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The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason book

Book Review: The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason

The blurb depicting The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason as a “Victorian detective thriller” is what influenced me the most, as I was in the mood to read a classic mystery after a few of the modern domestic thrillers I had been through recently. I was delighted by the moody puzzle of this book; the…

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah book

Book Review: Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Here in Canada we are lucky to have a rich publishing landscape of Indigenous voices, and the numbers are only increasing. In fact, many books on the current and previous bestseller lists are Indigenous writers. I don’t see the same representation in American publishing, and I heard the Native American writer Tommy Orange speak when…