Book Review: Some Hellish by Nicholas Herring

Book Review: Some Hellish by Nicholas Herring

After seeing Some Hellish by Nicholas Herring win the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize late last year, I made the mental note to dig it out of my (rapidly expanding) bookshelves and give it a try. The fact that it didn’t have a clear plot scared...
Book Review: All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

Book Review: All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

These past few weeks I’ve been checking my news feed every few hours, hoping for a break in the case of missing author Dawn Dumont and her son, and I’m happy to report she has been found safe with her son, in the U.S. There will be some difficult times...
Book Review: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Book Review: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

I’m in the midst of preparing my ‘hot summer fiction’ segment for CBC Calgary, and I knew as soon as I read the first review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune that I’d have to include this novel in my annual round-up. Canadians are...
Book Review: Even So by Lauren B. Davis

Book Review: Even So by Lauren B. Davis

What’s the difference between a good and bad person? What makes a person selfish? Can regularly volunteering at a food bank cancel out the sins of cheating on a partner? Even So by Lauren B. Davis asks all these questions, and although not all of them are...