Media Hits: COMRADE PAPA, MAY OUR JOY ENDURE, THE NOTEBOOK, and more!
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Crosses in the Sky by Mark Bourrie (May 21, 2024), has been reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press. The review was published online on June 15, and you can read it here.
Douglas J. Johnston writes:
“Bourrie is fast becoming the dean of Canadian literary non-fiction . . . Bourrie also manages to be panoramic in his historical descriptions of Huronia while concurrently focusing on biographical details of Brébeuf’s missionary work. This treatment of the problematic legacy of both the cleric and his religious order is top drawer.”
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The Education of Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley (May 7, 2024) was reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press. The review was published online on June 15, and you can check it out here.
Deborah Bowers writes,
“The characters are intense, with their creativity, angst, rebellion and ability to take life far too seriously (as one is apt to do in their 20s, navigating first loves and first jobs in 1990s Toronto) . . . It’s quite a thrill ride.”
The Education of Aubrey McKee was reviewed in The Miramichi Reader on June 15. You can read the full review here.
Heidi Greco writes,
“I adored this book.”
The Education of Aubrey McKee was also reviewed in the Ottawa Review of Books! The review was posted online on June 15, and can be read here.
Timothy Niedermann writes,
“There is an intoxicating quality to Pugsley’s prose . . . The Education of Aubrey McKee [has] an emotional immediacy rarely found in a novel. Hopefully, readers will see more of Aubrey McKee in the future.”
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Check out the first book, Aubrey McKee, here!
May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler (Sep 3, 2024), has received a starred reviewed in Kirkus Reviews. The starred review was published online on June 15, and can be read here.
Kirkus writes:
“Award-winning Canadian novelist Lambert weaves a hypnotic narrative, smoothly translated from French by Winkler, about greed and inequality, hypocrisy, and, not least, a “dangerous notion of purity” . . . An astute critique of entrenched power.”
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The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) also received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews! The starred review was published online on June 13, and can be read here.
Kirkus calls the book,
“An enthusiastic, informative cultural history.”
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Comrade Papa by GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne (Oct 8, 2024), was reviewed in the Guardian‘s list of “The best translated fiction – review roundup.” The article was published online on June 21, and you can read it here.
John Self calls it,
“[A] funny, ebullient, often chaotic tale of French colonial exploitation of Ivory Coast . . . Ivorian author GauZ’ was shortlisted for the International Booker prize for his novel Standing Heavy. Comrade Papa is even better.”
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