Callum Angus's A Natural History of Transition is a beautiful and mystifying collection of stories that arrives at a time when it’s much needed.
By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
Fiction
Richard King's Banking on Life definitely belongs in the long line of Montreal detective novels, with its polished writing and rapid-paced action, all taking place in the well-known nooks and crannies of today’s city.
By Sharon Morrisey
Michael Occhionero’s ALT•4•1 is an existentialist, dystopian science fiction novel that ponders the fate of humanity under corporate hegemony.
By Natalia Yanchak
Jane Woods’ second novel shows her talent in creating complex and flawed characters.
By Billie Gagné-LeBel
In Andrée A. Gratton's debut novella, a young woman develops an unhealthy obsession with a would-be-friend.
By Yara El-Soueidi
David Homel’s admirable and absorbing memoir charts the map of his life’s journey.
By Gina Roitman
The third instalment in H. Nigel Thomas’ planned quartet on the Caribbean Canadian immigrant experience shows the rare ability to telescope a whole culture into an intimately scaled frame, deploying a dispassionate eye, pin-sharp dialogue, and deft touches of humour.
By Ian McGillis
Aimee Wall's We, Jane is a novel about abortion and self-discovery that shows how complicated relationships between women can be.
By Yara El-Soueidi
Celebrated crime writer and two-time Governor General’s Literary Award winner Andrée A. Michaud's Mirror Lake is at once funny and sad, poetic and gritty, meaningful and absurd.
By Kimberly Bourgeois
Inspired by her experiences as a Big Sisters mentor to a girl in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette originally published her bleak and solemn first novel Neighbourhood Watch in 2010 under the title Je voudrais qu’on m’efface.
By JB Staniforth
Keith Henderson's Mont Babel is a mix of intellectual speculation, sci-fi themes, and family drama.
By Natalia Yanchak
Sam’s disappearance is the still point around which Sophie Bienvenu’s affecting short novel unspools, with Mathieu’s life unwinding in all its love and heartbreak from page to page.
By Elise Moser