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"Part biblical fable, part magic realism, and part thriller. A ship's carpenter becomes stranded on a small Mediterranean island. He has completely lost his memory but in exchange has acquired the ability to speak, write, and understand all languages. After his rescue, he spends ...

"Six Days. Five Inmates. One Guard. Traversing through the vast, serene wilderness in Northern Saskatchewan as part of a "pre-release canoe trip", run as a pilot project in hopes of preparing the future ex-convicts for life in the real world, no one knows quite what to expect. Bu...

Apart paints a vivid portrait of life in a pandemic, when "normal" is a thing of the past and anxiety is a faithful companion. Some of the writing is sad, even heart-breaking, a few pieces are funny and light-hearted, but many provide some much-needed comfort and imagination in a...

"Family, death, love, longing, retrospection: these are all of the themes Dave Margoshes touches on in his new poetry collection, and first in almost a decade. With careful attention to detail, and evocative turns of phrase, Margoshes introspectively looks back on youth. Intrigui...

Set largely among the Jewish community of inter-war New York City, this is a beautifully-told collection of scenes from Morgenstern’s life. The tricky ground of writing the advice column for a provincial Yiddish daily; successes during, and hard times after, the Depression; a pos...

Aging alcoholic reporter Wilf Sweeny returns to the British Columbia mountain town where he grew up. He finds himself puzzling over a seemingly insignificant news item. Who is Nicholas Limousine, and why did he come to this town only to die?

From the distinguished W.P. Kinsella comes his final work - a series of linked stories wrapped in a novel. Russian Dolls weaves in and out of the real and imaginary worlds of Wylie, a struggling author and self-proclaimed "unreliable narrator," as he finds and then loses his muse...

Meet Frankie Sterne, AKA Francois Sterne, Francesco Stern and Frankie Stein. Frankie's a bit of a chameleon, changing with the times as he grows to manhood during the turbulent North American mid-century. A mulatto who wears race and color, along with his heart, on his sleeve as ...