Book Review of “Under Budapest” by Ailsa Kay
Shelley McAneeley, B.A., M. Arch. A review of Under Budapest By Ailsa Kay Goose Lane Editions ISBN 978-0-86492-681-4 $19.95 How does a man become a monster? That is, besides the…
Book Review of “Redshift” by Patrick White
gillian harding-russell a review of Redshift By Patrick White Ekstasis, 2013. ISBN: 978 1771710275 $24.00 In Redshift, Patrick White attempts epic proportions while his speaker reflects on the human drama…
Book Review of “A Root Beer Season”
Annie Vigna A review of A Root Beer Season By Inge Bremer-Trueman Crabapple Mews Collective ISBN 978-0-9920795-2-9 $17.95 The cover shows a teenage girl dressed in an A&W carhop uniform,…
Book Review of “All My Puny Sorrows”
Annie Vigna A review of All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews Alfred A. Knopf Canada ISBN 978-0-345-80800-4 $29.95 The title of Miriam Toews’s latest novel was taken from a…
Book Review of “All the Daylight Hours”
Samantha Baldwin a review of All the Daylight Hours by Amanda Jernigan Cormorant Books Inc., 2013 ISBN 978-1-77086-261-6 Boil a cup of tea, grab your favourite slippers and sit by…
Book Review of “The Age” by Nancy Lee
Sabrina Uswak a review of The Age by Nancy Lee McLelland & Stewart (2014) ISBN: 978-0-7710-5252-1 $22.95 Nancy Lee creates an astonishing teen-self-discovery story in her debut novel The Age.…
Book Review of “Boiled Cat” by Kim Firmston
Bill Bunn a review of Boiled Cat by Kim Firmston CreateSpace (2013) ISBN: 9781480040458 $13.50 As the lead singer of punk band, Thrash seems to have it made. In some…
Book Review of “The Long White Sickness” by Cecelia Frey
Annie Vigna a review of The Long White Sickness by Cecelia Frey Inanna Publications and Education Inc. (2013) ISBN 978-1-026708-90-4 $22.95 I attended the launch of this novel in July…
Book Review of “The Crimes of Hector Tomás” by Ian Colford
Lori Willocks a review of The Crimes of Hector Tomás Ian Colford Freehand Books ISBN 978-1-55481-109-0 $21.95 Halifax-based author Ian Colford explores the dark side of human nature in his…
Book Review of “Hellgoing” by Lynn Coady
Crystal Mackenzie A review of Hellgoing by Lynn Coady House of Anansi Press (2013) ISBN: 978-1-77089-308-5 $19.95 We are all going to hell–or so they say–in a tightly woven basket.…