Mazo de la Roche’s Finch’s Fortune (1955)

2018-07-26T14:27:45-04:00

“With her book, her roses and her cake she was separated from the other members of the family in a kind of frosty seclusion.” Alayne’s frosty seclusion doesn’t sound all that bad, does it? But the point is that Alayne feels her separateness. And that's not always comfortable. Nor

Mazo de la Roche’s Finch’s Fortune (1955)2018-07-26T14:27:45-04:00

Quarterly Stories: Spring 2018

2021-02-09T16:00:52-05:00

Endicott, Manto, King, Bruneau and Lispector Short Stories in January, February and March Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored three new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories: Spring 20182021-02-09T16:00:52-05:00

Sigal Samuel’s The Mystics of Mile End (2015)

2020-08-19T08:28:35-04:00

There are five windows on the cover of Sigal Samuel's debut novel; in only one of them does a pair of people appear. Freehand Books, 2015 In three of the windows there is a solitary silhouette, and in the window at the top, the blind is nearly pulled to

Sigal Samuel’s The Mystics of Mile End (2015)2020-08-19T08:28:35-04:00

The intersection between the Giller Prize and Scaredy Squirrel

2021-01-11T16:32:08-05:00

Think there's nothing in common between this year's Giller Prize winner and Mélanie Watt's Scaredy Squirrel series? Take this quote from Lynn Coady's Hellgoing: "You can only be vigilant, she thought, about a few things at a time. Otherwise it’s not vigilance anymore. It starts to be more like panic."

The intersection between the Giller Prize and Scaredy Squirrel2021-01-11T16:32:08-05:00

Sara Maitland’s Gossip from the Forest (2012)

2014-03-20T15:25:05-04:00

Sometimes, you sense the match between you and a particular book immediately. Granta Books, 2012 (via House of Anansi) That's what happened with me and Sara Maitland's book. I still remember the pang of realization in discovering that it had not yet been published: the long wait for

Sara Maitland’s Gossip from the Forest (2012)2014-03-20T15:25:05-04:00
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