N. Brown
Set in small-town Nova Scotia, The Sugar Bowl Feud explores the many facets of grief and how four very different siblings deal with and cope with the pain of overwhelming loss. Told in alternating chapters, from each of the sibling’s points of view, we are introduced to each sibling along with their quirks, opinions, and personalities.
Always Pack a Pen: An Interview with Marion McKinnon Crook
“I will never stop writing,” says Marion McKinnon Crook after thirty books to her credit.
Throwback: The Better Part of Some Time by Mike Madill
The Better Part of Some Time was a winner of the 2021 Don Gutteridge Award, and in it we find poems about missed opportunities, expectations as often defeated as realized, and tiny revelations and epiphanies amidst the difficulty of fulfilling family obligations.
Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson
Families are often messy and Ruby’s family in Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson is no exception.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by Michelle Hébert
This is a darkly humourous, late coming of age tale, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
Sadie X by Clara Dupuis-Morency, translated by Aimee Wall
A story of scientific discovery, complicated by family, complicated by a codependent relationship with decades of history – that is Sadie X, by Clara Dupuis-Morency, and translated from the original French by Aimee Wall.
Throwback: Why I’m Here by Jill Frayne
Why I’m Here by Jill Frayne is a compelling story about two damaged souls finding a way to endure.
Michael and Me by Merle Nudelman
Stitched together in Merle Nudelman’s new book of poetry, Michael and Me, are the “buried heartbeat of rectangles”: a memory quilt of 39 patches of a mother’s love for her son, and the son’s own legacy of love through his family
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #26
Why do your favourite Canadian authors write the books they write? Let’s find out in this exclusive feature here at The Miramichi Reader.
Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living by Marion McKinnon Crook
As an avid reader of non-fiction, I am always looking for that book that makes me laugh, get a catch in my throat; teaches me things I did not know, or wished I had known.
The Gift Child by Elaine McCluskey
No one writes Dartmouth as well as Elaine McCluskey writes Dartmouth.
Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us by Colleen René
The debut novel Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us from author Colleen René is a wonderful work in balancing tension and intrigue with the complexity of compassion.
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland
A haunting, magical novel about joy, grief, courage and transformation from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
What Makes a Real Grandpa? Written by Kevin B. Bickford and Illustrated by Sasha Baines
What Makes a Real Grandpa? is author Kevin B. Bickford’s debut publication. Inspired by his true-life experience of being a step-grandparent to his wonderful grandchildren,
