Cree-Métis artist, writer, and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau first published The Lover, the Lake in French, under the title L’amant du lac (Éditions Mémoire d’encrier, 2009).
By Linda Morra
Fiction
Jocelyne Saucier’s newest novel is part mystery, part love letter to remote Canadian towns, and part meditation on writing and storytelling.
By Danielle Barkley
What happens after the dust has settled? How do you rebuild a life that’s been destroyed? These are the questions that author Marie-Renée Lavoie explores, with fierce humour and compassion, in the sequel to her best-selling novel, Autopsy of a Boring Wife.
By Megan Callahan
Marie-Claire Blais’ sprawling tour de force is a vast narrative addressing the most pressing social issues of our time.
By Alex Trnka
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
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