Fall 2013

The Book of Immortality

The Book of Immortality

Gollner’s latest publication, The Book of Immortality, is a sweeping, eclectic examination of a few of humanity’s deepest obsessions.

By Anna Leventhal

The Girls of Piazza d’Amore

The Girls of Piazza d’Amore

Using her childhood experiences as a springboard, Guzzo-McParland tells of the changes in a fictional village in the south of Italy in the years after the Second World War.

By Sarah Fletcher

So Much It Hurts

So Much It Hurts

Why does a woman stay with a man who hits her? And what does it take for her to finally choose to leave? This fall, two ambitious novels by Montreal writers tackle those complex questions: So Much It Hurts, by Monique Polak, and Lily and Taylor, by Elise Moser.

By Sarah Lolley

The Water Here Is Never Blue

The Water Here Is Never Blue

If every family has its myths and secrets, those of the Plunkett family are particularly absorbing.

By Elaine Kalman Naves

The Politics of the Pantry

The Politics of the Pantry

Chilly mornings with high blue skies, golden afternoons with leaves tumbling into the wind – autumn has come to Southern Quebec, and, with it, an awakening need to prepare for the ice and snow to come.

By Andrea Belcham

October 1970

October 1970

ctober 1970. Montreal. The kidnapping of James Cross, the murder of Pierre Laporte, the nation watching ...

By Rob Sherren

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

auricio Segura’s third novel, Eucalyptus, is a briskly paced narrative portrait of a Chilean-Canadian ...

By Jacob Siefring

Kuessipan

Kuessipan

uessipan, we are told on the dedication page, means “your move” or “your turn” in the Innu language. Not ...

By Elise Moser

The Chaplain

The Chaplain

aul Almond is a lifelong storyteller. He began his career in the 1950s directing and producing television for the ...

By Deanna Radford

Time May Change Me

Time May Change Me

 Bracegirdle, a.k.a. Paul Blackwell, is a high priest of the creeps. His talents for scaring the pants off ...

By B. A. Markus

Desire Lines

Desire Lines

here is an inherent risk involved in putting together a collection of short stories. Include stories that are too ...

By Lesley Trites