Fiction

Layaway Child

Layaway Child

Sutherland's stories are an offering to the members of her community who supported her throughout her life.

By Léa Murat-Ingles

And Then Again Begin

And Then Again Begin

Thomas explores his characters’ motivations with extraordinary compassion.

By Elisabeth Gill

The Guilt Trippers

The Guilt Trippers

The Guilt Trippers is at its best in its vivid descriptions of the city’s neighbourhoods.

By Alexander Hackett

Leila & Khaled

Leila & Khaled

Matuk’s depiction of Palestine is unlike the one we have come to picture in the wake of the war in Gaza.

By Krystale Tremblay-Moll

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

With seven stories and a novella, the book nicely balances cohesiveness and variety.

By Elise Moser

The Longest Death

The Longest Death

The novel’s defining trait is its Technicolor catalogue of hard-boiled slang, an ambitious feat in and of itself.

By Evie Faber

Wavering Futures

Wavering Futures

These climactic interventions ferry queer desire into the collective imagination.

By Danielle Douez

Lavender Spike

Lavender Spike

The greatest strength of this book is Tremblay’s evocative portrayal of art addiction.

By Karolina Roman

Asha in Her Garden

Asha in Her Garden

The novel builds a vivid and evocative picture of Asha’s childhood in a house with green verandahs and mango trees.

By Priscilla Jolly

Black Creek

Black Creek

Susan Grundy's novel excels as a study of Canadian intergenerational identity.

By Kate Kolberg

Oyster

Oyster

In her latest novel, Marianne Ackerman returns to the landscape of her childhood in Prince Edward County.

By Alexandra Sweny

When Water Became Blue

When Water Became Blue

Each page is filled with capsule-like observations of the physical world rebounding off her innermost thoughts.

By Sharon Morrisey