Hard Bargain Road by Susan Haldane
Hard Bargain Road is a book of skillfully crafted, richly textured poems about contemporary rural life from the point of view of one woman who knows and lives that life intimately, inside and out.
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Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe
Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel follows a mystery author with writer’s block from 1950s Montreal to rural Cape Breton, in search of much more than her next big story.
Fearnoch by Jim McEwen
[Editor’s note: this review, written by Naomi MacKinnon, appeared at her Consumed by Ink book …
King of Hope by Kim Conklin
King of Hope brings Southern Ontario Gothic with an environmental twist, through the lens of a small town that’s been facing radical environmental uncertainty for generations.
Night Watch: The Vet Suite by Gillian Wigmore
Full of humour and compassion, Night Watch collects three novellas that explore the lives of rural veterinarians.
Meadowlands: A Chronicle of the Scovil Family by Virginia Bliss Bjerkelund
Meadowlands – home to the family of Morris and Harriet Scovil at the beginning of the 20th century; nine hundred acres of interval and forest land at Scovil Point on the St. John River across from Gagetown, New Brunswick; a farm that produced hay and horses; a place that nurtured the life of a remarkable family.
Winter Road by Wayne Curtis
Winter Road is the newest collection of Wayne Curtis’ fictional short stories and is a …