~ Get your earbuds in! Author Lauren Carter pairs a perfectly '90s (and '80s) playlist to go with her gripping novel
This Has Nothing to Do With You (Freehand Books).
~ Debut fiction from J.R. McConvey (
Different Beasts from Goose Lane Editions) combines the emotional depth and playfulness of Margaret Atwood’s Wilderness Tips with the paranoia and cosmic horror found in the works of Thomas Ligotti.
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The Writers' Trust announced its 2019 Fiction Prize shortlist which included some ALU faves: Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji (Arsenal Pulp Press), Days by Moonlight by André Alexis (Coach House Books), Season of Fury and Wonder by Sharon Butala (Coteau Books)
We explored Vancouver's east-side streets, which set the backdrop for Norman Ravvin's The Girl Who Stole Everything (Linda Leith Publishing) a novel that deals with the relationship between prewar Polish shtetl life and Jewish lives today.