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Caroline Adderson, author of A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024), was interviewed on CBC’s The Next Chapter! The interview with Antonio Michael Downing was posted November 15, and you can read it here.

A Way to Be Happy was also reviewed in FreeFall! The review was posted online on November 3, and you can read it here.

Lori Hahnel writes,

“As the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction, the breadth of Adderson’s writing experience is evident in her craft. This clever and meticulously crafted collection from a writer who has mastered her art is a pleasure to read.”

Get A Way to Be Happy here!

SETH’S CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Nov 12, 2024)was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement on November 15. You can read it in full here.

Critic Nicolas Cree writes,

“A remarkable crime trilogy of doublings and disappearance . . . These are crime novels in which identities are unstable, evidence is slippery and solutions are obscure.”

A Case of Matricide was also reviewed in the Miramichi Reader on November 14, which you can check out here.

Luke Francis Beirne writes,

“The story in A Case of Matricide is intricately woven, with layers of significance throughout . . . Graeme Macrae Burnet has elevated the detective novel to incredible heights.”

Get A Case of Matricide here!

NEAR DISTANCE

Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg, translated by Wendy H Gabrielsen (Jan 14, 2025), was reviewed in Kirkus Reviews. The review was published in their November 15 print issue and is available to read online here.

Kirkus writes,

“Grimly fascinating . . . infused with a sense of dread, and observed in microscopic detail from a bemused and calculated remove. Page after page leaves the reader anxiously waiting for the other shoe to drop.”

Preorder Near Distance here!

HEAVEN AND HELL

Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton (Feb 4, 2025), was given a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! The review was posted online on November 9, and will appear in their December 15 print issue. Read it here.

Kirkus writes,

“A moving story of loss and courage told in prose as crisp and clear as the Icelandic landscape where it takes place. . . Stefánsson writes like an epic poet of old about the price the natural world exacts on humans, but he’s not without sympathy or an ability to find affirming qualities in difficult situations.”

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The 2024 Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories were featured on So Many Damn Books podcast for the Holiday Gift Guide episode! Listen to the full episode here.

Host Christopher Hamelin says,

“Awesome pocket editions of forgotten horror stories, or mystery stories, from the past, in this perfect set . . . This ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ series is some of the most delightful reading that I do all year.”

Get all three 2024 Christmas Ghost Stories here!

The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk (Sep 17, 2024) was reviewed in the Ottawa Review of Books. The review was published online, and is available to read here.

Timothy Niedermann writes,

“A moving portrayal of a young girl’s efforts to grow out of a state of melancholy and confusion and acquire self-confidence and assertiveness, despite her young age.”

Get The Pages of the Sea here!

OLD ROMANTICS

Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong (Apr 1, 2025) was reviewed in The Stinging Fly on November 15, which you can check out here.

Sarah Gilmartin writes,

“Readers of Old Romantics will be swept up in the verve of Armstrong’s storytelling, but the deeper purpose of the humour, as with all good comedic writing, is that of connection, of recognition: this crazy thing called life, tell me you feel it too? The more we laugh, the closer we are to tears. Old Romantics is a collection big on feeling, on living, romanticism with a capital R.”

Preorder Old Romantics here!

Media Hits: THE NOTEBOOK, A WAY TO BE HAPPY, THE PAGES OF THE SEA, and more!

November 4, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS

The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was reviewed in the New York Times on November 2! The review is available to read online here.

Wilson Wong writes,

“The book is a revealing document of a relationship so intimate as to be sacred: that of the writer and the page. It’s a reminder that note-taking is an act of noticing, of being present and showing up to the blank paper, again and again, and discovering what may arise there.”

Get The Notebook here.

A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10, 2024) was reviewed on The Longest Chapter on October 31, and you can read it in full here.

NPR’s Kassie Rose writes,

“It’s difficult to make happiness interesting. Caroline Adderson, however, succeeds with stylish skill. She creates sympathetic characters struggling with inner complexities—what it feels like to be a disappointment, or to not be believed, or to lead a passionless life; always offering, though, an encounter providing a respite from loneliness or isolation.”

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Anne Hawk, author of The Pages of the Sea (Sep 17, 2024), was interviewed on The Conversation podcast (here) on October 21, and also talked about her debut novel on the Bookspo podcast (here) on October 16.

Grab The Pages of the Sea here!

Kev Lambert, author of May Our Joy Endure (trans. Donald Winkler, Sep 3, 2024), was profiled in the Globe and Mail by Emily Donaldson on October 25! You can read the full feature here.

Donaldson calls Lambert,

“[A] literary wunderkind.”

May Our Joy Endure was also reviewed in the Montreal Review of Books on October 30. Check out the full review here.

Marisa Grizenko writes,

“Like Bruegel and Blais, Lambert uses a large cast of characters to depict society’s complexities. His gaze is oceanic, homing in on individuals and zooming out to the systems within which they operate.”

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QUESTION AUTHORITY

Mark Kingwell, author of Question Authority (Nov 5, 2024), was interviewed on the Canadaland podcast on October 28. Listen to the full episode here.

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SETH’S CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES 2024

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Nov 12, 2024) was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times as part of their list of “10 books to add to your reading list in November.” The article was published online on November 1, and you can read it here.

Bethanne Patrick writes,

“Burnet’s trilogy concludes with a mystery about what we put up with in mystery narratives . . . It’s smart, quirky and fun.”

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Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (Oct 29, 2024) were featured on the Total Christmas Podcast on October 26, and you can listed to the segment (starting at 16:00) here.

Host Jack Ford calls the trio,

“Delightful little books . . . it’s something that people that love Christmas might enjoy, reviving that old tradition of Christmas ghost stories.”

Podolo, one of this year’s three stories, was read in full on the Christmas Past Podcast by Brian Earl. You can listen to the full episode here.

Grab all three Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories here!

Media Hits: COMRADE PAPA, THE NOTEBOOK, A WAY TO BE HAPPY, and more!

October 24, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

COMRADE PAPA

Comrade Papa by GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne (Oct 8, 2024), was reviewed in the New York Times! The review was published online on Oct 8, and you can check it out here.

Nadifa Mohamed writes,

“Comrade Papa incorporates many small shards of history and storytelling into an overall gleaming mosaic.”

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The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was reviewed in the New Yorker! The review was published online on Oct 14, and in their Oct 21 print edition. You can read it here.

The New Yorker writes,

“Allen’s narrative moves fluidly as he recounts the evolution of the notebook’s use.”

Get The Notebook here!

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Nov 10, 2024) was reviewed in the Guardian. The review was published online on Oct 18, and you can read it here.

Laura Wilson writes,

“This quirky blend of psychological thriller and smalltown life is both thought-provoking and entirely convincing.”

A Case of Matricide was reviewed in the Times on October 15, and you can check out the full article here.

James Walton calls it,

“A perfect conclusion to the trilogy.”

A Case of Matricide was also reviewed in the Spectator on October 12. You can check out the review here.

Andrew Rosenheim writes,

“A Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talent of the highest order.”

Grab A Case of Matricide here!

A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10, 2024) was reviewed in Scout Magazine’s Book Club Vol. 17! Caroline was also interviewed on Oct 23. You can check out their review here and the full interview here.

Thalia Stopa writes,

“This well-seasoned author has managed to steer clear of the hazards of kitsch or gratuitousness to produce a near-perfect collection about a bunch of very imperfect yet entirely plausible characters and scenarios.”

A Way to Be Happy was also reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press! The review was published online on Oct 19, and you can read it here.

Carrie Hatland writes,

“When seeking happiness, there is always a cost. The journey is never simplistic, and when it comes to complexity, Adderson is a master.”

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May Our Joy Endure by Kev Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler (Sep 3, 2024) was featured in Lavender Magazine. The feature was published online on Oct 17, and you can check it out here.

E.B. Boatner writes,

“Lambert, whose Querelle of Roberval won the Marquis de Sade Prize, knows instinctively how not to pull a punch . . . worth the ride.”

Grab May Our Joy Endure here!

Media Hits: MAY OUR JOY ENDURE, ON COMMUNITY, A CASE OF MATRICIDE, and more!

September 30, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

May Our Joy Endure by Kev Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler (Sep 3, 2024) was featured in Lit Hub‘s list of “The 16 Best Book Covers of September.” The article was published online on September 26, and you can check it out here.

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A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Nov 12, 2024) was reviewed in the Sunday Post! The review was published in print on September 29.

The Post writes,

“The most ‘action-packed’ of the trio, it [A Case of Matricide] is a master class in characterisation. Unnervingly dark—and at times, surprisingly humorous—it took its toll on the author.”

Get A Case of Matricide here!

ON COMMUNITY

On Community by Casey Plett was reviewed in Geist, in their Fall 2024 print issue.

Reviewer Kristina Rothstein writes,

“A spiral of thoughts and anecdotes organized around questions concerning what it means to be part of the queer and trans communities, On Community . . . is a heartfelt, funny, wistful read—just conceptually rigorous enough to provoke thought, but without difficult theory or jargon.”

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THE NOTEBOOK & A WAY TO BE HAPPY & HELLO, HORSE

The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024), A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10, 2024), and Hello, Horse by Richard Kelly Kemick (Aug 10,2024) were all featured in the Windsor Star! The article highlighted the books and their upcoming launches at Biblioasis Bookshop on September 30 and October 2. Check out the article here.

Grab The Notebook here!

Get A Way to Be Happy here!

Get Hello, Horse here!

Media Hits: THE NOTEBOOK, A WAY TO BE HAPPY, MAY OUR JOY ENDURE, and more!

September 10, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was excerpted in Lit Hub on September 9. You can check out the excerpt, “Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook” here.

Roland Allen was interviewed by Piya Chattopadhyay for CBC Sunday Magazine. The interview was posted on September 8, and you can check it out in full here.

Grab The Notebook here!

A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10, 2024) has been longlisted for the Giller Prize, and is showing up on a number of lists! Publishers Weekly (Sep 5), CBC Books (Sep 4), and Quill & Quire (Sep 4) have all posted about the longlist.

A Way to Be Happy was also highlighted in the Georgia Straight as one of the five books on the Giller longlist by BC authors. You can check out that article here.

A Way to Be Happy was reviewed in the BC Review on September 4. You can read the full review online here.

Reviewer Bill Paul writes,

“For each story, Adderson expertly develops a detailed setting . . . [and] the author carefully constructs vivid characters from every walk of life. Each one of them making their way to some undetermined fate.”

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May Our Joy Endure by Kev Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler (Sep 3, 2024), was mentioned in the New York Times in an interview with writer Garth Greenwell. The article was published online on September 5, and you can read the it here.

Kev Lambert was interviewed by Steven W. Beattie about May Our Joy Endure for Quill and Quire, published online on September 5, 2024. You can read the full interview here.

Lambert says in the interview,

“I wanted to challenge the idea that humanizing the person you critique is giving them credit. We hear this sometimes in political or media circles. But I think it’s a fake or a wrong idea . . . I’m starting to think that we should try to have empathy. Which doesn’t mean stop criticizing or saying everything’s fine because we have empathy. But I think it gives you an understanding of humans that is more accurate and more useful for political engagement.”

May Our Joy Endure was listed as one of The Walrus‘s “Best Books of Fall 2024.” The article was published online on September 4, 2024, and you can read it here.

Contributor Michelle Cyca writes,

“Who hasn’t wished a little divine retribution upon the ultrarich for all their sins? Kevin Lambert’s third novel, nimbly translated by Donald Winkler, is an icy, cerebral social novel . . . showcasing Lambert’s gimlet eye for the delusions and designer preferences of the 1 percent.”

May Our Joy Endure also appeared on the Daily Kos‘s list of “Contemporary Fiction Views: A new book season is about to begin,” posted online September 3. You can check out the full article here.

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The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk (Sep 17, 2024) was included in the Toronto Star‘s list of “25 books worthy of a place at the top of your to-read pile.” The list was published on September 1, 2024, and you can view it here.

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UTOPIAN GENERATION

The Utopian Generation by Pepetela, translated by David Brookshaw (Aug 13, 2024), was reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada. The review will appear in print in their October issue.

The LRC writes,

“A classic post-colonial text . . . This sweeping novel, which moves in roughly ten-year increments from 1961 to 1991, tells the steadily absorbing story of ‘how a generation embarks on a glorious struggle for independence and then destroys itself.'”

Get The Utopian Generation here!

CROSSES IN THE SKY

Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia by Mark Bourrie (May 21, 2024) was reviewed in The Millstone on August 29. Read the full review here.

Edith Cody-Rice writes,

“[A] fascinating and engrossing tale . . . a meticulously researched book . . . It told me, on nearly every page, something I did not know about the history of this province, of the lives lived here in the 17th century.”

Crosses in the Sky was also mentioned in an interview between actress & director Kaniehtiio Horn and interviewer Jim Slotek in Original Cin, posted on September 5. Check out the article here.

Grab Crosses in the Sky here!

CASE STUDY

Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet was included in the Globe and Mail‘s list of “Books we’re reading and loving in September.” The list was published on September 5, and you can check it out here.

Ian Brown writes,

“Graeme Macrae Burnet’s Case Study (longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize) is the best type of novel: the sharply crafted, deeply intelligent but compulsively readable kind . . . As soon as you stop reading, you’ll want to read it again.”

Get Case Study here!

Preorder Burnet’s forthcoming book, A Case of Matricide, here!

Media Hits & Awards: ON CLASS, MAY OUR JOY ENDURE, THE NOTEBOOK, and more!

September 3, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

May Our Joy Endure by Kevin Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler (Sep 3, 2024), appeared on Lit Hub‘s list of “27 new books out today.” The list was published on September 3, and you can check it out here.

The list features Heather O’Neill’s blurb:

“Baroque and philosophical, May Our Joy Endure captures the sensibilities and excesses of the elite. A novel about the housing crisis told from the perspective of those causing it . . . Lambert’s writing is lyrical and rapturous. In this book, he proves himself a satirical and whimsical Robespierre, hailing from small town Quebec.”

May Our Joy Endure also featured on All Lit Up‘s list of “Book Recommendations to follow The Rage Letters.” The article was posted on August 28, and you can read it here.

Grab May Our Joy Endure here!

The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was excerpted in The Walrus. The excerpt, titled “Moleskine Mania: How a Notebook Conquered the Digital Era,” was published online on August 30, and you can read it in full here.

Roland Allen contributed a feature to the Globe and Mail, which published online on August 30. You can check out the article, “In a world of screens, the humble notebook remains the best way to learn,” here.

The Notebook was also reviewed in Angelus News on August 30. You can read the full review here.

Reviewer Heather King writes,

“[The Notebook] celebrates the age-old practice of writing things down—numbers, images, thoughts, dreams—and charts the evolution of this handy, humble little item that many of us consider indispensable.”

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THE FUTURE

The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou (Sep 5, 2023) was featured on CBC Books’ list, “These 14 writers recently won some of Canada’s biggest literary awards.” The list, which highlighted The Future‘s 2024 Canada Reads win and Carol Shields Prize longlisting, was posted on August 30, and you can read it here.

Grab The Future here!

The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk (Sep 17, 2024) appeared on Toronto.com’s list of “25 books worthy of a place at the top of your to-read pile.” The list was posted on September 1, and you can read it in full here.

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CROSSES IN THE SKY

Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia by Mark Bourrie (May 21, 2024) was featured on 49th Shelf‘s list of recommendations, “Grappling With History.” The article was posted on August 26, and you can check it out here.

Marianne K. Miller writes,

“Mark Bourrie tackles the mythology around the Jesuit missionary priest, Jean de Brebeuf. It is a different story than the one you thought you knew.”

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HELLO, HORSE

Hello, Horse by Richard Kelly Kemick (Aug 6, 2024) was reviewed in Everything Zoomer! The review was posted online on August 15, and you can read it here.

Everything Zoomer writes,

“The year 2024 has Richard Kelly Kemick, whose wild imagination and fresh insights cast a spell in Hello, Horse; every entrancing story casts off in a different direction, with a genuine ‘wait? what?!’ moment you did not see coming . . . Kemick, a poet and playwright and National Magazine Award gold medal-winner, is one to watch.”

Grab Hello, Horse here!

AWARDS NEWS!

ON CLASS

We’re thrilled to share that On Class by Deborah Dundas is a nominee for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award. The nominees were announced on September 3, 2024, and you can check out the full list here.

The Heritage Toronto Book Award highlights the breadth and depth of Toronto’s heritage, covering topics from music history, to public infrastructure, to immigration and multiculturalism. The award ceremony will take place on Monday, October 28, 2024 at The Carlu (444 Yonge Street).

Grab a copy of On Class here!

Media Hits: THE NOTEBOOK, A CASE OF MATRICIDE, THE UTOPIAN GENERATION, and more!

August 27, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

The Notebook by Roland Allen (Sep 3, 2024) was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal! The article was published online on August 23, and is available to read here.

Reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon writes,

“Bold and thrilling . . . informative and uplifting, The Notebook may leave you feeling that you should chuck away your smartphone, pick up a nice, clean journal and start jotting.”

The Notebook was featured in Publishers Weekly‘s list of “Eight New Books Indie Booksellers Want You to Read.” The list was posted on August 16, and you can check it out here.

Phoenix Books book buyer Laurel Rhame wrote,

“I love obscure, strange, or hyper-focused histories, and this is the first history of the notebook—a tool that completely changed humanity. I can already tell this is going to be my big gift book for the holiday season. It’s perfect for the writers, artists, or engineers in your life. And of course for the history buffs.”

The Notebook also appeared on Kirkus Reviews‘ list, “150 Most Anticipated Books of the Fall.” The article was posted online on August 20, and you can read it here.

Grab The Notebook here!

THE UTOPIAN GENERATION

The Utopian Generation by Pepetela, translated by David Brookshaw (Aug 12, 2024), was featured in The African Report. The review and interview with Pepetela was published online on August 12, and you can read it here.

Reviewer Olivia Snaije calls it:

“A groundbreaking book . . . In The Utopian Generation, perhaps closest to [Pepetela’s] personal experience, the characters fight for the liberation of Angola with the hope of building an egalitarian society. Through the individual characters and the choices they make, the reader makes a 30-year journey through the complexity of decolonisation in Angola.”

The Utopian Generation was also featured on The Daily Kos‘s list of “Contemporary Fiction Views: It’s new books day!” The list was posted on August 13, and you can check it out here.

Grab The Utopian Generation here.

THE FULL-MOON WHALING CHRONICLES

A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Nov 12, 2024) was reviewed in Publishers Weekly. The review was published online on August 16, and is available to read here.

Publishers Weekly writes,

“[A Case of Matricide] serves up a tantalizing blend of psychological thrills and small-town life . . . a convincing depiction of bureaucratic and provincial rot. Fans of the series will be pleased.”

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SORRY ABOUT THE FIRE

Sorry About the Fire by Colleen Coco Collins (Apr 2, 2024) was reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada. The review was published in their September print issue.

The LRC writes,

“Sorry About the Fire introduces readers to an intrepid thinker and original writer who seems to relish nature as much as her Irish, French, and Odawa heritage. If Collins can teach readers just one thing, surely it’s a sense of surprise, so that we too might say, ‘I’m up in my head / tread, tread, tread, tread, / and you can’t hold a candle to this.'”

Get Sorry About the Fire here!

BURN MAN

Mark Anthony Jarman, author of Burn Man: Selected Stories (Nov 21 2023), was interviewed on the podcast Craftwork. The episode aired on August 8, and you can listen to the conversation in full here.

Grab Burn Man here!

ON CLASS

Deborah Dundas, author of On Class (May 9, 2023), was interviewed by Nathan Whitlock on the podcast What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books. The episode aired on August 19, and you can listen to it here.

Grab On Class here!

The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles by Jason Guriel (Aug 1, 2023) appeared in 49th Shelf‘s list “Astonish and Renew: Books With a Sense of Play.” The list was posted on August 22, and you can check it out here.

Rod Moody-Corbett calls it:

“[A] brilliant second novel . . . expansive and epic and intellectually enduring.”

Get The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles here!

Check out the companion novel, Forgotten Work, here!

Media Hits: HELLO HORSE, COCKTAIL, COMRADE PAPA, and more!

August 12, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

HELLO, HORSE

Hello, Horse by Richard Kelly Kemick (Aug 6, 2024) was reviewed in The Miramichi Reader! The review was published on August 5, and you can read it in full here.

Reviewer Brett Josef Grubisic writes,

“Restless, exuberant, meandering, funny, inventive, and really quite bonkers . . . Either Kemick is one of those rare, savant-like authors whose outpouring is naturally (and enviably) stylish, or he tempers what seems to be a natural, baroque extravagance with careful, word-by-word revision. Whatever the case, readers will notice—and ought to appreciate—those sentences . . . All in all, Hello, Horse gallops and canters, dazzles and makes a splash. Prepare to be wowed.”

Hello, Horse was also reviewed by Jessica Poon in The BC Review on August 8, which you can check out here. Poon writes,

“Overall, Kemick has balanced visually rich absurdity . . . and the general malaise of youth with admirable, poetic flair. This is an unapologetically unique slice of Canadiana.”

Lit Hub also featured the collection on their list of “26 new books out today” on August 6—you can check out the full list here. The list features Burn Man: Selected Stories author Mark Anthony Jarman’s blurb of the collection:

“Hello, Horse is beguiling and wondrous, with talking dogs and nuns at the end of the world, images that linger with strange pleasure; Richard Kelly Kemick is a stellar wordsmith.”

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THE EDUCATION OF AUBREY MCKEE

A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10, 2024) was featured in Quill & Quire‘s “2024 Fall Preview: Short Fiction, Graphic Novels, and Poetry.” The preview was posted on July 31, and you can check out the full list here.

Cassandra Drudi writes,

“The characters in these stories from veteran of the form Caroline Adderson range from thieving addicts to a Russian hit man to a middle-aged man facing a routine colonoscopy. Through these varied characters and their disparate conflicts, Adderson explores happiness—how we find it and what it means when we do.”

Order A Way to Be Happy here!

COCKTAIL

Cocktail by Lisa Alward (Sep 12, 2023) was included in 49th Shelf‘s list of “Short Stories for Summer Reading.” The article was published on August 8, and you can read it in full here.

Danila Botha writes,

“The winner of this year’s Danuta Gleed award, this collection is absolutely masterful. When a writer writes with such precision and authorial control, it’s such a joy to read their work. There’s a stylistic elegance that I admire so much, the way that Alward disrupts domesticity, the tensions inherent in her stories, her expert pacing and her beautiful descriptions are all incredibly impressive.”

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COMRADE PAPA

Comrade Papa by GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne (Oct 8, 2024), was reviewed by Lara Pawson in the Times Literary Supplement on August 1. You can read the full review here.

Pawson writes,

“Only a bold writer in command of their talent could take on such a perilous and vast subject and come out, with laughter and love, on top . . . If you are foolish enough to open this book with a set of assumptions about where it will go, prepare to be wrong-footed . . . Expect to see GauZ’ back on the shortlists with this superlative work of fiction.”

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Alex Pugsley, author of The Education of Aubrey McKee (May 7, 2024), was interviewed on Toronto Met Radio’s “All My Books”! The interview aired on July 31, and you can listen to it (beginning at 31:20) here.

Get The Education of Aubrey McKee here!

Check out the first book, Aubrey McKee here!

Media Hits: MAY OUR JOY ENDURE, THE NOTEBOOK, THE PAGES OF THE SEA, and more!

July 26, 2024/in Latest News/by biblioasis

IN THE NEWS!

The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk (Sep 17, 2024) was reviewed in The Guardian! The review was published online on July 25, and is available to read here.

Critic Claire Adam writes,

“The writing is confident and precise; evocative of the beauty of the Caribbean and full of sparkling observation. I’ll eagerly await whatever this talented author has in store for us next.”

Order The Pages of the Sea here!

Roland Allen, author of The Notebook, has been interviewed by David Marr on ABC’s Late Night Live podcast, talking about how the humble notebook changed the world. The interview was posted online on July 25, and you can listen to it here.

Roland Allen was also interviewed by John Dickerson on Slate‘s Gabfest Reads podcast, in which they discuss the historical origins of notebooks, how to keep a notebook and their own personal journeys documenting their lives. The episode was posted online on July 20, and you can listen to it here.

Order The Notebook here!