Jacob Wren’s novel grapples with questions of violence, complicity, authority, collectivity, resistance, and doubt.
By H Felix Chau Bradley
Fiction
Arjun Basu's novel is is a love song to Montreal in all of its gritty complexity and contradictions.
By Ami Sands Brodoff
Lambert's gaze is oceanic, homing in on individuals and zooming out to the systems within which they operate.
By Marisa Grizenko
Susan Doherty's latest novel is an honourable attempt to give voice to an issue which is all too often silenced.
By Aaron Obedkoff
Blaise Ndala’s blistering second novel is a searing satire of war and celebrity and their improbable connection.
By Ami Sands Brodoff
The emotive core of Ah-Sen's novel rests in the evolving relationship between a burgeoning writer and their practice.
By Ronny Litvack-Katzman
The strength of Abi-Nakhoul's book lies in its emulation of pain as a mood or feeling.
By Emma Dollery
El Ghourabaa offers a glimpse of the generational lived experiences of queer and trans Arabs/SWANA.
By Val Rwigema
Barnet’s biting wit reflects the rising tide of postmodern millennial fiction, most clearly seen in her dual wielding of sincerity and irony.
By Nived Dharmaraj
In Morris' novel, friendship is a life-saving light on a young woman’s quest for truth in the aftermath of sexual assault.
By Kimberly Bourgeois
Nauetakuan, translated from French by Howard Scott, reads a bit like a YA novel, following Monica’s gradual coming-of-age.
By Roxane Hudon
Reeves' novel reflects on what makes families unique – and where we have followed the same paths as many before us.
By Zoe Shaw