The Heavens Sandra Newman 9780802129024 | $38.95 CAD HC | 272 pp. | Available Now Grove/Atlantic, distributed by PGC Love. Art. Time travel. All this and more are to be found in Sandra Newman’s latest novel, The Heavens. Called a “strange and beautiful hybrid” in a New York Times review, this is a love story that takes…
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Book of the Week: Autopsy of a Boring Wife
Autopsy of a Boring Wife Marie-Renée Lavoie, trans. by Arielle Aaronson 9781487004613 | $22.95 CAD PB | 280 pp. | Available Now House of Anansi If your significant other left you and claimed you were boring, how would you react? In Autopsy of a Boring Wife, Québécois author Marie-Renée Lavoie gives us one option: prove them wrong….
Book of the Week: The Bird King
The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 9780802129031 | $38.95 CAD HC | 440 pp. | Available Now Grove/Atlantic, distributed by PGC The Bird King is—in case you couldn’t tell from the cover—a magical book. G. Willow Wilson (Alif the Unseen, Ms. Marvel) will whisk you away into the enchanting but ominous setting of sultry 15th…
Book of the Week: French Exit
French Exit Patrick deWitt 9781487004835 | $22.95 CAD PB | 248 pp. | Available Now House of Anansi Press Patrick deWitt is having a busy autumn. His best-selling novel The Sisters Brothers premiered in movie form at TIFF, with John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jake Gyllenhaal heading the adaptation. His new novel, French Exit, was released at the end…
Author of the Week: Rebecca Solnit
Call Them By Their True Names Rebecca Solnit 9781608469468| $23.95 CAD PB | 166 pp. | Available Now Haymarket Books, distributed by PGC You’ve probably heard of Rebecca Solnit. She’s the wry and insightful author of books like Men Explain Things to Me, The Mother of All Questions, and Hope in the Dark. Rebecca writes about topics we…
Book of the Week: Children of Daedala
Children of Daedala Caighlan Smith 9781630790868 | $22.95 CAD HC | 336 pp. | Available Now Capstone / Switch Press Caighlan Smith‘s action-packed series, beginning with Children of Icarus and now continuing with Children of Daedala, is an exciting new spin on the dystopian YA novel that has been immensely popular since The Hunger Games. This fast-paced series is…