A Shakespeare-themed mystery romance set in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: an unusual and innovative first novel by David C.C. Bourgeois| Tredynas Days
Paola Ferrante’s Her Body Among Animals is a collection of short stories that examine women’s place in western society, the artificial limits placed on us because of our gender, and the…| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
I actually read 15 collections in total for Short Story September. I’m finally catching up on reviews, though I’m aware that I’ve missed out on Lisa’s link-up. (My other reviews: Heiny, Mackay, McEwan; the BBC National Short Story Award 2025 anthology; Donoghue, Grass, Isherwood, Mansfield as part of my Germany reading.) To keep it simple […]| Bookish Beck
This is a group of books I read several months ago and am just catching up on now. They are by no means the only books by NS authors I’ve read this year, or recently. For example, I wrote abo…| Consumed by Ink
OC Publishing is a tiny press out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Small but mighty. So far, I’ve sampled and enjoyed a delightful middle grade fantasy novel set on the Isle of Skye, a fast-paced mys…| Consumed by Ink
I was always going to read this book; a memoir, in part, about Marjorie’s move from Cape Breton to Truro, Nova Scotia. I wanted to read an account of a newcomer moving to the town I’ve …| Consumed by Ink
We’re Not Rich by Sue Murtagh (Nimbus Publishing) I loved this debut collection and wrote about it for The Seaboard Review earlier this year. Below is a short excerpt of my review. You can re…| Consumed by Ink
Might This Be A Greenhouse? by Katie Cameron Katie Cameron’s chapbook is #2 in a series of chapbooks being published by Qwerty Magazine at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The …| Consumed by Ink
The Wisdom Found in Hen’s Teeth (Pottersfield Press) When I read Been There, Ate That a couple of years ago, I felt like Jules and I had a lot in common. I could relate to her nostalgia to th…| Consumed by Ink
Two Newfoundland novels with a cast of male characters. Vigil takes on the small town, working class life, while Hides takes on middle class families from St. John’s. Neither of them show a clear pathway to happiness and success, but both excel at the use of language and humour to tell their stories. Vigil: Stories … Continue reading Breakwater Books: Susie Taylor and Rod Moody-Corbett| Consumed by Ink
Split Tooth follows the fortunes of an unnamed Inuk girl from Nunavut, Canada. Her story is a first person narration, combining prose chapters with poetry and art. The novel begins in 1975, with a …| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
In its flap copy and its cover blurbs, Feminist City is framed as a treatise on how urban spaces have ended up so gendered and how a different way of thinking about cities and the people who live a…| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
