Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster by Damian Tarnopolsky
Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster has an intellectual dynamo running underneath the words.
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The Road Between Us by Bindu Suresh
Suresh’s novel is full of morally grey behaviour and each characters has trauma and reasoning for their actions.
Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman
Paxman is a whiz at threading this complex and evolving history into a recognizably Christie-esque formula, whether it’s Death on the Nile or A Haunting in Venice.
Lowfield by Mark Sampson
[Sampson] presents his version of the Island’s pastoral sheen through a subgenre of horror that features a haunted house situated in an isolated place.
Puppet by Robert Stutt
Puppet is a heart-stopping, mind bending journey of beaver tails and children show tales.
Why I Wrote This Book Issue #47
Featuring Pearl Pirie, Alexis Von Konigslow, Caitlin Galway, and Farah Ghafoor
Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton
Newton’s skill as a writer is in the subtlety of the twists in these stories, and I was continually astonished at how well he executed a story during my read. When I pulled out Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers again, to prepare for this review, I went to look at some brief notes …
Something Happened in Carlton by Pierre C. Arseneault
[…] sweetly romantic, mysteriously dramatic and cautiously humourous, this book speaks volumes about the grief felt in a small community and how life must go on after tough losses.
Dark Like Under by Alice Chadwick
A lavish and penetrating exploration of grief, and of how injustice, cruelty, and the weakness of adults weigh on the lives of children.
Lake Burntshore by Aaron Kreuter
Lake Burntshore is a coming-of-age, summer camp story that explores not only teens deciding what kind of adults they’d like to be, but young Jews discovering for themselves as individuals, what it means to be Jewish.
Finding Flora by Elinor Florence
Some of the broader issues of colonialism are explored, such as residential schools and the marginalization of the Métis in particular.
A Horse At The Window by Spencer Gordon
A book of extravagant fancy and heightened language with an occasional patch of straightforward prose, self-referentiality, and allusions to pop culture.
Excerpt: The Exclusion Zone by Alexis von Konigslow
Excerpted with permission from Wolsak & Wynn Publishers ltd.
The Summers Between Us by Noreen Nanja
Well-written, with lovely descriptive language, The Summers Between Us is a study in belonging, identity, friendship and love.
