Scars and Other Stories: Eyeing Fine Details Without Getting Bogged Down
byPeople feeling paralyzed or trapped
Fiction
A Bird on Every Tree: 12 Beautiful and Genuine Stories
byYou can leave, but you will still be tethered to Nova Scotia
Alison MacLeod’s Beloved Ghosts: Fearless stories of the presence of the absent
byMacLeod is a gently playful but fearless writer who explores a range of narrative style
We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night: The Coarse Crackle of an Unforgettable Anti-hero
byJoel Thomas Hynes can’t write a sentence that doesn’t crackle or sing.
Russell Wangersky’s Tales of Passive Aggression
byAt its best, The Path of Most Resistance is haunting, careful, almost imperceptibly full of power. Wangersky’s finest stories will linger with you a long time.
Kevin Major’s Everyman History of Newfoundland
byImportant, formative Newfoundland history from the point of view of a kind of Everyman
Kerry Lee Powell’s Lost Souls Seeking Home
byThis is an evocative collection, and though there’s trauma and violence, there is also tremendous beauty and, throughout, real humour.