In Luke Francis Beirne’s immersive novel "Foxhunt", cultural ideals are overwhelmed by geopolitical realities and covert operations. In 1949, Milne, a Canadian writer, attends Paris’s International Day of Resistance to Dictatorship... Read More

"Woman, Watching" is Merilyn Simonds’s account of the remarkable life and legacy of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the amateur ornithologist and author who has been called “the Canadian Rachel Carson.” Born into Sweden’s landed... Read More

A fierce and luminous interpretation of an iconic biblical story, Caryn A. Reeder’s book challenges historical views and reimagines the role of women in the church. The featured story, from the gospel of John, describes a dialogue near... Read More

Peter McDade’s original, quirky novel "Songs by Honeybird" riffs on the 1960s Southern rock scene. In Atlanta, Ben and Nina’s relationship falls apart, even as they move in together. She claims that her dog, Sid, is a reincarnated... Read More

James Mayhew’s "Once Upon a Tune" is a beautiful collection of multicultural folk tales. Recouching traditional tales for young audiences, this illustrated book includes entries like “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (of Fantasia... Read More

In Fredrick Soukup’s foreboding novel "Blood Up North", a hard-scrabbling Minnesota family confronts the backlash of criminality. Nineteen-year-old Cass’s brother, Jack, hides stolen drug money on their grandmother Tilly’s... Read More

A widow returns to her husband’s Nantucket cottage in hopes of restarting her life in "What Matters Most", Courtney Walsh’s wholesome, piercing romance novel about atonement and restored faith. After five years of grieving, Emma is... Read More

In the early reader "Maddie and Mabel", two sisters act in counter to each other, each trying to figure out how she fits into their special relationship. Maddie is the older sister; Mabel is the younger. Maddie tries to boss her little... Read More