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May 11, 2021"Characters are Complicated, Just Like People" Bruce McDougall on How to Build Authentic Characters
Bruce McDougall's writing career has spanned more than three decades and generated more than twenty books of nonfiction, covering biographies, sports, and more. But in 2014, he turned his talents to fiction, ...
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October 28, 2025Katie Welch Explores How We Rise from the Ashes in the New Novel, LADDER TO HEAVEN
In Ladder to Heaven, acclaimed author Katie Welch takes readers into a wondrous and perilous near future. The year is 2045, and an earthquake has shattered the Pacific Coast, upending not only cities ...
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September 10, 2024An Eclectic and Gripping Cast of Characters Yearn for Happiness in Caroline Adderson's New Short Story Collection
Caroline Adderson is an author that has long been lauded amongst readers and literary critics, with a reputation for writing powerful novels, and some of the finest short fiction published in Canada and ...
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August 15, 2024Mark Blagrave Takes the Reader on a Journey, and Questions Truth and Memory in His New Novel, Felt
Veteran novelist Mark Blagrave is back with another new work, and one that uses elements of his lived experiences to anchor a personal, heartfelt story.In his latest novel, Felt (Cormorant), we follow ...
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September 14, 2018"I Could Only Find the Answer as I Wrote" Mina Athanassious on His Collection of Coptic Egyptian Coming of Age Stories
Mina Athanassious's A Face Like the Moon (Mosaic Press) gathers eight deeply personal stories of Coptic children growing up in Egypt, including a story set in the largely-Coptic neighbourhood where the ...
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October 17, 2025Aamir Hussain Makes his Debut with the Impressive Historical Novel, Under The Full and Crescent Moon
In his dazzling new historical novel Under the Crescent Moon (Dundurn Press), author Aamir Hussain invites readers into the vibrant world of Medina’tul-Agham, a medieval hilltop city where intellect ...
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July 25, 2024Abbie Saunders Defines an Era for Young Readers in the Nonfiction Book, Generation Z
If the goal of good non-fiction is to build a bridge between the author and the reader, and to shuttle important information over it, then it makes perfect sense that the best way to explain different ...
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May 30, 2025Bindu Suresh's New Novel, The Road Between Us, is a Complex Lover’s Knot of a Novel that Spans Continents and Decades
Seasoned journalist Bindu Suresh has written hundreds of articles for various newspapers, and has a wealth of lived-in experience in unique cities around the world. All of which is on full display in ...
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March 20, 2019Kathy Kacer's Middle Grade Novel Reveals Famous Mime Marcel Marceau as a WWII Hero
Kathy Kacer's books for young readers are not only great stories packed with memorable characters - they also serve the valuable purpose of educating readers about the Holocaust. As the daughter of two ...
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February 06, 2019"From the First Word, it Flowed" Debut Novelist David Albertyn on his Gritty Las Vegas Pageturner, Undercard
When three childhood friends are unexpectedly reunited in David Albertyn's debut novel Undercard (House of Anansi), the wild consequences are far beyond what any of them could have foreseen. Tyron Shaw ...
