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Two Sisters Must Reckon with Deeply-Held Family Secrets in Louise Ells' New Novel, Lies I Told My Sister

After being named a Hawthornden Fellow, author Louise Ells was given the go-ahead to take the opportunity by her family, a crucial decision due to her caretaking duties for a husband living with dementia. ...

A Small Ontario Town is Filled With Mystery and Danger in As We Forgive Others

Cobourg-based author Shane Peacock has been widely read for years now. His work has won the Junior Library Guild of America Selection seven times, the Arthur Ellis Award twice, and he has been shortlisted ...

Read an Excerpt from Satellite Image, the New Novel from Michelle Berry

Avid readers who are fans of acclaimed author Michelle Berry will be thrilled to find her new novel on bookstore shelves. The prolific Peterborough-based writer has penned three story story collections ...

Catherine Black's Debut Novel, Blessed Nowhere, Finds a Way Through Sorrow and Loss with a Grand Road Trip

As a poet, Catherine Black has been nominated for multiple awards, and has challenged savvy readers with inventive, hybrid forms that explore complex themes of motherhood, mental health, addiction ...

Suzan Palumbo's Novella Countess is a Queer, Caribbean, Anti-Colonial Sci-fi Epic

Suzan Palumbo has already turned heads in her previous work, with short fiction that has been nominated for the Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy Awards. Avid sci-fi readers will delight in immersing ...

Debut Novelist Anne Hawk Tells a Story of Childhood and Community in The Pages of the Sea

The history of a place is not just the details that can be written down or chronicled in some pragmatic way. Rather, it can be best explored through the people that have lived there, and the patterns ...

Andrew Forbes' Debut Novel, The Diapause, is a Literary-Speculative Gem

Readers of Open Book may find our featured author of the day familiar, as the prolific Andrew Forbes has had an excerpt of his recent novella published on the site just this summer. Known for his stirring ...

Saad T. Farooqi Grasps a Sliver of Hope in the Unique Dystopian Landscape of White World

Inspired by lived experiences, and the geopolitical issues that have gripped the countries that he's lived in, Saad T. Farooqi has always had a desire to write dystopian stories that speak to the heart ...

Read an Excerpt from May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert, Translated From the French by Donald Winkler

The previous works from Kevin Lambert have garnered broad acclaim across the literary landscape, along with awards wins and nominations. It will come as no surprise to familiar readers that the latest ...

Tasneem Jamal Delivers a Powerful Story About Female Friendship and Betrayal with I Never Said That I Was Brave

Acclaimed author Tasneem Jamal has already made a distinct impression in the literary world with her debut novel Where the Air Is Sweet, and by the writing she has published in numerous magazines and ...