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For its 24th edition, Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 8, Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival returns to enriching, in-person programming (May 5 to 8) coupled with virtual encounters (April
Montreal and other Quebec settings have played prominent roles in books by Louise Penny, Kaie Kellough and others.
8 New Spring Books That Explore The Intricacies Of Motherhood Including a delightful memoir from Korean-American writer, Michelle Zauner. Amil Niazi Updated May 14, 2021 This is a particularly gruelling time for mothers, who are juggling domestic concerns and paid work while managing the isolation and anxiety of a raging virus. One silver lining (if we can call it that) has been a new kind of radical transparency about what it takes to be a parent. These books challenge our notions of who a mother is and what a family can look like. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner This h...
The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend) The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace — where she must also reckon with her past. When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021 Andrew Wedderburn is a writer from Alberta. He is also the author of The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was a finalist for the A...
Biblioasis, Jan. Vancouver writer Keath Fraser is one of this country’s most robust and individual literary voices; though despite a career that includes winning the Chapters/ Books in Canada First Novel Award for 1995’s Popular Anatomy and being nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for the story collection Foreign Affairs a decade earlier, he is generally consigned to cult status at best in Canada. With luck, all that will change in spring, when Biblioasis releases not one but two editions of the author’s work. The massive retrospective volume Damages features stories...