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I Am the Earth the Plants Grow Through by Jack Hannan
The Sleep of Apples by Ami Sands Brodoff
The Butcher of Park Ex and Other Semi-Truthful Tales by Andreas Kessaris
Without Blood: A Victor Lessard Thriller by Martin Michaud
The Tracey Waddleton Interview
Exile Blues by Douglas Gary Freeman
Melba’s Wash by Reesa Steinman Brotherton
Grand Manan Island is part of the province of New Brunswick and has a population of just over 2,000 (as of 2016). It is also the setting for Melba’s Wash by Reesa Steinman Brotherton, who was born in New Brunswick, … Continue reading
Fog by Rana Bose
The Carpenter From Montreal by George Fetherling
Hutchison Street by Abla Farhoud
Translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth, Hutchison Street (2018, Linda Leith Publishing) is a collection of character sketches spun into a tapestry of interconnected short stories as colourful as the inhabitants of the actual street itself. The book is divided into … Continue reading
The Pink House and Other Stories by Licia Canton
I enjoy reading short story collections, particularly when there are connections between the stories, for instance, reoccurring characters. Such is the case in Licia Canton’s The Pink House and Other Stories (2018, Longbridge Books), her second collection of short fiction.… Continue reading
The Art and Passion of Guido Nincheri by Mélanie Grondin
Behind the Eyes We Meet by Mélissa Verreault
Verreault has a master’s degree in translation from UniversitĂ© Laval in Quebec City and lives in LĂ©vis with her Italian husband and their triplets. She has published three novels in French. Behind The Eyes We Meet is the English translation … Continue reading
Gravitational Fields by Harry Rajchgot
“A Novel of Peacetime & War”, Gravitational Fields (2016) by Harry Rajchgot is an epic (450 pages) story that covers the events of the Jewish people from pre-WWII through the struggle to establish the Israeli State to living in Canada. … Continue reading