Excerpt: Some People’s Children
byAs Imogene Tubbs grows older, she learns that many people in her small, rural town believe her father is Cecil Jesso, the local drug dealer—a man both feared and ridiculed
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Excerpt: Welcome to Camp Fill-in-the-Blank
byAs soon as Nanna said the words “car bombings,” Dad, who had been making breakfast in the kitchen, zoomed to the television to switch on BBC World
Annaka Tackles Grief and Loss in a Way That Feels Heartfelt and Genuine
byFenton’s protagonist wrestles with grief and loss in a way that feels heartfelt and genuine, and her deep sadness and anxiety about her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s will resonate with anyone who has experience with this terrible illness
Excerpt: Miss Nackawic Meets Midlife
byThis middle-aged writer’s hilarious and delusional observations about raising boys, surviving(ish) menopause and searching for meaning in mid-life will make you laugh out loud.
Reading of Alison DeLory’s Making It Home
byIt puts things into perspective. Could a single line say any more about humanity than that?
Review: Every Little Piece of Me
byParadise Lost: The Narcissism and Loneliness of the Selfie Generation in Every Little Piece of Me
2019 Feminist Books for International Women’s Day
byInternational Women’s Day Celebrates women’s rights, something we couldn’t have without the kind of feminist analysis found in these Atlantic Canadian books