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  • Read an excerpt from A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj banner. Background image from cover art with graphic island at night bisected at middle with silhouette of fir trees on top half with orange moon above in starry blue-black night say, and underside of island with orange palm-tree and foliage pointing downwards into pale dark half of cover. Full cover with author name at top and title at bottom over this image to centre left of banner, and solid blue-green section to centre right of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    Read an excerpt from A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj banner. Background image from cover art with graphic island at night bisected at middle with silhouette of fir trees on top half with orange moon above in starry blue-black night say, and underside of island with orange palm-tree and foliage pointing downwards into pale dark half of cover. Full cover with author name at top and title at bottom over this image to centre left of banner, and solid blue-green section to centre right of banner with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    March 13, 2025

    Read an Excerpt From A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj

    Our featured title today comes from Rabindranath Maharaj, a widely celebrated author who has captured readers' hearts and imaginations for years now with his award-winning work. His latest title in ...

  • "Are You Sick or Not?" Read an Excerpt from Shayne McGreal's Tense and Honest Debut, Anthony: A Composite Novel
    "Are You Sick or Not?" Read an Excerpt from Shayne McGreal's Tense and Honest Debut, Anthony: A Composite Novel
    January 20, 2022

    "Are You Sick or Not?" Read an Excerpt from Shayne McGreal's Tense and Honest Debut, Anthony: A Composite Novel

    Shayne McGreal's debut novel, Anthony: A Composite Novel (Guernica Editions) takes readers deep into the experience of the titular character and all his complications, weaving in and out of the various ...

  • A banner for an excerpt from the novel Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins, text on a red background and bordered by yellow flowers with the cover of the novel included.
    A banner for an excerpt from the novel Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins, text on a red background and bordered by yellow flowers with the cover of the novel included.
    February 06, 2024

    Read an Excerpt from Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, Translated by Rhonda Mullins

    What is the purpose of stories if they languish in the shadows? If they are written down only to wait by on paper in a drawer in the hope that someone, anyone, will pull them out and share them with the ...

  • Read Excerpt from Marianne Micros's Eye, a Collection Where Magic Won't Stay Buried
    Read Excerpt from Marianne Micros's Eye, a Collection Where Magic Won't Stay Buried
    September 26, 2018

    Read Excerpt from Marianne Micros's Eye, a Collection Where Magic Won't Stay Buried

    Travelling from modern day Europe and North American to ancient Greece, the stories in Marianne Micros's collection Eye (Guernica Editions) are steeped in myth and magic. Her characters deal with changelings ...

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