Suffer the Children
By Brian Busby
Christie Redfern’s troubles are so many that they spill over into her backstory in Margaret Murray Robertson’s 1866 novel.
Suffer the Children
John Miller’s Wild and Beautiful is the Night
by Paige Cooper
In John Miller’s third novel, two women from divergent backgrounds find themselves on the streets of Toronto working in the sex trade.
Liz Harmer’s The Amateurs
by JC Sutcliffe
Technology meets desire in Liz Harmer’s post-apocalyptic debut novel.
Maureen Medved’s Black Star
Reviewed by Alex Good
“Black Star” is one of the better entries in a string of recent novels featuring protagonists losing their grip on reality.
Metcalf in the Moment
by Alex Good
CanLit has become less about art and aesthetics than about morality and politics.
The Plot Thickens
by James Grainger
Nathan Ripley, Craig Davidson, Timothy Taylor & Sharon Butala move away from traditional CanLit into genre.
“Alice & Charles”
by Camilla Grudova
“His wig and the heels of his clown shoes added some height, but Alice could reach his throat in a moment, if need be.”
Ian Weir’s The Death and Life of Strother Purcell
by Brett Joseph Grubisic
Ian Weir’s phantasmagorical novel features a village of left-field characters.
Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Dilia Narduzzi
Rice’s novel complicates and demands a rethinking of the apocalyptic category itself.
“Inventory”
By Kayla Czaga
Sometimes the bartenders fill shot glasses until the liquid bubbles above the rim and it’s…