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Rassler's Dozen

by Felicia Topp

Shirlee, with her verbal quirks, interesting backstory, and a happy and accepting nature, is a character who deserves a sequel or even a TV series. Rassler’s Dozen: The Year of Wrangling Sibs, by husband-and-wife writing team... Read More

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The Smart Girl

by Shelley Mae Hazen

This humorous, bouncy send-up of British politics and journalism is consistent and clever. Sally Jane Smart is a celebrity-worshipping Brit whose job as a journalist gets her caught up in strange, sordid political circles, and she... Read More

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A Bird on Water Street

by Karen Rigby

A one-company town falters, and amid the human drama, nature begins to reclaim what had been lost. Elizabeth O. Dulemba’s illuminating historical novel, A Bird on Water Street, recounts the legacy of copper mining in Coppertown, a... Read More

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Becoming

by James Burt

This experimental prose-poetry piece is an ambitious and heartfelt salute to Newfoundland. Often writers have the desire for their work to take readers to another realm—to create transcendence with their prose. It’s no easy task.... Read More

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The Sky and the Sea

by Margaret Fedder

Johnson’s intriguing collection is firmly rooted in everyday life. In "The Sky and the Sea", Kevin J. Johnson brings together poems and prose that inhabit both the mundane and the fantastic. The result is a collection that intrigues in... Read More

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When One Falls Down

by Julia Ann Charpentier

Driven by style, the florid writing of this thoughtful novel hints at sinister omens and suspicious circumstances. This engaging, low-key cliffhanger meanders thirty years into the past to quiet the spirits of those now deceased. Jay... Read More

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