Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann One morning Otto Vogel, an elderly Saskatchewan farmer, finds a note from his 83-year-old wife, Etta, on...
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Reviewed by Dessa Bayrock Hag-Seed is Margaret Atwood’s newest novel, and it takes a new tack; it’s not edgy or political like Oryx and...
School of Velocity by Eric Beck Rubin
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The initial chapter of this debut novel has the narrator, Jan de Vries, a successful piano accompanist,...
A Disappearance in Damascus by Deborah Campbell
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms A Disappearance in Damascus, by Deborah Campbell, is an exceptional read. The story, which is non-fiction,...
Escape to Havana by Nick Wilkshire
Reviewed by Jim Napier Canadian bureaucrat Charlie Hillier has had better evenings. Attending a diplomatic function in Ottawa's tony...
Tom Thomson’s Fine Kettle of Friends by Angie Littlefield
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Canadians have a romantic image of the painter Tom Thomson as a solitary individual, paddling alone...
The Women of Saturn by Connie Guzzo-McParland
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann To fully understand and appreciate Connie Guzzo-McParland’s new, almost epic novel, it is wise to go back...
Blood and Belonging by Vicki Delany
Reviewed by Wendy Hawkin When the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, it made the headlines. Media coverage reverberated the...