In Makenzy Orcel’s "The Immortals", a grieving woman vents her feelings on death and loss. A Haitian sex worker cajoles her client, a writer, into recording the life of her protégé, who was killed in the 2010 earthquake. Despite the... Read More

In a culture that fetishizes male power, the heroine of "A Certain Hunger" is a rapacious, bloodthirsty monster—a perversion of every male fear. Dorothy is a food critic. She has exquisite taste and she hungers for new sensations. So... Read More

Historical figures reevaluate the legacy of an abolitionist in Zoë Wicomb’s novel "Still Life". Plagued by writer’s block, an author allows the contemporaries of Thomas Pringle, a Scottish-born poet and abolitionist, to take the... Read More

A farmer turned religious leader prepares for the rapture in Lin Enger’s novel "American Gospel". Amid the uncertainty and turmoil of President Nixon’s resignation, Enoch knows one thing for certain: Jesus will return in fourteen... Read More

The harsh realities of immigration are filtered through a man’s experiences in Gaëlle Josse’s novel, "The Last Days of Ellis Island". Ellis Island, the legendary point of entry for millions of American immigrants, is set to shut its... Read More

Regarded as the first Indigenous novel published in Canada, "Hunter with Harpoon" contains Markoosie Patsauq’s story of an Inuit boy’s treacherous coming-of-age in its original Inuktitut, as well as new English and French... Read More

In the historical novel "The Reluctant Patriot", flawed individuals strive to stay true to their values after war disrupts their lives. In Susan Lohafer’s poignant historical novel "The Reluctant Patriot", a father is accused of... Read More

"Sorrow" is a romantic novel whose reluctant antihero is forced to learn the lessons necessary to turn him into the hero of his own life. In Tiffanie DeBartolo’s novel of redemption and enlightenment, Sorrow, a self-critical young man... Read More