The Rest Is Silence

The Rest Is Silence is a curious hybrid of a novel, a dual-track eco-fantasy with its narrative feet planted in two very different worlds. The main story deals with a young man who has gone ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

One Good Hustle

By Billie Livingston

In her third novel, Vancouver writer Billie Livingston vividly recreates the world of mid-1980s Burnaby, B.C. One Good Hustle follows Samantha (Sammie) Bell, the sharp-tongued 16-year-old daughter of a couple of con artists, through a ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Come Back

By Sky Gilbert

The work of Sky Gilbert has long exemplified the concept of novel as autobiography. But in Come Back, the queer author and playwright’s sixth novel, this idea takes its most explicit form yet. In accessible ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Above All Things

By Tanis Rideout

Seldom is a first novel as polished as Tanis Rideout’s Above All Things, about George Mallory’s final attempt, in 1924, to climb Mount Everest. Rideout blends fact and fiction in her narrative, creating insight into ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Everybody Has Everything

By Katrina Onstad

Six years after her successful debut novel, How Happy to Be, Toronto journalist Katrina Onstad returns with the highly anticipated follow-up. Professional couple Ana and James are child-free, though not for lack of trying. Years ... Read More »

June 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Professionals

By Owen Lukkanen

Arthur Pender and his college friends have few prospects and many reasons to turn to crime after the U.S. economic collapse. Embarking on what they call “the Pender Program,” the group launches into a series ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bloodman

By Robert Pobi

The debut novel from Montreal writer Robert Pobi begins with a classic trope of literary fiction: a middle-aged man returns home to care for his aging father, now suffering from Alzheimer’s. For Jake Cole, that ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Triggers

By Robert J. Sawyer

The premise of Robert J. Sawyer’s 21st novel seems like a recipe for a great thriller. In a near-future Washington, D.C., the U.S. president is shot by a sniper. He survives, but while he’s in ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Basement of Wolves

By Daniel Allen Cox

In this dark, twisted look at Hollywood celebrity, author Daniel Allen Cox shows us the seedy underbelly of the movie industry through the eyes of actor Michael-David. Ruined by fame and the banality of mainstream ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Last Hiccup

By Christopher Meades

Vancouver-based writer Christopher Meades follows up his 2010 debut, The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark, with a sophomore effort that is both more ambitious and more accomplished. The earlier novel introduced Meades’ penchant for quirky, ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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