Announcing “The Very Best!” Book Awards Longlist for 2021!
The Miramichi Reader’s popular “The Very Best!” Book Awards (“the Vee-Bahs”) are very different for …
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Seeking Shade By Frances Boyle
In Frances Boyle’s short story collection Seeking Shade, nuanced characters endure trauma, evolution and epiphany as they face challenges, make decisions, and suffer the inevitable consequences.
All of the 2020 Winners of “The Very Best!” Book Awards!
All of the BRONZE medal winners: See “The Very Best!” Book Awards page for all …
2020 “The Very Best!” Book Awards: Best Fiction!
Fiction is undoubtedly the largest genre that gets reviewed here, so it was extremely difficult …
2020 “The Very Best!” Book Awards: Best Short Fiction Winners!
For 2019, there were only two short fiction books in this particular category, so we …
2020: “The Very Best!” First Book Winners!
The “Best First Book” award goes to the first published book by an author. It …
2020 “The Very Best!” Poetry Winners!
2020 was the first year that The Miramichi Reader started reviewing poetry on a regular …
2020 Shortlist: Best Fiction!
Here is the category that many have been waiting for! It’s the most popular category …
2020 Shortlist: “The Very Best!”Short Fiction
Last year, the Best Short Fiction category sported a meagre two titles (mind you, they …
2020 Shortlist: “The Very Best!” First Book
Best First Book (Fiction or Non-Fiction) Best First Book is one of the more interesting …
2020 Shortlist: “The Very Best!” Poetry
The 2020 reading year was the first year we reviewed poetry at The Miramichi Reader.
If You Discover A Fire by Shaun Robinson
In his first poetry collection If You Discover A Fire from Brick Books, Shaun Robinson spins out poems that describe, in precise detail, a faded and fallen world.
A Dark House and Other Stories by Ian Colford
A Dark House and Other Stories* is a collection of eight stories covering about 180 pages, so the stories here are not too short, but are long enough for character development, particularly of each protagonist’s thoughts which is a standout characteristic of Mr. Colford’s writing.
Quarry by Catherine Graham
Set in southern Ontario during the 1980s, acclaimed poet Catherine Graham’s debut novel is as layered as the open-pit mine for which it is named.